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Hungary blocks EU’s Ukraine arms package after Kiev sanctions OTP bank
Hungary has vetoed EUR 500mn worth of arms funding from the EU to Ukraine, Italian media first reported on Monday,…
Falling energy prices hit MOL’s Q1 figures
Sharply falling energy prices are good news for the population and almost all market segments and the population alike, but…
Poland’s Orlen losing millions over Russian oil ban
Poland's state-controlled oil company, PKN Orlen, is facing significant losses due to the EU banning Russian crude oil. The company…
Bulgaria election ends in stalemate, but gains for pro-Russian party
Bulgaria's conservatives and liberals were practically neck and neck with votes still being counted after the country's fifth election in…
Morawiecki suggests ways to fund Ukraine war
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on Germany to up its support for Ukraine as Europe continues to search for…
Hungary could decouple from Russian gas – report
Hungary could realistically replace Russian gas imports, according to local analysts, who say its dependence is reliant on the will…
Montenegrin president to face new rival in run-off vote after narrow election victory
Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic took around one-third of the votes in Sunday's presidential election ballot, well below the majority needed…
EU imposes new sanctions on Russia
The EU on Saturday released its 10th package of sanctions against Russia targeting 87 individuals and 34 entities to mark…
Russia cuts oil supply to Poland
Russia has ceased the supply of oil to Poland through the Druzhba pipeline, CEO of Polish oil refiner PKN Orlen…
Moldova closes airspace, accuses Russia of coup plot
Moldova shut down its airspace for three hours on Tuesday, 14 February, one day after the country’s head of state…
Moldovan defence advisor set to become PM
Dorin Recean, a pro-Western defence expert and former interior minister, is expected to become Moldova's new prime minister after receiving Parliament's approval…
Joint letter says Russian assets should rebuild Ukraine
Leaders from the Baltic nations and Poland have called for the utilization of approximately EUR 300bn worth of assets from…
EU widens embargo on Russian diesel, oil
The European Union expanded its ban on Russian diesel fuel and refined oil products with immediate effect on Sunday 5…
Hungary bails out steelmaker Dunaferr
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with a working group aiming to save the indebted steel company Dunaferr on Wednesday,…
US moves into CEE arms market – CET analysis
Geopolitics is leaving its mark on the arms race in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Countries are drifting further away…
Bulgaria faces fifth election in two years, as pro-Kremlin Socialists fail to form gov’t
Bulgaria is preparing for a new general election in the spring, following the failure of the country's Socialist Party to…
Gazprom failed to make January payment for Czech gas transit, minister confirms
Net4Gas, Czechia's natural gas transmission system operator, had not received its contracted monthly payment from Russian state-owned Gazprom by 4…
Romania, Hungary sign deal to lay world’s longest electricity cable
Hungary and Romania were among the four signatories of an agreement to construct a 1,100km (685 mile) power line under…
PMs discuss new Slovenia-Hungary gas link
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have discussed building a pipeline to transit Algerian gas…
Poland grants Ukraine access to disaster site, after two citizens killed by missile
The death of two men at the hands of a missile on farmland in the Polish village of Przewodow sparked…