Latvia reimposes lockdown as COVID rips through Baltics and Balkans

4 years ago

Latvia has announced a month-long COVID lockdown after a surge in infections and hospitalisations, becoming the first EU country to…

East-West-divide defines EU summit agenda

4 years ago

The East-West divide will be conspicuous on the agenda when EU heads of state and government gather at the bloc's…

Albania, North Macedonia on track for EU accession talks – EC report

4 years ago

Albania and North Macedonia are on the march towards EU accession talks, according to the latest annual European Commission (EC)…

Czech startup raises over USD 100m in record “Series A” venture capital round

4 years ago

Czech start-up Rossum will receive USD 100 million in venture capital from a consortium - including General Catalyst, one of the…

Czech legislators plan power transfer, as Zeman unable to perform presidential duties

4 years ago

Czech President Milos Zeman - who was hospitalised on 10 October, the morning after the general election - remains incapable…

Russia cuts diplomatic relations with NATO

4 years ago

Russia has announced that it will suspend its NATO mission in Brussels after the western military alliance expelled eight employees…

There is little alternative to Russian gas for Eastern Europe – Hungary signs 10+5-year deal

4 years ago

Russian state-owned Gazprom and Hungarian energy group MVM signed a ten-year gas-supply agreement at the end of August. Under the deal,…

Czech government could sink millions into ‘Three Seas’ waterway project

4 years ago

After years of non-engagement, the outgoing Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis appears to have discovered a new-found enthusiasm for the…

V4 vie to attract VW battery plant

4 years ago

Volkswagen will decide on the location of a new battery cell plant in Central and Eastern Europe in the first…

Mayor Peter Marki-Zay wins primary vote to run against PM Orban in spring 2022

4 years ago

Peter Marki-Zay, the 49-year-old conservative mayor of Hodmezovasarhely, south Hungary, was announced as the winner of the Hungarian opposition primaries…