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Czech Police Suggest Indicting PM Babis

Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš should be indicted over charges of fraud involving European Union subsidies, according to a recommendation…

5 years ago

Covid Passes & Prospects for Summer

Reading Time: 3 minutes More than 43% of the EU population has already been vaccinated at least once, and the…

5 years ago

Hungarian Electricity Company Aims Further Regional Expansion

Reading Time: < 1 minute Regional ambitions of Hungary's MVM electricity group seems to bear fruits: since 2016 its net…

5 years ago

Hungary Hosts Region’s Largest Solar Plant

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Chinese-financed solar energy plant inaugurated in Hungary is part of the Asian giant's regional…

5 years ago

The Ryanair Incident: An Overt Challenge to the EU

The EU was unusually unified and prompt in condemning Belarus for “hijacking” the Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair plane. The European…

5 years ago

Digital Marketing Act Too Weak, say Member States

Lawmakers in some of the most influential EU member states say the Union's Digital Marketing Act (DMA), set to regulate…

5 years ago

Russia Bans Flights from the EU

Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia shows its clear alignment in the EU-Belarus air crisis

5 years ago

Slovenia’s PM Facing Increased EU Scrutiny

Slovenia's prime minister, Janez Janša, is facing increasing pressure from the European Union as his country is poised to take…

5 years ago

Several EU Countries Call to Strengthen Common Biofuel Oversight

In a joint statement sent to the European Commission, five member states have issued a call to establish stricter supervision…

5 years ago

Hungary Reduces Tax Rate on Cryptocurrencies

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Hungarian government hopes taxing cryptocurrencies could lead to more transparency.

5 years ago

Plastics Study Singles Out 20 Polluters

Twenty companies are responsible for producing more than half of all the single-use plastic waste in the world, fuelling the…

5 years ago

How a Slovak “brAIn” is Revolutionizing Renewable Energy Consumption

Known as the “Airbnb of clean energy” and “brAIn,” the Slovak startup Fuergy is a Central European success story in…

5 years ago

EU Summit: New Sanctions Against Belarus Agreed

After what is being called the hijacking of a Ryanair flight from Athens-Vilnius on Sunday, heads of state and governments…

5 years ago

Drone Driven Agro-Machine Learning Helps Farmers

A Ukrainian start-up, Horos.ai promises to help farmers maximize yield, and minimize herbicide and water use with drone technology-driven machine…

5 years ago

QR Code Covid Passes set to Debut

Following extensive debate between the European Parliament and Council, lawmakers in Brussels have reached an agreement on QR code Covid…

5 years ago

Ryanair Publicly Challenges Croatia Airlines

Reading Time: < 1 minute Lawmakers in Brussels have agreed upon EU-wide travel passes to restore free movement in the…

5 years ago

Emplocity: Automated Candidate Sourcing from Poland

Reading Time: 3 minutes A group of young entrepreneurs from Poland have come up with applications based on AI that…

5 years ago

New EC Proposal for Unified EU Corporate Tax

Reading Time: < 1 minute Unification of the corporate tax rule book for member states is on the European Commission's…

5 years ago

Ambitious Hungarian Biotech Firm Fights Cancer With AI

Reading Time: 4 minutes A wildly successful Hungarian start-up, Turbine uses computer simulation to narrow down new drug capabilities and,…

5 years ago

Partial Greenlight for Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Construction

After being halted in April due to environmental concerns, the construction of 2 km of the Nord Stream 2 natural…

5 years ago