‘Poland’s 7/11’ plans IPO, regional expansion
Zabka is planning an initial public offering (IPO) on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on 17 October, as Poland’s leading convenience shop...
Czech ‘crisis manager’ Sikela to helm EU’s answer to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Czechia's former industry minister and crisis manager Jozef Sikela has been appointed to lead the EU’s EUR 300bn Global Gateway Strategy,...
Babis wins Senate seats, but Fiala retains control
Czech opposition party ANO, led by former prime minister Andrej Babis, scored a significant victory in Saturday’s elections for the country's...
Poland leads CEE wave of UK legacy firm buyouts
Polish online platform eSky’s GBP 30mn (EUR 35.5mn) purchase of Thomas Cook from China’s Fosun Tourism Group signals a broader westward...
BiH completes largest ever infrastructure project
Financed with a EUR 5mn EU grant and a EUR 100mn loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the nearly 1km-long...
As Serbia mulls lithium mine, Bulgaria, Slovenia explore sodium-ion as alternative
As tens of thousands of Serbians rally in opposition to the contentious lithium mining project planned by company Rio Tinto in...
Belgrade protests planned lithium mine in Jadar
Serbian police forcibly removed demonstrators from railway stations protesting the lithium mining project planned by company Rio Tinto, in the country’s...
Erste sees moderate economic growth in CEE
Adoption of zero-emission vehicles gaining traction in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), according to Erste Group's macroeconomic report for August 2024....
Polish eurozone enthusiasm falls – poll finds
Support for introducing the euro in Poland has decreased in the last year, pollster SW Research found, in a survey commissioned...
Polish PM warns off calls for Hungary ban from Schengen visa-free travel area
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk advised caution to European politicians calling for Hungary’s expulsion from the Schengen area, as it could...
Hungary, Slovakia threaten electricity cutoff in tit-for-tat dispute with Ukraine
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) could be closing in on an energy standoff as Hungary and Slovakia have threatened to restrict...
Czechia sinks EU cash into domestic green energy
Czech citizens who are interested in using solar power at their own home or company can rest easy, the subsidies for...
Qatar to open embassy in Czech capital
Czechia and Qatar signed bilateral agreements on Wednesday, as the Gulf state announced that it will open its first embassy in...
Scholz says ‘centre of Europe is moving eastwards’ on Prague visit
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasised the urgency of accession for aspiring EU members in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) when he...
Polish photovoltaic company Toren acquired by Swiss firm MET
Polish greenfield solar power project Toren Spolka Akcyjna agreed a 100% share purchase agreement with the Swiss-based energy company MET Group...
Poland deal with South Korea represents new era of European defence
Poland will sign executive agreements with The Republic of Korea on Friday to equip the Polish Army with its first shipments...
Europe’s drought worst in 500 years – EC report
Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova were among the European countries most affected by low rainfall rates in the three months up...
Greenhouse gases remain below pre-COVID levels in Q1 2022
EU economy greenhouse gas emissions were up year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, at 1.029 billion tonnes, but were still...
Estonia becomes latest CEE country to be targeted by Russian hackers Killnet
Estonia has repelled its most severe hacking attack in 15 years, the government announced on Thursday. The hack of the previous day...
Ex Czech PM in crosshairs of French money laundering probe
The French prosecutor's office has opened a money laundering investigation into Andrej Babis’s purchase of luxury property in France through a...