The Connecting Europe Facility’s largest ever grant should allow the three Baltic states to gain full control of their electricity networks by 2025. The European...
Tag - Lithuania
It’s one of the biggest Netflix hits of the year. Set in Malmö, Sweden, Young Wallender was in fact filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Lithuanian capital of Vilnius...
Central Europe Hungary and Poland lifted their veto of the European Union’s next multi-year budget and Covid-19 recovery package after reaching an agreement with...
Much of emerging Europe is at risk of corruption in the defence and security sectors, according to new research from Transparency International. Decades of progress...
A major new seizure of illegal cigarettes highlights the scale of emerging Europe’s clandestine tobacco trade. Law enforcement authorities seized 37 million...
Like most other cities across emerging Europe and the wider world, Vilnius is unable to welcome tourists this Christmas season. That hasn’t stopped the city...
We are at a turning point in the digital transformation, according to a new report from the OECD. Improved internet connectivity and skills have helped many countries to...
Central Europe Poland and Hungary should ask the European Union’s top court to assess the link between access to EU money and observing the rule of law, instead of...
Lithuania makes it easy for fintech innovators to set up shop in the country. The secret is close collaboration between government, the national bank, and private firms...
Lithuania’s sound economic management of recent years has helped it weather the Covid-19 storm. Now the country must build a more inclusive future on those foundations...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Central Europe Czech car production rose 2.8 per cent year-on-year in October, the first monthly increase since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, although a second wave of...