Low-income regions in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, where GDP per capita is under 50 per cent of the EU average, represent one of the major widening divides...
Tag - Slovakia
Looking at the headline numbers, most of EU-CEE, including the Visegrád countries (V4) have done well since the fall of the Berlin Wall. At purchasing power parity, per...
The fallout from the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak on February 25 continues to cause huge repercussions after Prime Minister Robert Fico accused...
Voters in both Hungary and Poland go to the polls this year: a parliamentary election will be held in Hungary in April, local elections in Poland later in the year. In...
The sight of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico standing next to 1 million euros in cash – ostensibly a reward for information leading to the arrest of the...
Estonia – by quite some distance – is viewed as being the least corrupt country in emerging Europe, according to the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, published...
A young Slovak investigative journalist, Ján Kuciak, has been found shot dead alongside his fiancée Martina Kušnírová at their home in the town of Vel’ka Mača near the...
The CEO’s of central and eastern Europe’s six most important stock exchanges met in Prague on February 20 to discuss various means of extending co-operation between...
Slovak entrepreneurs have complained about a major deterioration in the business environment, but they still expect to see positive development of the economy.
In a new edition of the Open Budget Survey (OBS), which assesses budget accountability and transparency in 115 countries across the world, Georgia has emerged as Central...
In Hungary, Austrians are colloquially known as “our brothers-in-law.” An expression which reflects common history as well as the close cultural and economic ties...
Although it still has much work to do in terms of improving the range and reach of the services it provides, Slovakia’s national heathcare system has been declared CEE’s...
Slow progress in raising living standards, and widening inequality have contributed to political polarisation and erosion of social cohesion in many advanced and...
