The Czech Republic has taken over the presidency of the Visegrád Group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia; V4) just as it faces a number of different...
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After three days of intense talks, there’s a touch of female know-how at the European institutions. Late on July 2, EU leaders agreed on German defence minister...
German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp is to build a new facility in Hungary, a camshaft plant in Pécs worth 17.4 billion forints (54 million euros). The Hungarian government is...
The highly anticipated European elections have brought mixed results for populist parties in Central and Eastern Europe. Romania’s ruling Social Democrats suffered a...
Of the 10 countries that joined the European Union 15 years ago, Poland is definitely an EU success story: it has become more outward-looking and confident as well as...
After waiting almost two and a half years, Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán has finally made it to the White House. The long-awaited meeting of the...
The eagerly-anticipated visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Central Europe last week came amidst much hope for renewed US engagement in the region. There had...
Czech GDP, adjusted for price effects, increased by three per cent in 2018, according to new figures from the Czech Statistics Office (CZSO). Domestic demand contributed...
A meeting of the Visegrád group scheduled to start in Israel on February 18 was cancelled after Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that Poland would...
As the name suggests, Central Europe lies between Western Europe and Russia. This geographic situation – including a certain lack of natural borders – makes...
Slovakia’s parliament has adopted a draft resolution, sponsored by the Slovak National Party, to promote more constructive dialogue between the EU institutions...
Ensuring a secure supply of energy is a challenge for many European countries, not least in emerging Europe.
Bulgaria and Czech Republic have both stated that will show solidarity with Hungary over the European Parliament’s invocation of Article 7, initiated on account of...