Posted inEconomy
Why Some Central Europeans Still Fear the Euro
Euro adoption? In Poland only a quarter of voters now back it, while in the Czech Republic more than seven‑in‑ten reject the idea outright. Add a court ruling that questions…
Posted inEconomy
Bridging the Gap: New Infrastructure Projects Linking the Balkans to the Baltics
The EU is finally turning talk into steel and spectrum, with a cascade of rail‑border upgrades and cross‑border 5G corridors set to stitch the Western Balkans, Central Europe and the…
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Trump’s Greenland Tariffs: Eight EU Nations Face New US Duties
The United States is set to slap a 10 % duty on imports from eight European nations next February, with a steep jump to 25 % by June – a move that…
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Bulgaria’s 25,000 New Workers: Migration Wave Hits the Balkans
Bulgaria has swallowed an unprecedented wave of foreign labour – nearly 25 000 third‑country nationals entered the market in 2025, a scale that dwarfs the 10 000‑plus recorded just four years earlier. The…
Posted inSociety
Warhol’s Delayed Debut: Slovakia’s Museum Stalls Amid Pandemic
The Andy Warhol Museum, billed as Slovakia’s cultural flagship, still sits half‑built while the calendar pages turn. Promised for a 2023 launch, the project has been pushed back indefinitely, and not…
Posted inEconomy
Czech Economy on Thin Ice: Economist Warns of Long‑Term Erosion
The Czech economy is teetering on a cliff edge. Real‑GDP growth has slipped to a modest 2.3 % in 2024 – still above the EU average of 0.7 % but far from the…
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Turany Traffic Gridlock: D1 Bottleneck Highlights Infrastructure Strain
A truck overturned, ice turned the D1 into a parking lot, and Central Europe’s freight lifeline ground to a halt. By the evening of 22 December 2025 a “massive column of…
Posted inInvestigations
Croatia’s Money‑laundering Crackdown: 32 Arrested in Europe‑wide Financial Scam
The coordinated Europol raid of 10 December 2025 ripped through the Balkans, snaring 32 suspects across Austria, Bosnia‑Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany and Serbia and confiscating more than €5 million in cash, gold, luxury goods,…
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From Local to Global: Czech Billionaires Join the World’s Elite
The Czech Republic’s billionaire club has shed its post‑communist back‑water image and now commands a global empire worth more than US $100 billion – a fortune that is quietly reshaping Prague’s fiscal playbook.…
Posted inPolitics
EU’s New Power Plant Funding Boosts Central European Energy Security
The European Investment Bank’s latest €175 million loan for a new Polish power plant is not just a tidy line on a balance sheet – it’s a loud statement that Brussels…