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Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 June 2023

The Hungarian government is pursuing foreign direct investment (FDI) to cover some of the gaps created by the freezing of EU aid on rule-of-law grounds. Asian investors are being…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 December 2023

This is a morale booster for Kyiv, but a lengthy accession procedure, likely vetoes from pro-Russian or Ukrainian-neutral governments, and uncertainty over the war’s course will…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 7 December 2022

EU finance ministers in response postponed decisions on paying Hungary EUR5.8bn under the post-COVID-19 recovery plan, and whether to freeze EUR7.5bn from the ‘cohesion’ funds due…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 19 December 2022

Poland may have resolved its rule-of-law dispute with the EU, whereas part of Hungary’s ‘cohesion’ funds are frozen. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven a wedge between Poland…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 18 January 2022

This 30% hike, from BGN102.33 in December, was at the request of Bulgargaz, the state-owned gas distributor. The decision came in the wake of a parliamentary vote on December 16…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 July 2022

This is an opportunity for the new Czech government to differentiate itself from the other ‘Visegrad Four’ (V4) countries, and Poland and Hungary in particular, in terms of EU…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 May 2024

Speaking on the occasion, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that, over the past 20 years, the promise of stability and prosperity has been fulfilled…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 March 2024

The NBP is not cutting interest rates further partly because of tensions with Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-EU government, following the defeat of the nationalist Law and…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 20 April 2015

The challenging operating environment for CEE banks.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 2 April 2019

The EU's third donor conference pledging humanitarian assistance for Syria.

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