The volume and value of M&A deals targeting companies in Central and Southeast Europe in Q1’18 fell to 1,823, valued at USD24,789m, after deal making failed to sustain the growth recorded in Q4’17, when 2,253 deals worth...
The share of the business sector in total expenditures on research and development (R&D) is among EU countries the second highest in Hungary, according to figures released by Eurostat.
For the last 10 years the revenues from gambling in Bulgaria have risen significantly and in 2017 hit a new high of EUR1.5bn. Due to the huge tax benefits, the taxes paid in 2016 were only EUR90.5m.
Despite its strong economic growth, many middle-sized Polish companies appear to be hitting the limits of the domestic market and looking outside their country.
Exports of information and communication technology (ICT) from Serbia reached a record EUR900m in 2017, 21.5 per cent more than in 2016.
Seven German MEPs across the political spectrum called on the German government to clarify its position on the politically contentious planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline linking Russian natural gas sources with German consumers.
Bulgarian Minister of Energy Temenuzhka Petkova said Bulgaria may buy natural gas from Israel through a Greek connection or as a liquefied natural gas
Poland will decide later this year whether to build its first nuclear power plant to lower carbon emissions, as part of a plan to reduce dependence on coal in the long term, Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski said.
The Warsaw and Silesia Agglomerations remain the largest retail markets in Poland. Szczecin agglomeration is the smallest retail market amongst 8 largest ones and offers only 303,700 sqm of GLA.
K&H Bank analyst, Dávid Németh, says that he expects Hungarian wages to grow slightly more slowly in 2018 than last year, predicting net wage growth of more than 10 per cent and real wage growth of 8 per cent this year.