Three British waste disposal companies have been under investigation by the UK's Environment Agency (EA) for sending 1,000 tons of falsely labelled recyclable waste to Poland and there are likely many more cases to come.
Last August, a report by the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) argued that if Poland maintains the economic growth rate it enjoyed in 1990-2018, it will catch up with Germany in 21 years' time. Poland’s fast, stable growth...
The US government has threatened the Czech Republic with tariffs on the country’s goods if its parliament adopts a 7 per cent digital tax. According to Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek, the Czech Republic could face...
The debate on the next EU budget becomes heated. The northern countries want to limit the cohesion funds, while Central and Southeast countries insist on the same level as previously. Germany, the EU’s biggest contributor,...
The Polish venture capital scene had a strong second half of 2019, with over PLN1bn (EUR235.7m) invested in start-ups in the Q3, led by DocPlanner, Brainly and Booksy pulling in large investment rounds from overseas...
Poland’s government program is boosting solar energy development. The nine-fold increase of subsidies for households that want to buy solar panels sparked investors’ interest in shares of companies involved in the solar...
French President Emmanuel Macron had warned in late 2019 that any country not signed up to ambitious climate plan for 2050 pact would not get financial assistance, with Poland still maintaining its objections and refusing to...
In the first three quarters of 2019, Hungary, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Slovakia recorded a real estate investment volume of EUR9bn, according to a report from Colliers, with office sector being the...
The Czech Republic’s railway sector is increasingly embracing modern technologies such as AI, while the country's rail companies are planning to make major investments in the coming years and to rejuvenate its fleet...
The revenues of the apricot market in Central and Southeast Europe (CSE) amounted to USD318m in 2018, down 5.8 per cent against the previous year, according to IndexBox’s report: “Eastern Europe – Apricots – Market...