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Bulgarians rise against the EU’s mobility package
Vedran ObućinaIn Bulgaria the transport sector accounts for 15 per cent of the GDP and employs around 200,000 people. This sector is now under new regulations of the transport through the Mobility Package 1 of the European Union.
The global liquefied natural gas market without Russia
Jerzy RutkowskiRussia as a leading global producer and exporter of conventional natural gas underestimated the revolution associated with the development of the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market.
Incredible rise of Serbian steel industry
Vedran ObućinaLast year, Serbia became the world leader in the increase of the production of crude steel with a growth rate of 38.9 per cent, according to the World Steel Association data. Serbia produced 1.8 million tons of raw steel...
Polish energy strategy assumptions to 2040
Jan DaraszPoland’s energy strategy has three main aims — security of energy supply, competitiveness and energy efficiency, and limiting the detrimental effect of energy policy on the environment.
Increase in the number of countries supplying oil to Poland
Wojciech MroczekIn order to diversify its sources of crude oil supply, Poland is importing less oil from Russia and more from other countries, such as Kazakhstan, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.
Electric vehicles are catching up with gas-powered cars
Obserwator FinansowyIn 2018, the number of electric vehicles surpassed 4 million worldwide. This is still only a fraction of all the vehicles on the roads, but the rate of changes in the automotive market indicates that soon cars with internal...
Central and Southeast Europe still attractive for investors
Filip BrokešDespite the increasingly unstable political environment, the CSE witnessed an upsurge in overall deal value of 12.5 per cent year on year reaching a total value of the EUR80.5bn in 2018, according to the latest report on...
Serbia’s komercijalna banka finished 2018 with the best results
Vedran ObućinaIn 2018, the Komercijalna banka (Commercial Bank) in Serbia achieved the best results in the past ten years, as it expects a profit of about RSD8.3 bn (over EUR70m). The bank has reversed the trend of declining market share.
Czech media firmly in domestic hands
Filip BrokešOn January, the Czech online daily idnes.cz informed that the news platform Info.cz merged with the news aggregator Zdroj.cz. This merger is one of the latest manifestations of series of M&As on the Czech media market.
Real estate prices as a barometer of economic condition
Obserwator FinansowyJudging by the real estate prices, the consequences of the financial crisis have almost entirely disappeared. In Poland housing prices are rising again.