Slovak foreign minister slammed by opposition and president for meeting Russia's Lavrov

Prime Minister Robert Fico praised the meeting as an example of a “balanced and sovereign Slovak foreign policy”.

Slovak Constitutional Court suspends part of Fico’s judicial overhaul

Court rushes to suspend several key paragraphs in the government's controversial legislative reform

Liberty Steel's financial crisis is just the latest blow for CEE's steel industry

The woes of Liberty Steel's mills also reflect the struggle of former Communist Central and Eastern Europe’s once mighty steel sector to remain competitive.

Despite differences over Ukraine, V4 leaders stress the platform is not dead

Split over Ukraine has led analysts and journalists to describe the group as the V2+V2 rather than the V4, and to speculate whether it had a function anymore.

Macron says sending Nato ground troops to Ukraine should not be ruled out

French president says Russia now presents a greater danger and nothing should be excluded.

Commercial real estate investment dropped by 55% in Central Europe in 2023, says Cushman & Wakefield

The highest proportion of the capital went into the office sector, although its share dropped from 41% in 2022 to 32% in 2023 because of the increasing trend towards remote work.

Romania’s president pitches to be CEE's candidate for Nato top seat

The alliance's CEE countries had hoped to be strong contenders to helm the alliance this time around, but the Netherlands' Mark Rutte appears to have it in the bag already.

Is the worst of Europe's slowdown over as PMI recover?

VISEGRAD BLOG: Poland will be a test case of how to reconquer the state and rebuild a liberal democracy

Liberals are fundamentally misunderstanding the nature of the PiS system if they believe Donald Tusk should tread water.

Unemployment level in Slovakia inched up to 3.97% in January

It is an increase of 0.09 percentage points compared to December and a drop of 0.47pp on January 2023.

Opponents look to Constitutional Court and Brussels to block Slovakia's criminal justice reform

Some observers believe the EU is not yet really focussed on Slovakia or may try to avoid getting into another battle over the rule of law, which has already blighted its relations with Hungary and Poland.

CEE losing competitiveness because of soaring wages and weak productivity growth

Unit labour costs have surged by 25% since 2020 – something not seen since the early 2000s, says Capital Economics