Average vacancy rate for offices in Vilnius are about 3 per cent, one of the lowest rates in Europe and this has led more real estate developers to focus on office expansion in the Lithuanian capital.
Hungary is planning to phase out coal-fired electricity generation by 2030 to help reduce emissions and tackle climate change. The country's main strategy to meet the growing need of power is to reduce the energy dependency by...
US Steel Kosice (USSK) plans to cut a fifth of its workforce in Slovakia over the next two years. EU steel markets face weak demand, protectionism and high iron ore and coking coal prices.
South Koreaʼs Bumchun Precision plans to build a HUF13.3bn (EUR41m) plant supplying parts for electric cars in northern Hungary. The Hungarian government will provide HUF2.65bn for the construction of the plant, which will...
In 2018, the Western Balkans recorded the largest inflow of greenfield direct investment (FDI) with the value of USD9.36bn in 2018, the highest amount since 2003, according to the fDi report
Deputy Minister of the Environment Slawomir Mazurek said the government would be hard on illegal incineration of waste in Poland. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki even threatened to ban the import of waste until the system was...
Last year, 14 per cent of Lithuania's exports went to Russia, the largest share among the country's other importers. Latvia is Lithuania's second biggest trade partner, followed by Poland and Germany.
The central bank of Slovakia, NBS continues to regulate the loan market in order to stop the rising indebtedness of Slovaks. While the first measures were introduced last year, the new ones were put in place in July.
Banks in Estonia have not yet plugged all the gaps in their money laundering controls, the Baltic state’s regulator said, pledging to maintain a clampdown.
Slovenia's organic farming sector continues to grow slowly but steadily, with 3,320 agricultural holdings registered as organic farms in 2018, a 4 per cent increase over 2017.