Hungary

  • Feb 19
  • 7 min read

Hungary may stop delaying Sweden joining NATO soon

Hungary seems about to concede to growing Western pressure and agree to Sweden joining NATO, the last member to do so

Hungary
  • Feb 13
  • 7 min read

Hungary will ease immigration to meet labour shortage

Hungary trumps its V4 neighbours by fast-tracking new immigration strategy, aimed at fixing its talent shortfall

Hungary
  • Jan 10
  • 7 min read

Industry needs may prompt East European school reform

The latest PISA assessments of school students’ attainment from the OECD show a split in the Visegrad Four

Eastern Europe
  • Jan 5
  • 6 min read

Chinese EV investment runs risks in Hungary, Slovakia

Poland and Czechia are much less exposed to China than Hungary and Slovakia in their transitioning to EV manufacture

Eastern Europe
  • Dec 11, 2023
  • 7 min read

Risks will outweigh recovery chances in Eastern Europe

The prospects for the four V4 economies are looking up cautiously, surrounded by risks

Eastern Europe
  • Nov 22, 2023
  • 7 min read

Slovak-Hungarian entente will not affect Western unity

After the likely departure of the PiS-led government in Poland, Fico-led Slovakia is now Hungary’s closest EU ally

Slovakia
  • Nov 6, 2023
  • 7 min read

Poland, Czechia and Hungary may join euro, but not yet

Non-euro CEE countries either can join but lack the political will, or have the will but fail the economic criteria

Eastern Europe
  • Oct 23, 2023
  • 7 min read

EU-China trade war over electric vehicles is unlikely

A confrontation over electric vehicles could spell additional hardship for the German-East European automotive cluster

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