Romania

Oligarchic businessmen are less entrenched than in CIS, but are expanding hand in glove with authoritarian politics

A Commission signal that it will not hold member-states to account for graft may lead to more democratic backsliding

Record Czech car output could go unsold if another slump in Western Europe prompts buyers to delay new car purchases

Inflationary pressures are setting the stage for Central-East European rate hikes, in some cases late this year

The aim of spending 2% of GDP on defence for the next decade will be met as it unites political adversaries

Grindeanu may have undermined the anti-corruption referendum by making a non-party lawyer justice minister

Consumer prices rose by the most in nearly four years in January but stripped of energy, inflation is much more modest

A popular outcry has stopped the government weakening anti-corruption laws