Slovakia
Grain import ban will strain Ukraine-eastern EU ties
Poland and Ukraine have engaged in a spat over the extension of the EU-agreed import ban on Ukrainian grain
UkraineFrictions in Slovakia’s cabinet favour populists
President Zuzana Caputova has dismissed Interior Minister Ivan Simko, following a spat between him and the Slovak police
SlovakiaCentral Europe will focus on small nuclear reactors
The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland are making headway with plans to develop small nuclear reactors
Eastern EuropeNorth Macedonia constitution change will be tough
Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria are calling on North Macedonia to complete EU-agreed changes to its constitution.
North MacedoniaSlovak elections may yield a broad centrist coalition
Both the leftist-nationalist Direction-Social Democracy and its rival Progressive Slovakia hope to win early elections
SlovakiaHungary will demand extending Russia sanctions opt-out
Foreign Minister Szijjarto has called for extending Hungary's opt-out from Russian oil sanctions
HungarySlovakia caretaker cabinet pursues fiscal tightening
Slovakia's caretaker government has made a commitment to phase out energy subsidies
SlovakiaProspects for Eastern EU to end-2023
Eastern EU economies will grow modestly in the second half of 2023 amid political and institutional challenges
Eastern Europe
