bne IntelliNews – EBRD2025: France pledges €10mn to repair Chernobyl shelter after drone strike
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has secured a €10mn ($10.8mn) contribution from France to help fund…
bne IntelliNews – EU allies prepared to back Moldova’s EU accession bid without Ukraine if Hungary’s veto not lifted
EU member states most supportive of Ukraine are ready to move forward with accession talks for Moldova without…
bne IntelliNews – Former Hungarian PM Ferenc Gyurcsany, long-time adversary of Viktor Orban, quits politics
Ferenc Gyurcsany, Hungary’s former prime minister and longtime figurehead of the Democratic Coalition (DK), is stepping down from…
bne IntelliNews – 78-year-old protest legend Nina Bahinskaya faces new charges in Belarus crackdown
Belarusian authorities have launched a criminal investigation against 78-year-old activist Nina Bahinskaya for wearing a white-red-white pin in…
bne IntelliNews – CJEU ruling on forex loans could open legal pandora’s box in Hungary
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a ruling issued on April 30 found that…
bne IntelliNews – BLOG: The EU’s glacial push to eliminate Russian LNG
The EU is continuing to grapple with the complex challenge of eliminating its remaining oil and gas imports…
bne IntelliNews – Russian manufacturing downturn eases with PMI of 49.3 in April, slightly up from March, but still underwater
The Russian manufacturing sector remained in decline in April, though at a slower pace, as easing contractions in…
bne IntelliNews – Hungary requests activation of national escape clause
Hungary is one of a dozen EU members to have formally requested the activation of the national escape…
bne IntelliNews – MOL and TPAO bring upstream partnership to Hungary
Hungarian oil and gas company MOL and Turkish peer TPAO are partnering on hydrocarbon exploration and production in…
bne IntelliNews – Croatia to prioritise economic cooperation as chair of Three Seas Initiative
Croatia will focus on boosting economic, energy and infrastructure cooperation as it assumes the rotating presidency of the…
bne IntelliNews – Hungary and Slovakia warn EU against scrapping unanimity rule over Ukraine membership bid
The leaders of Hungary and Slovakia warned on April 28 against changing the European Union’s unanimity rule, after…
bne IntelliNews – Protesters return to towns and cities across Slovakia against cabinet’s NGO bill
Protesters returned to the towns and cities across Slovakia in response to the NGO bill, which the left-right…