Hungary: Brussels in court threat [updated]
The last thing a man floundering in stormy waters needs is a legal argument with the lifeboat captain. But that's what Hungary faced on Tuesday with the European Commission seemingly preparing to...
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Brussels to Hungary: you stick, we twist
Valuable EU funds worth €495m will be available to Hungary in 2013, after the European Commission on Wednesday recommended lifting the suspension of the funds as it grudgingly accepted that Budapest...
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Gazprom investigation: long road ahead
Investors appear to have shrugged off news that the European Commission has opened a formal investigation of the Russia’s natural gas monopoly for suspected anti-competitive practices in European gas...
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Poland’s economy: thunder and lightning or a summer shower?
Should Poles be getting out their umbrellas, or will a simple spring coat suffice? That’s the question as a debate begins over whether the clouds hanging over the Polish economy are merely grey or a...
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Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia leave EC excessive deficit procedure; not so Poland
Time to loosen those belts, as the European Commission let a host of CEE countries out from under its excessive deficit procedures – evidence that Brussels is keen on boosting growth. Hungary, Romania...
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Guest post: don’t bet against a winter gas crisis in Europe
By David Clark of the Russia Foundation Marcos Sefcovic, the new European Commission vice-president responsible for energy, was in optimistic mood last week when he predicted a winter without any...
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Guest post: energy options for the Danube states call for practical realism...
By Alan Riley of City Law School Following South Stream’s demise the Danube nations must look again at their energy vulnerability. These low income states, locked into antique energy infrastructure and...
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