Europe
What's happening in Brussels and what the rest of Europe is up to through the eyes of the Mainland Times. In simple terms, how the current events in the EU will affect the lives of EU citizens and expats.
Romania’s eMag extends CEE reach with Hungarian merger
Romanian online retailer eMag has announced the merger of its Hungarian subsidiary with Extreme Digital, creating one of the largest...
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Emerging Europe Talks Prosperity — start-up ecosystems with Jerzy Brodzikowski
Pandemic or not, start-ups are popping up at an exponential rate across emerging Europe and the rest of the world. Cities,...
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Sunday Trading in Poland Under Renewed Threat
Poland’s Sunday trading debate continues. In the original draft of new regulations, the Solidarity trade union wanted all shops, with...
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Polish ruling party politician linked with criminal underworld
Marian Banaś, a Law and Justice (PiS) politician and recently appointed chief of Poland’s Supreme Audit Office has been heavily embroiled...
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Poland is all in for Netflix’s The Witcher, and much more
The Witcher has quickly filled in the space HBO’s Game of Thrones left behind: the first season of the medieval-inspired...
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Sustainability is not a trend: it’s a must
Emerging Europe’s Andrew Wrobel speaks with Anna Grabowska, CCO of Poland’s largest modern convenience retail chain, Żabka, about the firm’s...
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In emerging Europe, the public have been frozen out of green recovery plan consultations
Shadowy spending of pandemic funds could dash EU hopes for a green recovery, says a new report. European Union member...
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Half a million Hungarians sign petition to join EU prosecutor’s office
More than 500,000 Hungarian citizens have signed a petition demanding that the country join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, a...
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New China-Poland truck route opened
A truck carrying goods has traveled from the Chinese border town of Khorgos, through Kazakhstan and Russia to Europe in...
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The week in Covid-19: Unprecedented uncertainty
Lockdowns are coming to an end, restrictions are being relaxed. The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have even...
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