Andrea Dudik

Beyoncé and J.Lo have put a former war zone on the world's fashion radar https://t.co/9pAf6h9Qkb via @luxury

The Czech central bank governor’s bid to invest a portion of the country’s reserves into Bitcoin managed to draw more attention to the central European nation’s monetary policy than any of his predecessors https://t.co/4B2wdr3UgU via @economics

Nationalist governments gaining ground in central Europe are breaking the consensus in the EU and NATO and presenting Vladimir Putin with new allies https://t.co/77n53Cnoci via @bpolitics

A deadly roof collapse at a train station last year exposes the cracks in Serbia's strongman rule https://t.co/kT4h5vAivm via @bpolitics

Czech steam-turbine manufacturer Doosan Skoda Power launched an initial public offering, touting an outlook for high dividends and rapid earnings growth driven by orders from the energy industry https://t.co/EZG6yyJ2VZ via @markets

Polish billionaire Rafal Brzoska saw the UK’s decision to leave the EU as an opportunity to expand his InPost parcel locker company. Now Donald Trump’s plan to upend the world trade order has turned his sights on the US market https://t.co/8gpqRkkpye via @business

With the help of a two-story clock in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, the Baltics are counting down the minutes until they leave Russia's energy grid on Feb. 8. https://t.co/WWm2fqQZBV via @business

Poland’s second-biggest power utility Tauron Polska Energia seeks to shun its coal-fired units by the end of this decade as the European Union’s most coal-reliant country speeds up energy transition https://t.co/0oUPrRF6AY via @business

Romania and Bulgaria will gain full access to the EU’s passport-free area next year, following a grueling, nearly two-decade push that will help boost their struggling economies https://t.co/h6VXMLQnVA via @markets

Poland’s Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said lower interest rates would be supportive for investments, adding that there are communication problems with the central bank https://t.co/koJumnfX4o via @markets

Poland’s largest energy company Orlen is pulling out of its biggest petrochemical investment as the new management of the government-controlled firm seeks to rein in spending planned by its predecessors https://t.co/5EUt6wPBpz via @markets

Viktor Orban’s critics have been waiting for years for a figure to credibly challenge his increasingly autocratic rule in Hungary. Few would have bet on Peter Magyar to be that person https://t.co/kjmx7JeTqQ via @bpolitics

Germany should step up its defense spending to set an example for the European Union as doubts grow about US military support for Ukraine, a senior Polish defense official said https://t.co/UbrHXwaBqs via @bpolitics

Persistent inflation pressure in the Czech Republic may warrant a pause in interest-rate cuts as early as this month, according to a member of the central bank’s board who has supported the yearlong monetary easing cycle. https://t.co/zJbNyW60ND via @economics

Bulgaria said it may halt the transit of Russian natural gas to central Europe if Gazprom doesn’t find a payment solution amid US sanctions https://t.co/dLj8zFF3tT via @markets

Europe will need the US to project strength to halt more aggressive moves from Russia, the Czech Republic’s prime minister said, as he warned allies against “appeasement” in any process to end the war on Ukraine https://t.co/iURejhvN52 via @bpolitics

Pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu embraces conspiracy theories and loves Tiktok. Can he win Romania's presidential election? https://t.co/bSbs230pTq via @bpolitics