Central Europe
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517.17 million euros from the European Recovery Fund were allocated to the Slovak railways. The state-owned railway company Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR) announced this on September 22…
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Consumer confidence in the Czech Republic rose by 2.8 points to 105.1 points in September. The Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) reported this on September 24. Before…
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Hungary's central bank is lowering its inflation target from 3% to 2.5% effective January 1, 2028. The Monetary Policy Council of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank left the key interest rate unchanged on…
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Producer prices in the Czech agricultural sector were 11.8% lower in August than a year earlier. The Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) released the figure on September 16. It is…
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The average gross salary in the Polish corporate sector reached 9,259.54 złoty in August. That is 5.6% more than a year earlier. The Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) released…
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4.7% more than a year earlier: That’s how much Hungary’s industrial sector produced in July. The Central Statistical Office (KSH) confirmed the figure on Tuesday in its second…
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Poland's imports of goods totaled 143.5 billion zloty in July, up 14.3% from a year earlier. This month, China shipped more goods to Poland for the first time…
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In August, butter cost 38.8% less in the Czech Republic than it did a year earlier. The price of long-life semi-skimmed milk fell by 24.6%, and pork by 23.7%. This was reported by…
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In August, food and non-alcoholic beverages in Slovakia cost 2.5% less than a year earlier. The last time prices in this category fell by this much was in November…
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Inflation in Hungary stood at 1.3% in August, down from 4.3% in August 2025. The Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported this on September 8. Compared to July…
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Polish consumer prices in August were 3.4% higher than a year earlier. This was reported by the Central Statistical Office (GUS) in its flash estimate released on August 31. In July…
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Czech retail sales rose by 4.8% in real terms in July compared with the same month a year earlier. The Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) reported this on September 4. Compared with June, they rose…
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Slovakia completed only 2,368 apartments in the second quarter of 2026. The Slovak Statistical Office (ŠÚ SR) reported on Thursday a decline of more than…
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The average wage in the Czech Republic rose to 51,966 korunas in the second quarter of 2026. The Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) reported on Thursday a nominal increase of 6.4% compared to…
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Actual consumption by Hungarian households in the second quarter was 4.1% higher than in the previous year. Gross fixed capital formation fell by 6.3% during the same period. The…