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Economic sentiment improves across Central and Eastern Europe despite new US tariffs

bne IntelliNews August 29, 2025

Economic sentiment in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) rose in August, indicating a potential acceleration in regional GDP growth to around 2.5% y/y, according to a note published by Nicholas Farr, emerging Europe economist at Capital Economics.

Hungary sues EU over use of frozen Russian asset income for Ukraine aid

Ben Aris in Berlin August 28, 2025

Hungary has launched a lawsuit against the EU over the use of billions of euros in interest accrued from frozen Russian sovereign assets to finance military support for Ukraine.

EU commits to huge increase in energy imports from US - Statista

Felix Richter of Statistia August 27, 2025

One of the key components of the trade deal that the European Union and the US agreed upon on July 27 is the EU’s commitment to massively ramp up energy imports from the United States, Statista reports.

US EPA’s controversial Climate Crisis report is full of lies and mistakes

Ben Aris in Berlin August 25, 2025

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a controversial report in July claiming the effects of the Climate Crisis were overblown. A fact check by Carbon Brief found it is full of lies and errors.

War of words escalates between Budapest Brussels and Kyiv following the latest Druzhba oil pipeline attacks

Ben Aris in Berlin August 25, 2025

US President Donald Trump is very angry with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over the attacks on Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline that lead to an exchange of irate letters over the weekend.

Russian oil deliveries to Hungary off again after third attack on Druzhba pipeline as Ukraine ups attacks on Russian oil assets

Ben Aris in Berlin August 24, 2025

Russian crude deliveries to Slovakia and Hungary were suspended on August 21 after a third attack on the Druzhba pipeline system in less than two weeks, officials confirmed. Flows are expected to remain offline for at least five days.

Mapping global drought risk - Statista

Anna Fleck for Statista August 24, 2025

By 2050, more than 1.6bn people, including almost 20% of the African population, will be exposed to severe and extreme droughts, if a pessimistic scenario plays out, according to a report by INFORM Climate Change.

Forest carbon credits are facing a reckoning over albedo risks

bne IntelliNews August 24, 2025

Planting trees should reduce the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere right? Well, its not so easy as that. Trees also provide shade and prevent sunlight from reaching the ground that could reflect it back into space, cooling the plant.

EU faces worst wildfire season on record as over 1mn hectares burn

bne IntelliNews August 22, 2025

The European Union is enduring its most severe wildfire season since records began, with more than 1.01mn hectares of land scorched so far this year,

Ukraine hits Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline again with drones

bne IntelliNews August 22, 2025

Ukraine has carried out another strike on the Druzhba oil pipeline, hitting the Unecha oil pumping station in the latest of a series of incidents targeting the Soviet-era pipeline.

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