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OSW Commentary | | Ilona Gizińska

Sky-high ambitions of the Orbán government Budapests air cargo boom

In recent years, Hungary has seen significant growth in air freight. In 2024, Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport handled nearly 300,000 tonnes of cargo, recording an annual increase of 50% and establishing itself as one of the key…
OSW Commentary | | Ilona Gizińska

OSW update Hungary election no 1

The parliamentary election scheduled for 12 April in Hungary is set to take place within a wholly new configuration of the political landscape. Fidesz, led by Viktor Orbán and the clear victor in the past four elections, will face a new…
OSW Commentary | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota

Excessive dependence The growing role of US LNG and oil in the EU market

Since 2022, the EU has undergone a rapid transformation of its natural gas and crude oil import mix. Faced with Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, now in its fourth year, and the Russian-European economic war, the EU has almost…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

Czech defence conglomerate CSG becomes the most valuable company in Central Europe

On 23 January, the Czech-based defence conglomerate Czechoslovak Group (CSG) made an exceptionally successful debut on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company’s market value surged by 30% to over €33 billion on the first day of…
Analyses | | Jan Nowinowski

MOL moves towards acquiring Russian stakes in Serbias NIS

On 19 January, the Hungarian oil and gas company MOL announced that it had signed a binding heads of agreement with the Russian petrochemical company Gazprom Neft to purchase a 56.2% stake in Serbia’s fuel company NIS. Within this package…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec

The Fico–Trump meeting Slovakia turns to US nuclear technologies

On 17–18 January, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico paid a visit to the United States. On the first day, in Washington, he signed an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) on bilateral cooperation in civilian nuclear energy with US Secretary of…