Luminor is the third-largest bank in the Baltic states and is reportedly valued at more than €2bn.
CNB also improves its economic outlook for this year to 1.4% growth, up from the 0.4% growth it predicted in February.
Hungary has slid to second poorest member state under Hungarian strongman's corrupt rule.
NGOs which receive more than €5,000 from outside of Slovakia will be labelled “organisations with foreign support”.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte believe that Lithuania should help Ukraine get back its military-age men living abroad.
Czech interior minister says that Russia is “transgressing valid international agreements” after it refused to cooperate with Czech authorities on the case.
Orlen's PiS-appointed CEO reportedly disregarded warnings from the company's security team about head of Swiss subsidiary's alleged Hezbollah links.
It is already clear that the estimated price of CZK160bn (€6.4bn), which the Czech government calculated in 2020, will be exceeded.
Polish legislation limits pharmacy ownership to pharmacists only, restricts opening of new pharmacies near existing ones, and sets a cap where one owner can only have four pharmacies nationwide.
Orban is admired by representatives of the Trumpist US right-wing for his tough immigration policies and advocacy for families and Christian conservatism.
A significant portion of Poland's new military acquisitions has come from South Korea, including light combat aircraft, tanks and self-propelled howitzers.
Hungarian lender says target is in an EU country in which OTP did not have a presence, triggering speculation.
EP is in talks to acquire a further 30% of the steel business in a pursuit of forming a 50:50 joint venture.
“We must drain the swamp in Brussels in June and in Washington in November,” Hungarian premier says.
Poland is ready to help Ukraine bring conscription-age men home after Kyiv stepped up its mobilisation effort, a top government official said this week. But hundreds of thousands of people leaving Poland could be a huge problem for the economy.
New bill will allow government to change leadership of public broadcaster, while 'ethical council' will oversee content.
Hungary has become the primary European destination of Chinese corporate investments, with a string of investments targeting the battery industry.
The Monetary Council of the National Bank (MNB) reduced the base rate by 50bp to 7.75% in line with projections, slowing down the pace of monetary easing from 75bp in the previous meeting.
Vratislav Mynar was at the centre of many of the scandals surrounding Milos Zeman's two terms as president.
Government queries president's comments, while Moscow attacks them as "provocative".