Hyundai Goes to Slovakia
South Korean manufacturing giant Hyundai has picked Slovakia as the site for a new $870m (?466m) car plant, one of the biggest deals in the car sector this year. The factory, which will open in 2006,...
View ArticleNarodwagen?
BusinessWeek spills a lot of ink on the rise of the car industry in Central and Eastern Europe. The idea that a lot of manufacturing is headed east is nothing new, but to see the numbers and changes...
View ArticleAnd speaking of Eurovision
Just a quick update on Croatia’s EU candidacy. Eight countries have signed a letter to British PM Tony Blair supporting Croatia’s membership. The letter was presented to Blair — who currently holds the...
View ArticleSlovakia swings left
Slovakia had elections this weekend. They don’t seem to have attracted much attention, but I think they’re worth a quick look. Short version: a center-right government that was committed to...
View ArticleSlovakia: Hm
Last month I posted about the elections in Slovakia. Robert Fico’s “Smer” party — leftish nationalist-populists — had beaten the center-right technocrats. Well, Fico and Smer have formed a government....
View ArticleHungarian passports; or, dumbest Stratfor article ever
This sort of thing is why I have trouble taking Stratfor seriously. Short version: the new, center-right Hungarian government is reviving the plan to offer Hungarian citizenship and passports to ethnic...
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