So much of European competition news deals with the financial & political centers: London, Brussels, Paris, etc. Yet many of the most interesting challenges are faced by Central and Eastern…

Pal Szilagyi, Oct 30, 2012 Looking at recent developments in Hungarian competition law and policy first gives us the impression that nothing exciting is happening. Most developments are business as…

Zuzana Sabova, Oct 30, 2012 Competition law was introduced in Slovakia in the early 1990s as a part of the market mechanisms aimed at the transformation from a centrally planned…

Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber, Gerhard Fussenegger, Oct 30, 2012 Within the last couple of months, Austrian competition law has followed new paths. The Austrian Cartel Court, for the first time, imposed fines…

Miklos Juhasz, Oct 30, 2012 The developments of Hungarian competition policy in the last two years have been motivated by endeavours to make the operation of the Hungarian Competition Authority…

Dina Lurje, Oct 30, 2012 The Lithuanian Competition Authority (“Competition Council”), having recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, has joined other competition enforcers around the world and, in July 2012, released…

Oana Stefan, Oct 30, 2012 Since 2007, Romania is, alongside Bulgaria, one of the newest members of the European Union. Consequently, the vast majority of its institutional and legislative developments…

Zuzana Hnatova, Oct 30, 2012 The Slovak republic does not have a long tradition in competition regulation, a condition predominately caused by the communist history of the country. The first statutory…