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30 March 2013 Posted by GE for CEE

(Egg) Breaking News: Easter Traditions in CEE

For some it is time to rest, the start of spring, or the biggest Christian celebration and for many it is the time to follow traditions that go back to pagan times. For us, it is a reason to share with you the Easter traditions in CEE that show that, although we are different in many aspects, our beliefs have quite a lot in common. Do you plan to whip or sprinkle this season, or are you about to tap your eggs?

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6 March 2013 Posted by GE for CEE

CEE: Phase II

John Rice, president and CEO of GE'S Global Growth & Operations recently visited Prague for a CEE business council meeting and a Q&A session with GE employees. In our exclusive video he reflects on CEE's Phase II and on the the progress GE and the region is making right now.

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4 March 2013 Posted by GE for CEE

Top Ten 2013 Predictions for the Utility Industry

Guest post by Milan Kalal, Lead analyst for the IDC Energy Insights program in Central and Eastern Europe

IDC Energy Insights revealed its 2013 top ten predictions for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) utility industry in a complimentary Web conference on December 12, 2012. Attended live by over 100 utilities and vendors, the Web conference highlighted key trends and developments that will impact EMEA utilities' business and technology investment decisions in 2013 and beyond. Let me share with you a brief recap of the Webcast.

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19 September 2012 Posted by Elma Peters

Aeroderivative Gas Turbines Taking CEE Energy Sector by Storm

Daniel Minev, GE Energy's Senior Sales Account Manager of Aeroderivative Gas Turbines in Central & Eastern Europe, explains why the Aeroderivative business expects to develop its presence in CEE in the years to come.

Every country in Central and Eastern Europe is different and yet each shares a range of long-term energy challenges: How do we meet the growing demand for energy and the pressures this places on infrastructure? How do we find the right energy mix and ensure security of supply? How do we meet EU renewable energy targets? How do we maximize energy efficiency? The efforts to address these questions are shaping the energy sector across the region and this presents real opportunities for the Aeroderivative Gas Turbines business in CEE.

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12 September 2012 Posted by Spiewak Elzbieta

Health (De)Grades in CEE

Bloomberg has recently published its list of the healthiest countries in the world, based on separate scores for the countries’ public health situation and health-risks, putting the spotlight on such factors as life expectancy at birth and infant mortality, death rates in different age groups, causes of death and life expectancy at the age of 65. Singapore is the healthiest country in the world, followed by Italy and Australia. Slovenia topped the rankings for CEE countries, ranked 25th in Bloomberg’s list, with the Czech Republic, Bosnia, Croatia, Albania, Poland and Slovakia all appearing in the top 50 countries.

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22 August 2012 Posted by GE for CEE

East-West Divide?

Guest post by Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary, lawyer and political scientist

Never trust a history textbook when it comes to understanding the recent past that has an influence on the present Central and Eastern Europe. To get a grip of the drive and the emotion of its people and to understand why there is still an East-West divide in Europe, you need to dig beneath the surface and uncover recent events with the help of those who experienced it. Surfacing the past helps to get Europeans closer to each other. In his post Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics explains why we need to understand each others’ past to reach our common future.

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21 August 2012 Posted by Ewa Piwowar

Best to Invest Rankings in Eastern Europe

Hungary, Poland, Estonia and the Slovak Republic scored highest in Eastern Europe on the Best-to-Invest Rankings made by the Investment Consulting Associates (ICA) and the online publication Site Selection using comprehensive market analysis tools and research in addition to new plant databases. Hungary scored another first with its capital Budapest becoming the number one investment city in the region (Top Metro), followed by Moscow, Bucharest, Prague and Warsaw. Investment agencies were also praised for their work in 2011 that „could not be beat.”

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11 July 2012 Posted by GE for CEE

What is the Potential of CEE?

John Rice, Vice Chairman and President and CEO of GE’s Global Growth and Operations, recently visited Warsaw.   One of the highlights of the trip was an employee all hands session held at the Warsaw GE Engineering and Design Center (EDC). Topics discussed included the company’s global growth strategy and the business potential in Poland and the broader region in general.

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9 July 2012 Posted by GE for CEE

The Economy is Manic Depressed!

„Greece is ahead. You guys just went bankrupt 20 years before everybody else,” says young Czech economist Tomáš Sedláček in his TEDx Thessaloniki 2012 talk. The independently organized event´s topic was The courage to create and Tomáš Sedláček takes the courage to diagnose the economic situation in Greece, the EU and the US with a unique wit of his own.  Watch and listen (and comment) with GEforCEE how this exceptional economist with a solid international reputation arrives to his diagnosis of the economy being manic depressed rather that just depressed.

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