Filip Rey comes from a Polish family that left the country following the outbreak of the Second World War and settled in Switzerland after a short interlude in Paris. Filip returned to Poland for his university studies in 2014 in order to better get to know the country of his grandparents. He specializes in International Relations and Security Studies, applying his knowledge within those fields to analyze the geopolitics of Central Eastern Europe
The Three Seas Initiative (3Si), a regional forum for cooperation in Central Eastern Europe, was launched during a summit in Croatia in 2016. Over the years, it has developed into a very ambitious project that has the potential of transforming the lives of more than 110 million people living in 12 states in the heart of Europe.
Hungarian company Tresorit grabbed the world's attention in 2013 when it offered hackers a $50,000 prize to the person who could break the layers of defenses protecting their startup. After a year and a half, nobody had cracked the new end-to-end encryption service.
The Lithuanian online marketplace for second-hand clothes has quickly outcompeted other giants such as eBay and Amazon.
One of Uber’s main rivals started off modestly, but quickly turned its creator into Europe’s youngest founder of a billion-dollar company.
The Three Seas region will once again have its own pavilion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (15-19 January). For several days of the event, the Three Seas Hub will be the place where decision-makers, politicians, experts and business representatives will discuss the future and prospects for our region. There will be a wide range of topics to be discussed – foreign investments, artificial intelligence, security, green transformation or space, among others.
The Three Seas region will once again have its own pavilion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (15-19 January). For several days of the event, the Three Seas Hub will be the place where decision-makers, politicians, experts and business representatives will discuss the future and prospects for our region. There will be a wide range of topics to be discussed – foreign investments, artificial intelligence, security, green transformation or space, among others.
The success of Polish eCommerce delivery provider InPost has rewritten the map for deliveries in Poland and beyond, with Automated Parcel Machines becoming the go-to choice for people who want to be able to receive packages at all times and without having to pay a fortune.
By combining lessons learned from his time in Sweden and Japan, Péter Árvai returned to Hungary and took the position as CEO of what would become one of the world’s largest visual communications software companies.
The legendary technology entrepreneur and the engineer behind Apple's personal computers, including the Apple II model, which played a groundbreaking role in the development of the personal computer industry.
Tell us what you would innovate for freedom of speech, people and yourself. Make a 2 minute video or write description and justification of the project.
Poland is taking steps to position Central Eastern Europe in pole position ahead of the coming competition for market shares in a new sector of the economy.
Dreams of future coastal cruising along the beautiful coast of the Black Sea.
The new railway network will connect all of Poland’s larger cities with a mega-airport near Warsaw as well as connect Poland with neighboring countries.
The Ruse-Varna railway line, the original final stretch of Europe’s Orient Express, is about to be modernized, benefiting Bulgaria, the EU, and the Three Seas Initiative.
No more dependency on Russia for vessels crossing the Vistula Spit.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, countries are scrambling to get their hands on massive vessels that can regasify Liquified Natural Gas into regular gas. These floating LNG terminals will be a big part of the solution when the EU moves away from Russian gas, but will Finland and Estonia be able to put them to good use?
The Baltic states are building Rail Baltica - a high-speed railway that will finally connect them to the rest of the EU. It is set to be completed by 2030 and will allow travel across Baltic countries in less than four hours.
The new GIPL gas pipeline has connected Finland and the Baltic states to the EU’s gas transmission system just as Russia cuts off gas supplies for Poland and Bulgaria.
The Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund is financing the development of solar power projects across Central Eastern Europe.
Jaan Tallinn did not just create Kazaa and Skype; he could also save humanity from terminators.
Natural gas will now arrive in Lithuania from across the world to a floating regasification unit fully owned by the state.
Romania’s richest man and his company, UiPath, envision a future in which every person has a virtual robot.
The Baltic country is preparing the construction of its first offshore wind park to start in 2024.
The Baltic-Adriatic Corridor rail freight corridor will speed up with the opening of two major tunnels.
2022 is expected to be the year in which Romania takes the final step to launch major extraction of Black Sea gas.
The Ionian-Adriatic gas pipeline is entering a crucial planning phase. If everything goes according to plans, Azeri gas will soon start flowing to countries in the Western Balkans and further north.
The construction of the BRUA gas pipeline has received another permit, making it more likely that Europe will be able to increase the diversification of its energy supplies.
For a little over a year, Croatians and others living in Central Europe have had access to natural gas from a new source. Gas shipped in from across the world will help our planet from overheating and provide more supply security.
With the use of curved graphene, Skeleton Technologies is able to build better ultracapacitors than the world has ever seen.
A sustainable, constant development is impossible without freedom understood directly and without freedom of mind.
The word ‘solidarity’ is becoming a key word for the changes taking place in Europe.
With 3 Seas Initiative, most ambitious geopolitical project of our times, we’re going to push interconnectivity boundaries even more.
Works are in full swing on a High-Speed Rail Network in the heart of Europe.
Central Europe, and that means 3 Seas Region, is becoming one of the most important start-up hubs.
It is possible to achieve the full success of the initiative in 2050 under all ambitious assumptions.
The number of startups-turned-unicorns from behind the former Iron Curtain is exploding.
With the looming threat of water-related catastrophes on the rise, Natural Small Water Retention Measures can become our Noah’s Ark if applied on a wide scale.
Most Three Seas states support nuclear energy included in the EU's green taxonomy.
Ever since European countries experienced a sharp drop in Russian gas supplies through Ukraine to Europe in early 2006, people in Central Eastern Europe have been aware of the need to diversify the imports of natural gas.
COVID has created chaos in global supply chains - but Central Eastern Europe can paradoxically profit.
FAIRway Danube project returns hope to areas around the revered river
The Three Seas Initiative project will be crucial to the integration of 5G communication in the region.
Railway transport was a key component of Polish-Romanian interwar cooperation and is now making a grand comeback.
Walking a thin line, balancing energy poverty with the fight against climate change.
More than 30 years after the fall of communism, Central Eastern Europeans will finally be able to travel north and south in comfort.
With the help of Poland, the Baltic States will soon synchronize their electricity grids with that of continental Europe instead of Russia and Belarus.
A reform of EU debt rules is on the horizon, so the question will be in which direction Central Eastern Europe can swing it.
