Visegrad Group in January 2026: the most important developments in economy
The Visegrad Group countries in January 2026 saw most of their economic news come from Poland. Poland raised its gold reserves to 550 tonnes, which one report described as more than the European Central Bank holds. Its foreign minister said it is better for Poland to stay with the zloty. The state development bank BGK and the European Investment Fund started a 1.5 billion zloty fund called Future Tech Poland, with first investment decisions expected in the first quarter, and BGK is also setting up a facility to manage money from the EU's SAFE defence-funding platform. The IMF forecast that Polish GDP growth would be higher than previously expected. Poland's digital affairs minister said a large cyberattack on the country's power system in December had failed, and its energy minister said Poland aims to become a natural gas hub for Central Europe. Poland and Pfizer are in a legal dispute over a claim of about 6 billion zloty.
Elsewhere, Hungary's MOL is set to acquire Gazprom's stake in Serbia's oil company NIS, a step supported by the Serbian government and Hungary's foreign ministry. Slovakia's arms exports reached record levels even though Prime Minister Robert Fico had pledged to send not a single bullet to Ukraine. Prague called for a five-year freeze of the EU's original carbon pricing scheme. On 13 January Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian assets of Canpack and Rockwool placed under temporary state management.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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