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hwci.  ·  briefing edition № 39 · 2026
This week. Hungary and Slovakia in Standoff With Ukraine Over Broken Russian Oil Pipe (February ’26 in CEE) Read ›
Who we are.

An independent newsroom for Central & Eastern Europe.

Three stories a week, the ones that actually move the region, read in five minutes. We file from Bratislava because being in the room changes what you see.

Mission.

Make CEE legible to a global audience.

Most of what gets written about Central & Eastern Europe arrives in English a week late, filed from somewhere else. A paragraph at the end of a Brussels piece. A wire copy on a Tuesday. We do not think the region is a footnote, and the people who fund pipelines, run elections, sell weapons, and build companies here do not either.

So we built a weekly briefing for the people who already pay attention to CEE, and a quieter platform for the people who should. We cover the whole region. EU members and the eastern neighbourhood alike.

Most of what we publish is free. Premium funds the reporting.

The team.

Two co-founders. One newsroom.

Tomáš Hrivnák

Co-founder · Editorial

Tomáš is an award-winning journalist and photographer at Denník N, with five years of experience covering economics, business, and technology in Central Europe. At how we cee it., he leads the reporting and sets the standards: accuracy, attribution, and getting on a plane when it matters.

Recognition

Two-time Slovak National Journalism Award winner. Three-time Slovak Press Photo winner.

Daniel Hudák

Co-founder · Strategy

Daniel runs the business side of how we cee it. He came to the project after leading marketing and growth for startups across the region, and now focuses on the things that keep a small newsroom alive: partnerships, premium, the platform, and the people we want to bring on next.

Recognition

Business strategy, partnerships, revenue, hiring.

How we report.

Editorial, not corporate. Confident, not loud.

№ 01 · Independence

No politicians on the cap table.

Sequere Pecuniam s.r.o. is owned by the founders. No oligarchs, no foreign-influence operations. Funding comes from readers and clearly-disclosed sponsors.

№ 02 · Sourcing

Named actor. Real tension.

Every claim is sourced. Where a source has asked for anonymity, we say why. Where we got something wrong, we correct it on the same page.

№ 03 · Region-first

We are of the region.

We cover the whole CEE region, including non-EU members. We do not lump it into "Eastern Europe" as a single block when the politics make that lazy.

№ 04 · Tips

We read every tip.

For sensitive material, encrypted channels are available on request. Email newsroom@howweceeit.com.

Read what we do.

One email every week. The week in CEE.

Sharp, sober, plainspoken. Written by people who live in the region.