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Dublin III: France and Germany sending Belarus’ migrants back to Poland

The Editorial Board December 16, 2022

Poland – The Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported on 12 December that the 2013 Dublin III Regulation on the member states responsible for examining asylum applications was now being strictly applied to Poland. The issue is about migrants mainly of Afghan and…

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Hungary and the European Union to bury the hatchet, at least for the time being

The Editorial Board December 16, 2022

Hungary/European Union – At the meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) that took place on Monday, 12 December, Hungarian representatives finally came to an agreement with their European counterparts on the four issues that remained unresolved after the meeting of finance…

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Slovak army to acquire 152 Swedish combat vehicles and 14 U.S. F-16s

The Editorial Board December 15, 2022

Slovakia – One of the consequences of the Russian aggression against Ukraine is that most Central European countries have been supplying arms, often Soviet-made, to the Ukrainian army and replacing them with more modern Western equipment. This can certainly be said of…

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Nine candidates to succeed Miloš Zeman as president of Czechia

The Editorial Board December 14, 2022

Czechia – 21 people initially said they would try their luck in Czechia’s upcoming presidential election. After having gone through the scrutiny of the interior ministry, which had to check, among other things, that each candidate was endorsed by at least twenty…

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New gas pipeline project between Slovenia and Hungary

The Editorial Board December 13, 2022

Slovenia/Hungary – Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob, his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán, and Croatian Energy Minister Davor Filipović jointly inaugurated the first high-voltage line connecting the Slovenian and Hungarian electricity grids in Cirkovce, Slovenia, on 2 December. On this occasion,…

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Hungary says it did not veto EU loan to Ukraine

The Editorial Board December 12, 2022

Hungary – While many media outlets have said that Hungary, and more specifically Finance Minister Mihály Varga, has vetoed the granting of an 18 billion euro loan to Ukraine, that country’s leaders give a different version of events. And it does indeed…

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“Hungary in state of near-crisis” according to central bank governor

The Editorial Board December 8, 2022

Hungary – On Monday, 5 December, MP Bence Tordai from the green party Párbeszéd posted on his Facebook account some quotes taken from what the Hungarian National Bank’s governor had told MPs sitting on the parliament’s economic committee. The least we can…

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European Conservatives and Reformists’ summit in Warsaw

The Editorial Board December 6, 2022

Poland – The various parties belonging to the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament met in Warsaw on Saturday, 3 December. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended in person, while his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, as well…

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PKN Orlen and MOL oil companies expanding in each other’s base countries

The Editorial Board December 5, 2022

Hungary/Poland – With the beginning of December, the cooperation between Poland’s oil giant PKN Orlen and Hungary’s MOL – the other big player in Central Europe’s oil sector – reached a new level, consolidating the first’s growing regional ambitions and the second’s…

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NATO: Hungary continues to block Ukraine

The Editorial Board December 2, 2022

Hungary/Ukraine – While Russia’s war against Ukraine means some would like to intensify NATO’s relations with Kyiv, or even accelerate the process of Ukraine’s possible future integration into the Atlantic Alliance, Hungarian leaders continue to defend their national interest against the…

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Hungary to get Israeli Iron Dome

The Editorial Board November 29, 2022

Hungary – As the conservative Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet reported on Monday, 21 November, Hungarian Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky has announced that the Hungarian army will soon be equipped with a “world-class Israeli radar system capable of detecting and tracking air and…

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Hungarian parliament publishes report on secret financing of opposition by US organisation

The Editorial Board November 29, 2022

Hungary – This news has struck Hungarian political life like a clap of thunder. As reported by Mandiner, Magyar Nemzet, and other Hungarian media on 23 November, the Hungarian parliament published a report on 17 November that had been prepared by the…