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Strengthening economic cooperation between Hungary and Iran

The Editorial Board November 23, 2022

Hungary/Iran – On 17 November in Budapest, Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó received Iran’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Seyed Ehsan Khandouzi, on the occasion of the second meeting of the Hungarian–Iranian Joint Economic Committee. The two ministers…

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Poland taking control of Gazprom’s assets

The Editorial Board November 22, 2022

Poland – The Polish daily Rzeczpospolita revealed on 14 November that Development and Technology Minister Waldemar Buda had decided to take over the shares held by PAO Gazprom (48%) in EuRoPol Gaz, the owner of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline. The other shareholders…

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Hungary, Serbia, and Austria to create joint border protection force

The Editorial Board November 21, 2022

Hungary/Serbia/Austria – Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić welcomed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Chancellor Karl Nehammer to Belgrade on Wednesday, 16 November, for a second trilateral summit involving Serbia, Hungary, and Austria. The three leaders discussed Serbia’s application for membership of the European…

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Wandering missile kills two in Poland close to the border with Ukraine

The Editorial Board November 17, 2022

Poland – On the afternoon of Tuesday, 15 November, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki decided to convene an emergency meeting of Poland’s national security and defence committee, with the heads of the ministries for defence, interior, justice and foreign affairs, as well…

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Newly created Ministry for Energy in reshuffled Hungarian government

The Editorial Board November 16, 2022

Hungary – As reported by the opposition sites Index.hu and 24.hu on 9 November, Hungary’s Technology and Industry Minister László Palkovics has handed in his resignation to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán following the latter’s decision to create a Ministry of Energy as…

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Liberal Nataša Pirc Musar becomes Slovenia’s first female president

The Editorial Board November 15, 2022

Slovenia – Slovenia held the second round of its presidential election last Sunday. Voters had to decide between the top two candidates after the first round that had taken place on 23 October: Anže Logar (SDS), who had obtained 34% of the…

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Hungarian opposition furious over U.S. money for Márki-Zay’s campaign

The Editorial Board November 14, 2022

Hungary – On 16 October, Péter Márki-Zay, Viktor Orbán’s unsuccessful opponent in last April’s parliamentary elections, admitted on his Facebook account that his Hungary for All Movement (MMM) had received 1.8 billion forints (4.4 million euros) from American funds during his election…

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Continued disharmony between Bratislava and Budapest

The Editorial Board November 11, 2022

Slovakia/Hungary – Relations between Hungary and its former province of Upper Hungary, now Slovakia, have never been easy, with the recurring issue of the large Hungarian minority in southern Slovakia regularly undermining all attempts by both Budapest and Bratislava to improve…

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Slovakia’s local elections marked by continuity

The Editorial Board November 10, 2022

Slovakia – On 29 October, Slovak voters – and also EU citizens permanently residing in the country – went to the polls to elect municipal and regional councils, as well as mayors and regional presidents. To save money and foster greater participation,…

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A new tax on superprofits in Czechia

The Editorial Board November 8, 2022

“It doesn’t make me happy at all to have to introduce this tax”, Czech Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura said when parliament voted at his request for a tax on “super profits” of banks and energy companies. A net profit of 15 billion…

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Poland erecting border fence to keep out African and Middle Eastern immigrants from Kaliningrad

The Editorial Board November 7, 2022

Poland - “I have decided to take measures that will help strengthen security on the border with the Kaliningrad oblast. We will start the construction of a temporary barrier to strengthen the security of the border”, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced…

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US company Westinghouse to build Poland’s first nuclear power plant

The Editorial Board November 4, 2022

Poland – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Wednesday that his government had just passed a resolution on the construction of nuclear power plants in Poland. According to that resolution, it is America’s Westinghouse which will be commissioned to build…