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Andrzej Duda and his Baltic counterparts on a visit to Kyiv

The Editorial Board April 19, 2022

Poland/Baltic countries/Ukraine – Since the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine on 24 February, Polish leaders have been at the centre of several actions organised to show Central Europe’s solidarity with Kyiv. After a first visit to Kyiv by Prime Minister…

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Jarosław Kaczyński denounces the European Commission’s anti-Polish obsession

The Editorial Board April 19, 2022

Poland/EU – Since the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine on 24 February, Poland has been on the front line of taking care of Ukrainian refugees. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees figures as of 11 April, by…

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Good Friday

The Editorial Board April 15, 2022

Dear readers, Today, we celebrate Good Friday, the day the Christ suffered his Passion, was condemned and crucified. It is a most important day for Christians, as well as a day of mourning and self-reflection. Christians fast and seek silence and calm…

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Central Europe standing firm for Ukraine

The Editorial Board April 14, 2022

Poland/Slovakia/Czechia – As Russia’s war against Ukraine is now in its second month, several Central European countries are becoming increasingly involved in supporting their neighbour. Eduard Heger shocked by the Bucha massacre A few weeks after his Polish, Czech, and Slovenian counterparts…

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New facts about the Smolensk air disaster in 2010

The Editorial Board April 13, 2022

Poland/Russia – On 10 April 2010, a Polish Soviet-made Tupolev Tu-154 carrying President Lech Kaczyński and 88 other members of the Polish elite as well as seven crewmembers, crashed near Smolensk military airport, not far from Katyn, where the Polish delegation had…

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Mixed reactions from the Slovak political class to Fidesz’s victory

The Editorial Board April 8, 2022

Slovakia/Hungary – During the Hungarian election campaign, the Slovak government did not hide its preference for the united opposition led by Péter Márki-Zay. After the election, Prime Minister Eduard Heger merely congratulated his Hungarian counterpart via text message, while President Zuzana Čaputova…

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Czech Republic delivers dozens of tanks to Ukraine

The Editorial Board April 7, 2022

Czechia/Ukraine – In an article published on Tuesday, the Czech website Echo24 confirmed the rumours that had been circulating for several days about the delivery of non-modernised Soviet-made BVP (BMP-1) infantry combat vehicles and T-72 tanks to Ukraine. The delivery of such…

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Now that Fidesz has won the elections, the EU is preparing sanctions

The Editorial Board April 7, 2022

Hungary/EU – Is the timing a coincidence? Probably not, as the same thing happened after the 2018 elections in Hungary: only two days after the Hungarians handed the Fidesz-KDNP coalition another mandate with a two-thirds majority in their 3 April parliamentary elections,…

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Václav Klaus congratulates Viktor Orbán on his election victory

The Editorial Board April 6, 2022

Czechia/Hungary – Former Czech Prime Minister and President Václav Klaus has sent a letter to his friend Viktor Orbán to warmly congratulate him on his fourth consecutive electoral victory. “A victory in the contemporary fight over the future of the Western world”…

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President Aleksandar Vučić wins reelection in Serbia

The Editorial Board April 5, 2022

Serbia – When Hungarians went to the polls last Sunday to renew their national parliament, the Serbs were holding a presidential election in which incumbent President Aleksandar Vučić was re-elected for a second term with nearly 60 percent of the vote. A…

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Elections in Hungary: Orbán won for the fourth time

The Editorial Board April 4, 2022

On 3 April, Hungarians were called to the polls to choose the new Parliament composition and vote on questions raised in the context of a referendum on “child protection”. Participation reached 69.52% nationally. It was 68.13% in 2018 and 61.73% in…

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Poland and Germany demanding from the EU: 1,000 euros/month per refugee

The Editorial Board April 2, 2022

Poland/Germany – The war in Ukraine is continuously feeding the daily flow of Ukrainian refugees in its neighbouring countries (4.1 million according to the latest UNHCR figures dated 31 March, including almost 2.4 million in Poland), the Polish and German governments asked,…