Central Europe – As Russia’s war in Ukraine entered its fourth week, more than three million Ukrainians, mostly women and children, had taken refuge in neighbouring countries as of 15 March, according to figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees…
Ukraine – Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki, Czech PM Petr Fiala, Slovenian PM Janez Janša, and Polish Deputy PM Jarosław Kaczyński travelled by train to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Tuesday, 15 March, to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and express support…
Hungary/Poland/EU – The European Parliament voted on 10 March, by 478 votes to 155, in favour of enforcing financial sanctions against Hungary and Poland after the ECJ’s rejection of the two countries’ objections to the “rule of law” conditionality mechanism. However, in…
Ukraine/Germany – Speaking on Sunday, 6 March on the weekly political programme presented by Anne Will on the first German television channel, ARD, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba insisted on his country’s refusal to give up its sovereignty and he pointed…
Hungary – As expected due to the Fidesz-KDNP coalition’s overwhelming majority there, former Family Minister Katalin Novák was elected by the Hungarian National Assembly to succeed János Áder as President of the Republic on Thursday. She obtained 137 votes against 51 for…
Hungary/Poland – By Thursday, 10 March, the war in Ukraine had been going on for a fortnight. Hungary and Poland found themselves on the front lines of a massive influx of Ukrainian refugees, and had already taken in more than 1.5 million…
Hungary/Poland – As a consequence of Russia’s war in Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of refugees are pouring into bordering countries, mostly Poland and Hungary but also Slovakia, Romania, and Moldova. Among those fleeing the war there are not only Ukrainians but also…
Poland/Ukraine – With the war in Ukraine triggered by Russia’s invasion having been going on for nearly a fortnight, Poland, Ukraine’s main supporter in the European Union and the Atlantic Alliance, indicated on Tuesday its willingness to hand over all of its…
Poland – In an interview published on Saturday, 5 March on the website Play Kraków News, Polish President Andrzej Duda talked about the war in Ukraine and the fact that protecting itself against possible aggression is the top priority for Poland.
“From…
European Union – With the war in Ukraine resulting from the Russian invasion now in its second week, and as Ukrainian refugees keep pouring into neighbouring countries (already well over 700,000 in Poland, 150,000 in Hungary, but also many in Moldova, Romania,…
Austria – A collateral consequence of the war in Ukraine is already being felt in Austria, which imports 80% of its gas from Russia as compared to a 40% average across the whole EU. Austria is therefore now facing a drastic increase…
Central Europe – EU sanctions against Russia are already taking their toll: the Central European subsidiaries of Sberbank – Russia’s largest bank – are bankrupt and being forced into liquidation.
A non-essential bank for Austria’s economy and financial stability
The Single Resolution…