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Viktor Orbán in Kazakhstan for the 10th Summit of Turkic States

The Editorial Board November 9, 2023

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Kazakhstan on November 1 together with his Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó and Finance Minister Mihály Varga. The Hungarian government’s delegation held talks with Kazakh leaders in Astana before attending the 10th…

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Péter Szijjártó pleads for peace in Ukraine in a visit to Minsk

The Editorial Board November 8, 2023

Hungary/Belarus – Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó travelled to Minsk on October 26 to take part in the international “Eurasian Security” conference held in the Belarusian capital on October 26–27. Szijjártó was the only representative of a Western…

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Fico becomes prime minister of Slovakia again in a coalition with the nationalists

The Editorial Board October 26, 2023

Slovakia – Three and a half weeks after the September 30 parliamentary elections and after tensions over her refusal to accept a minister that had been presented by the Slovak National Party (SNS, a social conservative nationalist party), Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová…

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Slovakia’s Smer and Hlas suspended from Party of European Socialists

The Editorial Board October 20, 2023

Slovakia – Following early parliamentary elections on September 30, Slovakia’s two social democratic parties – Smer-SD and Hlas-SD of former prime ministers Robert Fico and Peter Pellegrini, respectively – have just concluded a coalition agreement with the Slovak National Party (SNS). For…

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Slovakia suspends arms deliveries to Ukraine

The Editorial Board October 12, 2023

Slovakia – The victory of Robert Fico and his party, Smer-SD, in Slovakia’s parliamentary elections on Saturday, September 30 is already having consequences, even though a new government coalition has not yet been formed. In addition to the fact that the interim…

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Border controls reintroduced between Central European countries because of new influx of migrants on Balkan route

The Editorial Board October 9, 2023

Central Europe – Just a few days after Germany decided to reinstate border controls at its borders with Poland and Czechia, those two countries did the same last week along their borders with Slovakia, through which increasing numbers of migrants are trying…

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$2 billion US loan to modernize Polish army

The Editorial Board October 5, 2023

Poland – In the last days of September, the US State Department announced the signing of a “$2 billion Foreign Military Financing (FMF) direct loan agreement to support Poland's effort to modernize its armed forces. ” The US administration’s press release stresses…

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Former PM Robert Fico wins Slovakian election and Viktor Orbán rejoices

The Editorial Board October 3, 2023

Slovakia – The early parliamentary elections held in Slovakia on Saturday, September 30 once again reshuffled the political deck in this Central European country. In all likelihood, the social democrat Robert Fico, a former prime minister (both in 2006–2010 and 2012–2018), should…

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AfD playing footsie with Fidesz

The Editorial Board September 28, 2023

Hungary – The next European elections to be held on June 9, 2024 could see a reshuffling between the two Eurosceptic groups: Identity & Democracy, which includes France’s National Rally, Germany’s AfD, Austria’s FPÖ, and the Flemish Vlaams Belang; and the European…

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End of love affair between Warsaw and Kyiv?

The Editorial Board September 22, 2023

Poland/Ukraine – As we reported on September 15, Poland has decided, alongside Hungary and Slovakia, to extend the import ban on Ukrainian cereals beyond September 15 after the European Union tacitly decided not to do so. In response, the authorities in Kyiv…

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Demonstration against the high cost of living on Wenceslas Square

The Editorial Board September 22, 2023

Czechia – Several thousand people (10,000 according to the police, 100,000 according to the organizers) gathered on Wenceslas Square in central Prague on Saturday, September 16 at the call of the extra-parliamentary opposition movement Law, Respect, Expertise (PRO) to demonstrate against…

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Polish secretary of state allegedly ran illegal immigrant smuggling channel

The Editorial Board September 20, 2023

Poland – With the campaign for the Polish parliamentary elections on October 15 in full swing, a new scandal involving the Morawiecki government has just broken out. In a dramatic development, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Piotr…