Poland – Faced with a migration crisis provoked by the Belarusian regime on their eastern border, the Polish authorities are working hard to find a solution. They are now planning to build not just a fence but a wall to stop migrants,…
Czechia – On 8 and 9 October, the Czechs voted to elect a new parliament. After an extremely close match, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš may not keep his job. The elections also showed that Czech politics is polarised around two personalities, Andrej…
Austria – For the first time in the history of the Republic of Austria, the federal chancellery was searched on 6 October by the public prosecutor’s office. At the same time, similar operations were taking place in Vienna, both at the Finance…
Romania – The move had been expected since the reformist party USR-PLUS (Uniunea Salvați România) withdrew its ministers from Florin Cîțu’s liberal government on 3 September. It came after Cîțu dismissed Justice Minister Stelian Ion (USR-PLUS) without first consulting his partners. Cîțu…
Czechia – A few days before the parliamentary elections to be held on 8–9 October, a new affair is causing a stir in the Czech Republic. As he admitted on national television on Monday, 4 October, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš did…
Poland/UK – Well-known Polish journalist Rafał Ziemkiewicz had an experience reminiscent of his own country’s communist past on Saturday (September 2) at London Heathrow Airport. He had just landed with his wife and daughter for a two-day private visit, but he was…
Hungary – The suspense did not last long, as the trend became clear as soon as counting began. The Democratic Coalition (DK) candidate, Klára Dobrev, came first in the first round of the Hungarian opposition primary.
Klára Dobrev leads in all counties…
Slovenia – Following the clashes that left nine people, including eight police officers, injured two weeks ago, on Wednesday, 29 September, the streets of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana were once again the scene of a demonstration by several thousand people protesting against…
Hungary/Ukraine – As we reported a few days ago, on 27 September the Hungarian energy group MVM signed a 15-year gas purchase contract with the Russian company Gazprom, under the aegis of Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.
“Houses are not heated by political…
Poland - After the Lesser Poland (Małopolskie) voivodship on 22 September and the Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie) voivodship on 24 September, the Subcarpathian (Podkarpackie) and Lublin voivodships followed suit on 27 September when their provincial assemblies repealed their 2019 resolutions by which they…
Hungary – The Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who attended the Demographic Summit in the Hungarian capital on 23 September, spoke out in favour of policies favouring higher birth rates and against the recourse to immigration as in Western Europe.
From left…
Poland/Czechia – The dispute between Czechia and Poland over the Turów mine has escalated with the decision by the Spanish ECJ Vice-President to impose a fine of €500,000 per day on Poland. Below is an op-ed written by the head of the…