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Viktor Orbán: the state must protect the family and children

The Editorial Board September 27, 2021

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán welcomed the participants of the 4th Demographic Summit on Thursday, which took place in Budapest on 23–24 September. In his opening speech, Orbán spoke about the place of the family and children in society. Shaping…

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Why I left Palo Alto, California for Warsaw, Poland

The Editorial Board September 26, 2021

This article was published online by Medium.com on 16 September 2021. A question I get asked frequently is “why would you ever want to leave California for Poland?” It’s a sincere question, I don’t blame people for asking. Why on earth would…

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Covid-19 – Time for a normal life, says Croatian president

The Editorial Board September 24, 2021

Croatia – In an interview broadcast on 10 September by the Croatian news channel N1 Hrvatska and quoted by Total-Croatia-News, Croatian President Zoran Milanović (a Social Democrat) shared his thoughts on the Covid pandemic, saying it is now time to move on…

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Babiš in Hungary: The Czech Republic will not accept migrants

The Editorial Board September 24, 2021

Czech Republic/Hungary – On a visit to Hungary on 22 and 23 September, where he attended the 4th Budapest Demographic Summit together with a number of European political figures, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš went to Röszke, on the Serbian-Hungarian border, to…

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Austrian Chancellor calls for fairer attitude towards Hungary and Poland

The Editorial Board September 23, 2021

Austria/Hungary/Poland – At a time when disputes between Budapest and Warsaw on the one side and EU institutions on the other continue to get worse, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, one of Viktor Orbán’s former EPP partners, called on the EU to stop…

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Hungarian opposition primary continuing after a bad start

The Editorial Board September 22, 2021

Hungary – Voting in the primary elections organized by six Hungarian opposition parties – DK, Jobbik, LMP, Momentum, MSZP, and Párbeszéd – to choose joint candidates both for the post of Prime Minister and in each of the 106 constituencies began on…

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Conference on sustainable democracy in Budapest

The Editorial Board September 22, 2021

Hungary – Parallel to the opposition’s primary for the spring 2022 parliamentary elections, a “Forum for Building Sustainable Democracies” organised by the city of Budapest and Central European University (CEU) took place in Hungary’s capital on 16-17 September. This conference brought together…

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Kaczyński: “There will be no Polexit”

The Editorial Board September 17, 2021

Poland/European Union – It is an understatement to say that relations between Brussels and Warsaw have not been very good for the last several years. Many issues (“LGBT rights” and reforms of the judiciary in particular) pit the Polish government, led by…

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European Parliament continues pro-LGBT crusade – Reactions in Central Europe

The Editorial Board September 16, 2021

European Union – Pursuing its policy of standardising the EU and establishing “LGBT rights” in all Member States to create a more “rainbow-coloured Europe”, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on 13 September calling on the European Commission to take action to…

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Belarus accused of using Interpol to harass opponents abroad

The Editorial Board September 15, 2021

Belarus/Poland – On Sunday, 12 September, Makary Malachowski, a Belarusian opposition figure who had fled to Poland on a humanitarian visa, was arrested by the Polish police in the town of Piaseczno, in the southern part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. He…

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Merkel in Poland: farewell to an icon

The Editorial Board September 14, 2021

Poland/Germany – With the next Bundestag elections less than two weeks away, Angela Merkel, who is not running this time after having led Germany for almost 16 years – only three months less than her mentor, Helmut Kohl – is now bidding…

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After Warsaw match, England’s football team accuses other side of racism, again

The Editorial Board September 10, 2021

Poland/England – Some footballers have been known to roll around on the ground screaming in pain when an opponent has only inadvertently grazed them, but in the England team they prefer to cry racism. Previous case in Budapest in early September On…