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Central Europe takes stand against illegal immigration

The Editorial Board September 10, 2021

Central Europe – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš played host to Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger at Lednice Castle near Břeclav in southern Moravia on Tuesday, September 7. The risk of a new migration crisis was on…

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Czech Republic gives half a million euros for Lithuania’s border fence

The Editorial Board September 9, 2021

Czechia/Lithuania – Being faced, similarly to Poland, with a migration crisis provoked by the Belarusian authorities, Lithuania has undertaken – like its southern neighbour – to build a border fence. The Central European and V4 countries, including the Czech Republic, stand in solidarity…

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Papal visit to Slovakia with separate areas for the unvaccinated

The Editorial Board September 8, 2021

Slovakia – After a short half-day visit to Hungary for the closure of the International Eucharistic Congress on Sunday 12 September, during which Pope Francis will meet, among others, with Hungarian President János Áder and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the Museum…

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For German liberals, the Article 7 procedure must be followed by sanctions

The Editorial Board September 7, 2021

Germany/Hungary – The German parliamentary elections will take place in less than three weeks, on 26 September, and will most probably lead to significant changes in the political landscape, with opinion polls looking disastrous for the CDU, now led by centrist politician…

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Maria Schmidt’s open letter to Boris Johnson

The Editorial Board September 5, 2021

Hungary - Following the Hungary-England football match on Thursday 2 September, during which racist abuse was reported, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted a tweet in which he expressed that it was "completely unacceptable that England players were racially abused in…

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Bled Strategic Forum: “let’s not repeat the mistakes of 2015!”

The Editorial Board September 4, 2021

Slovenia/European Union – The traditional annual Bled Strategic Forum, held in the Bled tourist resort in the Slovenian Alps, took place from 31 August to 2 September. It is a conference whose aim is to debate the future of Europe. This year,…

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Anti-Covid measures: Romania and Croatia scale back their efforts

The Editorial Board September 3, 2021

Romania/Croatia – As public health measures intensify in Western Europe and in some Central European countries, two Balkan countries – Romania and Croatia – seem to have decided to go the opposite way. “I’m not a fan of discrimination” Asked on Saturday…

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Poland declares state of emergency on Belarusian border

The Editorial Board September 3, 2021

Poland/Belarus – The migration crisis we have been witnessing for several weeks on the western borders of Belarus – with the regime in Minsk having undertaken to bring in and send migrants (mainly Iraqis and Afghans) to the Lithuanian, Latvian and Polish…

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Babiš/Agrofert: Commission considers suspending EU funds to Czech Republic

The Editorial Board September 2, 2021

Czechia – The use of EU funds to blackmail certain member countries seems to be becoming a common method of dialogue for the European Commission. After Hungary and Poland on the so-called rule of law issue, and most recently some Polish local…

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Pro-migrant activism and Tusk’s criticism of the government

The Editorial Board September 2, 2021

Poland – As the situation of 32 migrants stranded on the Belarusian side of the border near the Polish village of Usnarz Górny (Podlaskie) remained stalled – with Polish border guards denying them passage to Poland and their Belarusian counterparts preventing them…

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Polish episcopate, ECHR, UN and Women’s Strike come to the rescue of migrants

The Editorial Board August 31, 2021

Poland – While Belarusian border guards are turning back to the Polish and Latvian borders migrants – mainly Iraqis but also Afghans – that Lithuania is no longer willing to let through its territory, and while the government of Mateusz Morawiecki, supported…

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Influx of migrants at the Belarusian border: a crisis orchestrated by Minsk?

The Editorial Board August 31, 2021

Poland/Lithuania/Belarus – For several weeks, thousands of illegal migrants from the Middle East, mainly from Iraq, have been appearing on the Belarusian borders of Lithuania, Poland, and Latvia. Belarusian journalist Tadeusz Giczan (Тадеуш Гичан), editor-in-chief of the opposition media Nexta, published on…