Hungary/Russia – Taking a brief break from his election campaign activities in Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó in Budapest on Tuesday 24 August before travelling on to Vienna and then Rome.
Following their talks, Mr…
European Union – At a time when the EU “elites”, led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, are preparing to serve Europeans a reheated version of Merkel’s Wir schaffen das (We can do it) and once again open the borders…
Baltic States – On 23 August, starting at 7 p.m., tens of thousands of people took part in the Baltic Way 2021, a human chain linking Tallinn (Estonia) to Vilnius (Lithuania) via Riga (Latvia). The transnational demonstration is largely inspired by the…
Poland – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Tuesday 17 August the introduction of a new social benefit for families in the form of a “family child care capital” (Rodzinny Kapitał Opiekuńczy) as part of the Polish Order programme (Polski Ład),…
Hungary - At his first inauguration as Prime Minister of Hungary on 6 July 1998, Viktor Orbán declared, among other things, that Hungary would henceforth celebrate its national holidays properly. This weekend's St. Stephen's Day celebrations should live up to this ambition.…
Czech Republic – Images of the fall of Kabul and Afghanistan to the Taliban on 15 August have been making the rounds on television and social networks in recent days. In an interview published on Tuesday 17 by Parlamentní Listy, Czech President…
Poland – Lesser Poland (Małopolska) is a voivodship (region) in southern Poland, with Kraków as its capital. It is also one of the Polish regions whose representatives – mostly those from PiS – adopted a resolution in 2019 declaring the regional administration’s…
Greece/Central Europe – Faced with a large number of forest fires since the end of July, Greece – like Turkey and Albania – has appealed for European assistance. In solidarity with the Greeks, Polish, Czech and Slovak firefighters are already on the…
Poland – A new media bill dubbed “Lex TVN” – for it will hit the American-owned TVN television group first and foremost – was adopted on Wednesday 11 August in first reading by the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament.…
Lithuania – Around 5,000 demonstrators gathered in Vilnius in front of the Seimas, the national parliament, late on Tuesday afternoon. The purpose of the demonstration staged in the capital city of this Baltic state, which borders Poland and Belarus, was to protest…
Poland – “We are the fourth wave”, “Stop segregation!”, "Free Poland!”, “Keep your hands off our children!” Several thousand people, many carrying white and red flags and references to the Catholic religion, took part in the “Great Freedom March” held on Saturday…
Hungary/Slovakia – Just over a month ago, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Slovakian counterpart Eduard Heger proclaimed at the Carmelite Convent in Budapest that “relations between Hungary and Slovakia have never been so good”. However, repeated incidents that open up…