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Visegrád Post: Already five years at your service!

The Editorial Board March 31, 2021

Dear readers, The Visegrád Post celebrates today, March 31, 2021, its 5th anniversary. Five years already have passed since we launched the website, aiming to bring to you elements helping you to better understand Central Europe and the Visegrád Group. We do…

Society

Oradea doctor: hospital Covid protocols are what’s killing patients

The Editorial Board March 30, 2021

Article originally published in Hungarian on Erdely.ma, on March 19, 2021. “A Romanian doctor is working wonders, healing hercovid patients 100%” – wrote the title of a longer article in the Romanian newspaper, the National. The Oradea (Nagyvárad) doctor’s secret to success:…

Society

Hungary resists climate change extremes

The Editorial Board March 7, 2021

This article has been published by Századvég on December 11, 2020. In recent years, the role of climate change issue in European politics and public discourse has grown significantly. Excessive sensitization and political polarization are directing an increasing mass of people towards two…

Politics

Viktor Orbán’s address to the Hungarian parliament, 2021, February 15

The Editorial Board February 20, 2021

Full translation of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's address to the Hungarian parliament before the start of daily business, on February 15, 2021. Translation provided by the Hungarian government. Honourable Speaker, Honourable Members of Parliament, In line with our constitutional traditions, I…

Politics

Press statement by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after a meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrád Four

The Editorial Board February 19, 2021

Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen, Honourable Prime Minister, Dear Mateusz, Thank you for inviting me. A Pole can hardly do a Hungarian a greater favour than invite him to Krakow. Whenever under communism we wanted to breathe the air of civilisation, this…

Society

Hungary’s “National Consultation on the reopening”

The Editorial Board February 18, 2021

Hungary - While the authorities just announced the beginning of the "third wave", the Hungarian government launched an online national consultation "on the reopening", following 11 months of restrictive measures taken in order to counter the Covid-19. Since early January, the nationalist…

Politics

Address by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the ceremonial handover of the child armour of King of Poland Sigismund II Augustus

The Editorial Board February 18, 2021

At the occasion of the V4 summit on February 17, Hungary gave back to Poland a historical artefact. Here is Hungarian Prime Minister's speech: Ladies and Gentlemen, My greetings to you all, and particularly to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his wife.…

Politics

Judit Varga: An important step forward in lawful cooperation with large tech companies

The Editorial Board February 13, 2021

By the International Communications Office of the Hungarian government. The Minister of Justice reported on an “important step in the right direction” for lawful and ordered cooperation with large tech companies on her Facebook page on Friday. In the post, Judit Varga…

Interviews

László Pesty: “Such progress requires conflict. We are up for the challenge.”

The Editorial Board February 6, 2021

Hungary - Interview with László Pesty, film-maker and head of the campaign "Sign It Europe" aimed at defending the rights of historical and local European minorities: "Such progress requires conflict. We are up for the challenge." The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) "Cohesion…

Society

Outrageous record of Budapest’s mayor’s advisor sparks scandal in Hungary

The Editorial Board February 4, 2021

Hungary - Exclusive record: Expert of Gergely Karácsony is bragging about, that he desecrated the cross on the Gellért-hill with rainbow colour paint. The record in the possession of Vasárnap.hu also testifies: Gáspár Békés wants to do it again. The advisor of…

S4C

There is intensive brainwashing: interview with Stanisław Gądecki, archbishop of Poznan

The Editorial Board February 4, 2021

Radio Kossuth, Hungarian public radio, conducted an interview with Stanisław Gądecki, the Archbishop of Poznan, who will be a guest speaker at the International Eucharistic Congress in Hungary, in 2021. According to the Archbishop, there's intensive brainwashing going on in Poland and…

Politics

Matovič visits Macron in France

The Editorial Board February 2, 2021

Slovakia - On Wednesday Igor Matovič Slovak Prime minister goes to an official visit to France. The Slovakian Prime Minister will meet the President of the French Republic, Emanuel Macron on Wednesday. According to the press office of the government on the…