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Poland closes its border to Belarusian goods

The Editorial Board May 30, 2023

Poland / Belarus – Making good on its threats after the Minsk Supreme Court upheld the eight-year prison sentence handed down to Andrzej Poczobut, an active member of the Polish minority in Belarus, Poland has announced that it will suspend all road…

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Brussels gives go-ahead for Paks power plant expansion

The Editorial Board May 30, 2023

Hungary – Despite the recurring conflicts between Hungary and the European Union’s institutions, there are still issues on which agreement can be reached. One of them is apparently the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant. On May 25, the…

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Hungary blocks new EU military aid to Ukraine

The Editorial Board May 24, 2023

Hungary – European foreign ministers met in Brussels on May 22 to discuss an eleventh package of sanctions against Russia, as well as further military aid to Ukraine. Once again, the tense relations between Kyiv and Budapest impacted the discussion among EU…

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Did Ukraine consider blowing up the Druzhba pipeline?

The Editorial Board May 24, 2023

Ukraine/Hungary – A new issue has come to poison the already complicated relations between Ukraine and Hungary. While the vast majority of European countries have sided with Ukraine in the conflict with Russia, Hungary – whose tensions with Ukraine, particularly in relation…

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Viktor Orbán’s latest criticism of Brussels’ hegemony is sparking fury

The Editorial Board May 19, 2023

Hungary/EU – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has once again criticized the European Union’s hegemonic, totalitarian drift. His numerous detractors in the EU are now attacking him for supposedly drawing a parallel between today’s EU and Hitler’s Third Reich, which is clearly…

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A fully technocratic government in Slovakia

The Editorial Board May 19, 2023

Slovakia – Following the resignation of Eduard Heger’s government on May 7, 46-year-old economist and banker Ľudovít Ódor, the deputy governor of the National Bank of Slovakia, was appointed prime minister by President Zuzana Čaputová to lead an interim "government of experts"…

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Hungarian Chief of Staff causes diplomatic incident with Poland

The Editorial Board May 18, 2023

Hungary/Poland – Given that the traditionally good relations between Warsaw and Budapest have cooled due to their diverging approach to Russia’s war against Ukraine, the Hungarian Army’s Chief of Staff, Gábor Böröndi, has just thrown a spanner in the works by making…

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Slovakian PM Eduard Heger leaving earlier than planned

The Editorial Board May 12, 2023

Slovakia – Less than five months after having lost its majority in the National Council, Eduard Heger’s center-right coalition government, which was supposed to be in charge of current affairs until the early parliamentary elections scheduled for September 30, has just been…

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Poland refusing to pay for Pfizer vaccines that will never be produced

The Editorial Board May 12, 2023

Poland – Given that the World Health Organization (WHO) has just proclaimed the official end of the Covid-19 pandemic which began in the winter of 2019–2020, here and there people are beginning to look for where the responsibility lies with regard to…

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U.S. Ambassador to Hungary announces sanctions against IIB and points finger at Hungary

The Editorial Board April 14, 2023

Hungary – The U.S. Ambassador’s April 12 press conference did not come as a surprise. The opposition press had already announced probable U.S. sanctions against Hungarian officials. On Wednesday, Ambassador David Pressman criticized Hungary for its cooperation with Russia and announced sanctions against the International Investment Bank…

Culture

Good Friday and Easter celebration

The Editorial Board April 7, 2023

Dear readers, Today we celebrate Good Friday, the day of the Passion of Christ, when Jesus Christ was condemned and crucified. This is a very important day for Christians, and it is a day of mourning and introspection. Christians practice fasting, and…

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Poland and Romania join forces in arms procurement

The Editorial Board April 6, 2023

Poland/Romania – Just a week before Finland officially joined NATO on 4 April, nearly doubling the length of the Alliance’s eastern border in Europe, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his Romanian counterpart Nicolae Ciucă announced in late March, from Bucharest, new…