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Anti-Terror laws tightened in Poland

The Editorial Board June 13, 2016

Poland - The Polish Parliament recently approved a bill to make it easier for authorities to monitor foreigners on their territory without passing through a court decision and hold suspects without charge for two weeks. Under this bill, the Polish security service…

Society

Latvia might remove one of the main soviet monument

The Editorial Board June 10, 2016

Latvia, Rīga – The monument of the victory commemorating the Soviet soldiers who died during the World War II and situated in the eponymous park in Rīga , is at present the object of disagreement of historical visions between Latvia and Russia.…

Politics

The Austrian presidential election is not over: FPÖ challenged presidential election results

The Editorial Board June 9, 2016

Austria – Two weeks after the presidential elections, the FPÖ – Freedom Party – filed a complaint which has been given to the Constitutional Court of Austria. According to the FPÖ, many irregularities and suspicions of fraud have been proven, which needs…

Society

Operation Anaconda 2016: the biggest NATO exercise in Central Europe

The Editorial Board June 9, 2016

Poland – 24 countries sent troops for this huge 10-day long NATO exercise taking place in Poland and Lithuania. While tension rises more and more between the West and Russia, this massive exercise of 31,000 troops, one month before the NATO summit…

Society

Czechia improves again her competitiveness – Central Europe on the rise

The Editorial Board June 7, 2016

Czechia - According to the 2016 IMD World Competitiveness Scoreboard, Czechia reached the 27th place in their competitiveness ranking. The Central European country jumped two placed compared with its ranking of 2015. By getting to the 27th place of the world ranking,…

Politics

It would be better off holding migrants on Greek islands, said Austria

The Editorial Board June 7, 2016

Austria - The current Austrian foreign minister, Sebastian Kurz, lately stated migrants should be hold on Greek islands in order to receive a better help to get back home and, finally, help them locally. In a recent interview given to Die Presse,…

Society

Hungarian police helps Bulgaria to handle the massive illegal migrants’ influx

The Editorial Board June 6, 2016

Bulgaria – Hungarian police officers have been sent to Bulgaria in order to help local authorities in their struggle with the massive influx of illegal migrants. The Hungarian police officers will be working with their Bulgarian colleagues at the Bulgarian-Serbian border. On…

Society

VIDEO – Migrants got angry over administrative procedures and quality of food in Hungary

The Editorial Board June 3, 2016

Hungary, Kiskunhalas - In the migrant camp of Kiskunhalas, where there are 484 migrants, police had to intervene to handle the beginning of a riot. Fortunately, the situation got into control quickly and no one is hurt. Migrants wanted to leave the…

Society

Poland restarts Polanski’s extradition procedure

The Editorial Board June 2, 2016

Poland – In October 2015, a Polish court rejected a request made by the US asking for Polanski's extradition. But the new PiS government rethinks on the case and Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro told public radio that he would appeal to the…

Politics

“Croatia’s time to speak up”

The Editorial Board June 2, 2016

This article has been suggested by the translator, Sebastian Baxter. It has been published originally in Croatian, on May 21, on vecernji.hr and written by Borislav Ristic. The following article does not necessarily represent the views of the staff of the Visegrád Post. We are…

Society

The first hyperloop in the world between Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna in 2020?

The Editorial Board June 1, 2016

Central Europe - The first operational hyperloop train line in the world should connect Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest in 2020 in less than 20 minutes... The news is stunning, and difficult to believe. But the first hyperloop train should be functional in…

Society

Slovakia improves her competitiveness

The Editorial Board May 31, 2016

Slovakia - The country's competitiveness ranking got six places higher than last year, according to the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2016, and thanks mainly to solid economic development. Slovakia’s competitiveness improved considerably compared with 60 other countries across the globe. It moved…