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Cracow’s World Youth Day threatened by terrorism?

The Editorial Board April 27, 2016

Poland, Cracow – This year’s World Youth Day celebrated in Cracow will be the biggest religious event in Central Europe. It might be tempting for Islamic terrorists. According to local journalists, one of the residents has recently noticed two people of foreign…

Politics

Serbia stays on the path to join the EU

The Editorial Board April 27, 2016

Serbia, Belgrade - On Sunday's elections, Aleksandar Vučić won the elections with approximately 50%. But his party, the SNS, asked for a recount of the results. The radical nationalists of Šešelj entered again the parliament. On Sunday, April 24, Vučić won again…

Politics

Mass immigration and islamisation under Constitutional Ban In Hungary, according to Orbán

The Editorial Board April 27, 2016

Hungary, Budapest - During the ceremony at the Parliament for the 5 years of the new Hungarian constitution, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held an unequivocal speech. The Hungarian constitution prevents mass immigration and Islamization of the country, he said. …

Politics

Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria want to set up a joint brigade

The Editorial Board April 26, 2016

Romania, Bucharest - Ukrainian President Petro Porochenko met his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis on Thursday, April 21. They discussed about regional cooperation and security. Ukrainian President Petro Porochenko went on last Thursday to Bucharest. He met with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, and…

Society

Border control between Austria and Hungary

The Editorial Board April 26, 2016

Austria - The border between Hungary and Austria is no longer without control. The Austrian authorities re-imposed on April 25 controls at the border with Hungary. The construction of a fence is currently discussed. According to the Austrian authorities, the upcoming opening…

Politics

Austria: FPÖ tops first round of presidential vote

The Editorial Board April 25, 2016

Austria - The Austrians went to the polls on Sunday, April 24th to elect their future president. It is the Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) that has come top in the first round of presidential elections, with 36.4 %…

Society

Hungary: Slowdown in the population decline

The Editorial Board April 24, 2016

Hungary, Budapest - According to the Central Statistical Office (KSH),demographic decline in Hungary slowed down, comparing with January and February of the last year. Indeed the number of births increased by 0.5 % and the number of deaths decreased in 18 %.…

Politics

Polish Foreign Minister Waszczykowski visits Turkey

The Editorial Board April 23, 2016

Turkey, Ankara - “We want to see Turkey in the European Union in the near future,” said Minister Witold Waszczykowski during his visit to Ankara. On Wednesday, the MFA chief met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and…

Society

China interested in Hungarian technology

The Editorial Board April 22, 2016

Hungary, Győr - China faces important environmental problems: she produces an immense quantity of waste, which is not totally recyclable. But they could improve this situation thanks to Hungarian technology. In April, Chinese experts went to Hungary, to visit the company Reind…

Society

Vietnamese migrants caught at the Russian-latvian border

The Editorial Board April 22, 2016

Latvia, Rīga - On April 21, the Latvian authorities caught again Vietnamese migrants - a group of nine, and two smugglers. They caught them on the Russian border, told to the press the Latvian border police. Since the beginning of the…

Politics

Jobbik party revamped

The Editorial Board April 22, 2016

Hungary, Budapest - The president of the party, Gábor Vona, decided to renew the direction of the party. Jobbik is getting revamped. Jobbik, the "national radical" party as they define themselves, is under reorganization. The party has a nefarious reputation in the…

Society

Slovakia “in the middle”: nor pro-Russia, nor pro-West

The Editorial Board April 21, 2016

Slovakia - According to a poll carried out on 1000 respondents between January 31 and February 7 by the Slovak Atlantic Commission (SAC) and the Central European Policy Institute (CEPI), Slovakia does not claim to be either pro-West, or pro-Russia. The poll, supported by the…