Hungary, Budapest – Budapest now holds the record of the longest tramway in the world (55.9 meters) and which is running on line 1.
For now only one is in service but 12 more are expected by the summer. They are currently tested…
United-States, Washington – The United States Department of State denounced Hungary’s approach to the migrant crisis, in a report published on Thursday, April 14.
The report says that the Hungarian law of 2015 – which incriminates any person who tries to cross the…
Czech Republic, Prague – The Minister of Foreign Affairs Lubomír Zaorálek said that he would like to add the name "Czechia" to the United Nations Geographical Names database. This name sounds like the one sometimes used by Czechs, "Česko".
This shorten name…
Ukraine, Vinnytsia - Ukraine has experienced major political, social and economic upheavals in the past couple of years. But Ukraine has a long road to go, and she can count on the support of Hungary and the countries of the Visegrád…
Albania, Durrës – A meeting between the ministers of foreign affairs of Western Balkans took place on the 30 and 31 of March in Durrës, Albania, with Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, and Lubomír Zaorálek, Minister of…
Poland, Warsaw - Poland must change the names of the public spaces within a year, which bind to, or are related to the communist era - the bill has been voted on Friday, April 1, and unanimously adopted by the Polish parliament's…
Bulgaria, Sofia - In 2015 more than 30.000 registered migrants arrived from Turkey, crossing the Bulgarian border, and thousands more passed through illegally. The authorities have much to do, and Bulgaria but also Macedonia are supported by the V4 countries. Also, civilians…
Hungary, Budapest – the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice Pál Völner declared that the government is committed to take compensatory measures for Hungarians expelled from Czechoslovakia from May to June 1945, because of the principle of “collective guilt” after…
Hungary, Budapest - The Parliament put an end on the ban of most of retail stores to open on Sundays. Two thirds of Hungarian were against this law. Although, applied for one year now, this law made possible the expanding of retail…
Hungary, Szeged - Corina Crețu, EU Commissioner for Regional Coverage, visited the super laser center in Szeged, southern Hungary, on Friday, April 8.
The EU-funded project, also established in Bucharest and Prague, will be the world’s largest scientific facility of its kind,…
Slovakia, Bratislava - Slovakia is one of the last European countries to still not have a satellite on its own. But soon this will change, with the launching of skCUBE, a 10cm cube, developed by the Slovak Organization for Space Activities (SOSA).
The…
Poland, Warsaw - Few thousand people demonstrated over the past week against the abortion-ban bill. The coat hanger in their hands is the symbol of the crude tools used for clandestine abortions.
On April 3, Poland's Catholic Church announced its will to collect…