Czechia – As Czech senators were preparing last week to vote an extension until November 2022 of the pandemic law, opponents of anti-Covid health measures led by the collective Chcípl pes (The dog is dead) were mobilising for a day of action…
Germany/Poland – Usually this is is a little known issue outside of Poland. Poland demands recognition by Germany of its Polish minority, a demand essentially supported at the political level by the PiS and the national-conservatives of Konfederacja. While Berlin turns a…
Czech Republic/Ukraine – Interviewed by CNN Prima News this Sunday, 6 February , Czech President Miloš Zeman brought up the current Russian-Ukrainian crisis, which he considers to be a "war of words", thus taking a completely opposite position to that of the…
Czechia/Poland – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki travelled to Prague on 3 February to take part in the final phase of talks on the conflict between Poland and Czechia over the Polish open-pit mine in Turów, close to the German and Czech…
Czechia – On Wednesday, 2 February, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic struck down the regulation restricting access to hotels and restaurants to vaccinated persons. Later in the evening, Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced that health restrictions would be lifted for…
Hungary/Russia – As announced, to the great displeasure of the “united” opposition under Péter Márki-Zay’s guidance, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went to the Kremlin on Tuesday, 1 February, to meet – for the twelfth time – Russian President Vladimir Putin. The…
Slovakia – Going against Hungary’s position – whose defence minister, Tibor Benkő, said on Sunday, 30 January, that additional NATO troops will not be hosted on Hungarian territory as there is no need for them in the current situation –, and despite…
Hungary/NATO – The crisis continues between Russia and Ukraine. Some countries, like Czechia, are even considering sending troops to reinforce Ukraine, and in recent days the media has raised the possibility that American troops could be deployed in Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary after American…
Visegrád/United Kingdom – The British may have left the European Union but they are not losing interest in Europe. While British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is leading talks about a possible alliance with Poland and Ukraine against Russia, Polish-born Conservative MP Daniel…
Poland/Germany – In the face of growing tension between Russia and Ukraine, most Central European countries – Hungary being the exception – have closed ranks and stand in solidarity with Ukraine, whose sovereignty they consider threatened by repeated Russian army drills on…
Poland/Belarus – Driven by the migration crisis orchestrated by the authorities in Minsk at the Polish-Belarusian border in response to European sanctions, the project to build a 5.5-metre high border fence between Poland and Belarus is taking shape, with work having just…
Hungary/Russia – The next meeting between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled for 1 February in Moscow. Due to the growing tensions between Ukraine and Russia, the leaders of the Hungarian united opposition have called on…