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Poland’s Konfederacja party banned by Facebook censorship

The Editorial Board January 7, 2022

Poland – A secretary of state at the Polish Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Janusz Cieszyński, announced on 5 January on Twitter that he had been informed of the imminent suppression of the Facebook account of Konfederacja, an alliance including the libertarian Korwin list…

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Slovakia: Catholic faithfuls rebel against “vaccine dogma”

The Editorial Board January 7, 2022

Slovakia - The attitude of the Church and of the Catholic hierarchy towards areas outside its purview is often the source of deep divisions among the faithful. The current issue of Covid-19 vaccination and the introduction of a de jure or de…

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Hungarian parliamentary elections: Donald Trump gives his support to Viktor Orbán

The Editorial Board January 4, 2022

Hungary – In the run-up to the April 2022 parliamentary elections, and while the supposedly united opposition continues to experience dissension, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just received a major international endorsement, that of former U.S. President Donald Trump. “Viktor Orbán…

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Gazprom reportedly turns off tap to Poland

The Editorial Board January 4, 2022

Poland/Russia – According to information published in the Polish press, Gazprom has ceased gas deliveries to Western Europe through the Yamal pipeline via Poland since 20 December 2021. Since then, Poland has stopped receiving gas from Russia and has had to buy…

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Czechia: compulsory vaccination challenged by senators from the STAN group

The Editorial Board January 2, 2022

Czechia – While Ladislav Dušek, director of the Czech Institute for Health Information and Statistics (ÚZIS), predicts that the Omicron variant could become dominant in the Czech Republic over the coming month, and as the new minister of Health, Vlastimil Válek (TOP09,…

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Polish President vetoes Lex TVN

The Editorial Board December 29, 2021

Poland - After the bill’s rejection by the Polish Senate, where the opposition has a majority, and its adoption the last time it was presented in the Sejm (by 229 votes to 212 and 10 abstentions), on Monday Polish President Andrzej Duda…

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Poland: Kaczyński won’t rule out mandatory vaccination

The Editorial Board December 28, 2021

Poland – While the current anti-Covid measures being discussed in the Sejm are far from getting unanimous support in his own camp, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński said in an interview published on 27 December by Interia that…

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Hungary supports the Bosnian Serb Republic

The Editorial Board December 27, 2021

Hungary/Bosnia – After the Bosnian Serb Republic’s parliament voted on 10 December in favour of separating the Serbian state from Bosnia-Herzegovina’s central institutions, the authorities in Banja-Luka have just received the support of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The Serbian Republic is…

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Bucharest: anti-green pass demonstrators break into Senate courtyard

The Editorial Board December 24, 2021

Romania – On Tuesday, 21 December, George Simion‘s Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), a nationalist party, organized a demonstration in Bucharest to protest against the proposed health passport called the “green certificate” (certificatul verde) in Romania. The protest was marred…

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Lublin Triangle: Duda and Nausėda in favour of Ukraine NATO membership

The Editorial Board December 22, 2021

Poland / Ukraine / Lithuania – A new Lublin Triangle summit (founded 28 July, 2020) took place on Monday, 20 December in Huta (Western Ukraine). It was attended by Polish President Andrzej Duda, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and their Lithuanian counterpart, Gitanas…

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Czechia: Petr Fiala’s government has taken office

The Editorial Board December 21, 2021

Czechia - More than two months after the 8-9 October parliamentary elections which resulted in the victory of the SPOLU (ODS, KDU-ČSL, TOP09) and PirSTAN (Pirates and Mayors) coalitions, and with President Miloš Zeman having finally accepted the “pirate” Jan Lipavský’s appointment…

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Health passport checks: the great divide between Ziobro and Morawiecki

The Editorial Board December 18, 2021

Poland - According to information reported this Thursday, December 16 by the conservative magazine Do Rzeczy, another serious conflict has arisen within the Polish government. The Minister of Justice, Zbigniew Ziobro (Solidarna Polska) apparently disagrees with a proposed law on verification of…