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Border controls reintroduced between Central European countries because of new influx of migrants on Balkan route

The Editorial Board October 9, 2023

Central Europe – Just a few days after Germany decided to reinstate border controls at its borders with Poland and Czechia, those two countries did the same last week along their borders with Slovakia, through which increasing numbers of migrants are trying…

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$2 billion US loan to modernize Polish army

The Editorial Board October 5, 2023

Poland – In the last days of September, the US State Department announced the signing of a “$2 billion Foreign Military Financing (FMF) direct loan agreement to support Poland's effort to modernize its armed forces. ” The US administration’s press release stresses…

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Former PM Robert Fico wins Slovakian election and Viktor Orbán rejoices

The Editorial Board October 3, 2023

Slovakia – The early parliamentary elections held in Slovakia on Saturday, September 30 once again reshuffled the political deck in this Central European country. In all likelihood, the social democrat Robert Fico, a former prime minister (both in 2006–2010 and 2012–2018), should…

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AfD playing footsie with Fidesz

The Editorial Board September 28, 2023

Hungary – The next European elections to be held on June 9, 2024 could see a reshuffling between the two Eurosceptic groups: Identity & Democracy, which includes France’s National Rally, Germany’s AfD, Austria’s FPÖ, and the Flemish Vlaams Belang; and the European…

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End of love affair between Warsaw and Kyiv?

The Editorial Board September 22, 2023

Poland/Ukraine – As we reported on September 15, Poland has decided, alongside Hungary and Slovakia, to extend the import ban on Ukrainian cereals beyond September 15 after the European Union tacitly decided not to do so. In response, the authorities in Kyiv…

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Demonstration against the high cost of living on Wenceslas Square

The Editorial Board September 22, 2023

Czechia – Several thousand people (10,000 according to the police, 100,000 according to the organizers) gathered on Wenceslas Square in central Prague on Saturday, September 16 at the call of the extra-parliamentary opposition movement Law, Respect, Expertise (PRO) to demonstrate against…

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Polish secretary of state allegedly ran illegal immigrant smuggling channel

The Editorial Board September 20, 2023

Poland – With the campaign for the Polish parliamentary elections on October 15 in full swing, a new scandal involving the Morawiecki government has just broken out. In a dramatic development, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Piotr…

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Ukrainian grain: Poland raising its voice

The Editorial Board September 15, 2023

Poland – At a meeting in Warsaw on July 19, the agriculture ministers of Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, and Slovakia urged the European Commission to extend the ban on grain imports from Ukraine from September 15 to December 31. The previous ban…

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Covid now on par with flu in Czechia

The Editorial Board September 13, 2023

Czechia – The collective hysteria caused by the Covid pandemic during the years 2020–2022 may not yet be entirely consigned to history. This is especially the case given that some countries still have large stocks of vaccines, which were purchased at great…

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Increased cooperation between Budapest and Baku in energy

The Editorial Board September 5, 2023

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held new talks in Budapest during a visit by President Aliyev to mark Hungary’s national holiday on August 20. Following this meeting, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade,…

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Hungary’s President on a visit to Subcarpathia and Kyiv

The Editorial Board August 31, 2023

Hungary – Hungarian President Katalin Novák visited Ukraine to support the Ukrainian Hungarian community and meet President Zelensky. Novák first went to Subcarpathia (aka Transcarpathia) on August 22 for the second time since she took office before continuing on to Kyiv on…

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The 32nd International Economic Forum in Karpacz will take place on 5-7 September 2023

The Editorial Board August 30, 2023

Poland – “Europe in in Search of Leadership”: This is the title of the 32nd occasion of the largest annual political and economic event in Central Europe. Involving more than 4,000 participants from Europe, North America, and Asia, the Forum will bring…