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Growing dissension between Prague and Budapest over Ukraine

The Editorial Board March 7, 2023

Czechia/Hungary – The Visegrád Group appeared for many years as a more or less politically cohesive entity, representing the specific interests of Central Europe against Brussels’ efforts at imposing leftist liberal ideologies upon the whole EU and its drive for ever more…

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Record low Sunday Mass attendance in Poland in 2021

The Editorial Board March 6, 2023

Poland – In January, the Statistical Institute of the Polish Catholic Church (ISKK) presented its annual statistical data (Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae in Polonia) for the year 2021 . The data shows a significant decrease in attendance in Polish Catholic churches in comparison…

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Russia shuts off the oil tap to Poland

The Editorial Board March 3, 2023

Poland – The Polish oil group PKN Orlen announced on Saturday, 25 February, that oil deliveries from Russia via the Druzhba pipeline had come to a stop. In recent times, the Druzhba pipeline had been carrying some 10% of Polish oil…

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A Polish–Korean consortium to manufacture tanks and howitzers

The Editorial Board March 3, 2023

Poland – The Polish arms company Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa announced on Friday, 24 February, the signing of agreements to strengthen its cooperation with its South Korean partners. According to the press release issued by the company, which is based in Radom (some…

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Polish nuclear power plant: agreement signed with Westinghouse

The Editorial Board March 2, 2023

Poland – Following the decision made in early November 2022 by Mateusz Morawiecki’s government to entrust the construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site (Pomerania voivodeship) to the American company Westinghouse, an agreement was signed on 22 February…

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The first batch of Polish Leopard 2 tanks is already in Ukraine

The Editorial Board February 28, 2023

Poland/Ukraine - After several weeks of talks, Poland has now delivered its first four German-made Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, out of a promised total of 14, alongside 60 additional PT-91 Twardy tanks, a Polish-made, modernized version of the old Soviet T-72…

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B9 Summit in Warsaw

The Editorial Board February 27, 2023

Poland – This was certainly a very busy week for Polish leaders. After the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Warsaw on Monday, 20 February, before heading to Kyiv, U.S. President Joe Biden was in the Polish capital on 21–22 February. On…

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Could PiS lose Poland’s upcoming parliamentary elections?

The Editorial Board February 25, 2023

Poland – With the next parliamentary elections to be held by 11 November 2023 at the latest, a recent poll reported on 8 February by Do Rzeczy shows that the Polish opposition may have a chance of winning against the United Right,…

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US President Biden in Warsaw

The Editorial Board February 24, 2023

Poland – After Giorgia Meloni, who then went to Kyiv, it was US President Joe Biden’s turn to be received by the Polish leaders with full honours on Tuesday, 21 February. After having been welcomed in the early afternoon by his Polish…

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Giorgia Meloni meets Polish leaders in Warsaw

The Editorial Board February 24, 2023

Poland – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was on a visit to Warsaw on Monday, 20 February, where she held talks with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on the eve of Joe Biden’s visit. Meloni’s political party Fratelli d'Italia…

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Higher than average inflation in V4 countries

The Editorial Board February 23, 2023

Central Europe – The latest published economic figures indicate the persistence of high inflation in Central Europe, particularly in the four countries of the Visegrád Group, with the situation being particularly serious in Hungary. Hungary’s annual inflation at 25.7 percent in January…

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Austrian government showing signs of repentance for past Covid-related assault on citizens’ rights

The Editorial Board February 20, 2023

Austria – A year ago, the Austrian government was still enforcing some of Europe’s most extreme measures against the Covid pandemic, causing an unprecedented uproar in a traditionally peaceful society. In January this year, however, the coalition government in Vienna, made up…