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China – Central Europe: an intensified rapprochement through the 16+1 initiative

Ferenc Almássy July 29, 2018

By Ferenc Almássy. Not everybody likes the rapprochement between China and Central Europe. Wishing to take its future in its own hand, Central Europe is looking for diminishing more and more its dependence as a peripheral zone of Western Europe and…

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Black Sea Gas: Dragnea Defeats the Deep State with its Own Weapons

Modeste Schwartz July 15, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - On July 9, 2018, the Romanian parliament wrote the final chapter of an energy drama that had remained relatively unseen for a long time, finally breaking out only a few weeks ago – though it had probably…

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The Three Seas Initiative, a new forum of cooperation of twelve Central European countries countervailing the Berlin-Brussels-Paris Axis?

Olivier Bault July 13, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Originally published in French on Réinformation TV. Poland, Rzeszów - The first Forum of the Regions of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) took place on July 3, in Rzeszów, Poland. This initiative has been started in 2015 by the…

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Romania’s Deep State Will Stop at Nothing to Separate Bucharest from Budapest

Modeste Schwartz July 5, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - Yesterday, July 4 2018, the Romanian Supreme Court – having the final word after a long series of appeals – sentenced two Szekler activists (István Beke and Zoltán Szőcs) to 5 years in prison, causing national outrage…

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Under pressure from the USA, Poland steps back on its memorial law

Olivier Bault July 3, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - The Polish and Israeli Prime Ministers signed a common declaration to end the dispute. The amendments to the Polish memorial law concerning the Shoah and the Nazi crimes committed in Poland at the origin…

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Viktor Orbán Expects a New Global Financial Crisis

Modeste Schwartz July 1, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Central Europe - For more than a month, the currencies of Central Europe (a term that, for my part, I always use in a conventional/geographical sense: post-communist Europe outside the former USSR) have dropped against Western currencies – …

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European Summit: small victory for the V4

The Editorial Board June 30, 2018

On Thursday 28 and Friday 29 of June the leaders of the 28 Member States of the European Union met in Brussels for a summit to discuss in particular migration policy at a European scale. A summit that has brought some progress…

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The Visegrád Group and Austria Interior Ministers met in Budapest – strengthening of the regional cooperation on migration

The Editorial Board June 28, 2018

Article originally published on The Hungary Journal. Hungary - Interior ministers of the four Visegrad countries – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – and their Austrian counterpart met for talks in Budapest on Tuesday. After the talks, Hungary’s Sandor Pinter called…

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“The liberal order is collapsing”: the harsh statement of Viktor Orbán; FULL SPEECH at a conference held in memory of Helmut Kohl

The Editorial Board June 25, 2018

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech at a conference held in memory of Helmut Kohl 16 June 2018, Budapest Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen, President Spengler, President Zoltán Balog, I…

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Visegrád – Austria Summit: Confirmed Entente

The Editorial Board June 22, 2018

The Visegrád Group and Austria met in Budapest for a summit on immigration therefore bypassing and declaring their boycott of the planned "mini-summit" on the subject. Hungary - On Thursday, 21 June, Budapest hosted a summit of the Visegrád Group (Poland, Czechia,…

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White March in Bucharest: Romanian Awakening, or Beginning of the End of the PSD?

Modeste Schwartz June 19, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - After months of hesitation, during which it seemed that it would never be able to react, the ruling Social Democrat Party in Bucharest finally decided on Saturday, June 9, to take to the streets (a small) part…

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Poland: The PiS victim of its success propaganda

Olivier Bault June 13, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Forty days occupation of the Sejm by disabled persons and their relatives The last 27th of May, a forty days occupation of the corridors of the Sejm (the Polish lower house) by disabled adults and their…