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Poland, Land of Asylum for Norwegian Families

Olivier Bault January 12, 2019

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Norwegian mother Silje Garmo and her two-year-old daughter Eira, who fled from their country’s social services (Barnevernet), have won the right to asylum in Poland. Specifically, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has approved her request for asylum,…

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The Comeback of Administrative Courts in Hungary

Tamás Leskó January 9, 2019

By Tamás Leskó, Hungarian jurist. Hungary - On the day when the act on the increase of the number of legal overtime hours was adopted, another significant legal act was adopted by the Hungarian parliament, namely the one on the new Administrative…

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Poland, Hungary and France: A Common Cause

The Editorial Board January 2, 2019

By Antoni Trzmiel. Poland - We publish here the translation of Antoni Trzmiel's editorial about the partnership we started with them. The dorzeczy.pl website, belonging to the Polish weekly Do Rzeczy, has begun cooperation with the Visegr á d Post…

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The Problems Surrounding Hungary’s “Slavery Law”: Fake News?

Modeste Schwartz December 14, 2018

Hungary - The Hungarian parliament adopted on Wednesday, December 12, 2018, an amendment to the labor law, including the increase of the number of legal overtime hours per year from 250 to 400 maximum (a misleading broad range used by the opposition,…

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Building Eurasia

Gábor Tóth November 30, 2018

By Gábor Tóth, President of the Gateway to Europe V4-China Association. Article originally published in English on GLOBS. Central Europe, Hungary, China - Shanghai became the center of attention for a week in November where the first China International Import Expo took place with…

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Romania Post-Referendum: X-ray of a Sick Society

Modeste Schwartz October 9, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - On Saturday, October 6, and Sunday, October 7, just under 4 million Romanian citizens went to the polls to vote in the so-called “referendum on the family”, a little over 20% of the official electoral body (why…

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Hungary: Revision of the Assembly Right

Yann Caspar October 8, 2018

Hungary - While the opposition calls it a scandal and a freedom-destroying disposition, the new law on the right of assembly is in fact only a measure to fill the gaps in the legal arsenal in force since 1989 in this area. The…

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Will Romania Join the European Club of Normal Families? Behind the scenes of a referendum.

Modeste Schwartz October 7, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - Since the 1990s, the increasing hegemony of the Soros galaxy on Romanian civil society has resulted in a continuous intensification of LGBT propaganda. After obtaining some rather uncontroversial reforms (such as the decriminalization of homosexuality), the LGBT…

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New tensions between Hungary and Ukraine; the Hungarian minority threatened

The Editorial Board September 25, 2018

Ukraine - A threat to expel the Hungarian Consul of Berehove (Ukraine), and new diplomatic tensions between Budapest and Kiev. Updated on October 4, 2018. Diplomatic tensions have been rising between Budapest and Kiev since September 2017, when the Ukrainian authorities…

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Hungarian Media: nothing to report!

Yann Caspar August 30, 2018

By Yann P. Caspar. Hungary - It's done. The turnaround that has been anticipated for weeks in the Hungarian media market has just occurred. After the burlesque burst of 2015 between Viktor Orbán and his historical financial arm, Lajos Simicska, the news channel Hír…

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Kulturkampf in Hungary, goodbye “gender studies” – and it’s only the beginning

Ferenc Almássy August 25, 2018

By Ferenc Almássy. Hungary - The teaching of "gender studies" is no longer financed in Hungary. This is part of an important "cultural and ideological war", redrawing the political, cultural and intellectual landscape of Hungary. It fell this summer, in the middle…

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Lacking manpower, Poland relies on Asian immigration besides Ukrainians and Belorussians

Olivier Bault August 24, 2018

By Olivier Bault Poland - “You have lied to the Poles”, accused in last June the leader of the nationalist party Ruch Narodowy (National Movement) Robert Winnicki during a debate at the Parliament about the social policy of the…