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Turkish Spying in Austria? The Austrian Government Orders Auditing the Main Turkish Association in the Country

The Editorial Board March 9, 2017

Austria - Via Krone.at - Mr Pilz: "Turks living abroad are instrumentalized by Erdogan" Austrian Green Party politician Peter Pilz has been monitoring the information gathering activities of various AKP-related associations in Austria for a longer period of time. They are said…

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Turkish Rule in Austria

The Editorial Board March 7, 2017

We post this article suggested by one of our readers, originally published by the Austrian investigation webportal XLarge Magazin. Austria - The Austrian Green Party's deputy Peter Pilz is famous for his political performances that are reminiscent of disclosure journalism. Recently, he…

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US-EU Visa Crisis

The Editorial Board March 3, 2017

European Union - The EU Commission is legally obliged to take measures temporarily reintroducing visa requirements for US citizens, given that Washington still does not grant visa-free access to nationals of five EU countries, including Poland. In a resolution approved on Thursday,…

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The V4 Countries Develop their Cooperation in New Fields

The Editorial Board March 2, 2017

Visegrád Group - In February, the V4 countries had two meeting in order to strengthen their cooperation in tourism and on constitutional law. On February 14-15, the V4 countries held a meeting in Warsaw. A common marketing plan has been set up.…

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Extraordinary V4 Summit over “Garbage Can” Food Quality in Central and Eastern Europe

The Editorial Board February 28, 2017

Central Europe - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called his counterparts of the Visegrád Group to hold a meeting over the bad quality of products in Central and Eastern European supermarkets. Recent studies showed that many multinational food companies put inferior ingredients…

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Scandal in Vienna: Embezzlement of Tax Money for Islamic Kindergarten

The Editorial Board February 20, 2017

Austria, Vienna - Once again, a scandal around Vienna's Islamic kindergartens is causing a stir. As reported by Austria's major daily Kronen-Zeitung, the chairman of the Arab religious community, Hassan Mousa, a jurist, has been taken into pre-trial custody. [1] He is suspected…

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Olympic Games 2024 – a Battle, but Not the War

Alexandre Árpád Szigethy February 19, 2017

By Alexandre Árpád Szigethy. Update of February 22, 2017: Budapest officially renounced to its candidacy for the Olympic Games of 2024, following the action described in the article and some elements indicating that it would have rerached the third place, behind Los Angeles and…

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In Warsaw, Anti-Terrorist Trainings for EU Civilians

Olivier Bault February 18, 2017

After Le Monde published an article about French expatriates in central and eastern Europe, Olivier Bault contacted Grégory Leroy, one of the French interviewed by Saïda Djerrada for the major French newspaper, and made an article presenting his activity. By Olivier Bault. Poland - Have…

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“Romania: from a “Two-Tiered Europe” to a Europe of the Double Bind”

Modeste Schwartz February 16, 2017

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - Not only does Brussels act as a colonial despot toward all second-tier EU countries (or, even worse, considering that France, to take but one example, at least endowed its African colonies with infrastructure, whereas in Romania passenger trains currently…

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Poland Seen by Szewach Weiss, Former President of the Knesset and Holocaust Survivor

Olivier Bault February 11, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - As the commemoration of the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp was taking place, and while some media were still using the expression "Polish concentration camps" to designate the former German camps built on…

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Lech Walesa, aka agent Bolek

Olivier Bault February 5, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - In February 2016, documents recovered from the widow of General Kiszczak, former Minister of Interior of General Jaruzelski, confirmed what many Poles had been convinced of for a long time: before becoming the charismatic leader of Solidarity (Solidarność),…

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The Akademikerball: a Tradition that Unleashes Passions

Ferenc Almássy February 5, 2017

By Ferenc Almássy. Austria, Vienna - Between 2 and 4,000 demonstrators and violent antifa activists, 2,700 mobilized policemen, and the entire city center closed to traffic for almost half a day... On Friday, February 3rd, Vienna experienced again a strange atmosphere which…