Scandal in Vienna: Embezzlement of Tax Money for Islamic Kindergarten

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…

Society

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…

Society

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…

Society

“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…

Politics

Angela Merkel’s Visit to Poland Marks a Turning-Point in Bilateral Relations

Olivier Bault February 15, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - For the German newspaper Die Welt, this was the most important visit of a German Chancellor since 1989. While a year ago the leader of the Liberal opposition called for a fight against the Conservative government of…

Society

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…

Politics

Central Europe Unites to Put an End to Illegal Immigration

The Editorial Board February 9, 2017

Austria, Vienna - Ministers from 15 countries gathered in Vienna on Wednesday, February 8, in order to find a common way to put an end to the illegal immigration in the Balkans and Central Europe. Representatives from Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia,…

Interviews

Norbert Hofer: the FPÖ is Likely to be the First Party at the Next Elections and We’ll Get Closer to the Visegrád Countries

Ferenc Almássy February 8, 2017

Austria - Interview with Norbert G. Hofer, member of the FPÖ, the Austrian national-liberal party: "The FPÖ will probably be the first party at the next elections [...] If we manage to govern, there will also be a very close contact with the states…

Politics

The Muddy Waters of Romanian Politics

Bogdan Radu Herzog February 6, 2017

Article originally published in English on Katehon. By Bogdan Radu Herzog. Editor's note (06/02/2017): Demonstrations are still ongoing in Romania, and in Bulgaria demonstrations of support took place. The situation is complex (read about it here) and we invite our readers to the greatest…

Society

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),…

Society

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…

Politics

Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Viktor Orbán in Budapest

The Editorial Board February 3, 2017

Via Daily News Hungary - Hungary, Budapest - Hungary and Russia are being forced to work together in a “difficult international environment”, as anti-Russian policies have become popular in western Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a joint press conference with Russian…