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

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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…

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “State of the Nation” address, February 2023

The Editorial Board February 19, 2023

Hungary - Each year, mid-February, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán holds a speech on the "state of the Nation" in which he addresses the main topics of the past and current year to come. We received a translation of the speech by…

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Poland and Hungary defying EU boycott of Iran

The Editorial Board February 19, 2023

Hungary/Poland – As The Times of Israel noted on 14 February, unlike other EU ambassadors, Zoltán Varga-Haszonits and Maciej Fałkowski, the ambassadors of Hungary and Poland respectively, chose not to boycott the ceremonies celebrating the 44th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic…

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Hungarian foreign minister visits Belarus

The Editorial Board February 19, 2023

Hungary/Belarus – The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó, visited Minsk on Monday, 13 February. He met with his Belarusian counterpart, Sergei Aleikov and Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov to discuss trade relations between the two countries, as well as…

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France and Hungary dancing to the same tune on nuclear power

The Editorial Board February 16, 2023

Hungary – The least that can be said is that the French and Hungarian governments are generally not on the same wavelength. However, there are some areas where Paris and Budapest have similar stances, as is the case with nuclear power. During…

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Viktor Orbán and Volodymyr Zelensky met in Brussels

The Editorial Board February 14, 2023

Hungary/Ukraine – After his visit to London, where he met with King Charles III and addressed British MPs at Westminster, and then Paris, where he was received by French President Emmanuel Macron in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President…