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EU Council President Tusk: “We must secure our borders”

The Editorial Board September 13, 2016

European Union - Donald Tusk, former Polish Prime Minister and current President of the EU Council finally admitted that "we must secure our borders". Last year, the center-left politician said in front of the UN that "for Europe, isolationism has never been,…

Politics

Economic patriotism was honored at the Forum in Krynica

Olivier Bault September 13, 2016

By Olivier Bault. Poland - At the 26th Economic Forum in Krynica, where Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Viktor Orbán called for counter-cultural revolution in Europe, the close links between the PiS and Fidesz party currently in power in Poland and Hungary were particularly emphasized,…

Politics

Norbert Hofer in Prague: Austria should join the V4

The Editorial Board September 13, 2016

Czechia, Prague - President Miloš Zeman received the Austrian FPÖ candidate Norbert Hofer on Monday, September 12. The "friendly visit" was concluded by the wish to strengthen Central Europe and enlarge the Visegrád group by including Austria, and President Zeman gave his…

Society

Hundreds of militiamen hunt the migrants on the Bulgarian border

The Editorial Board September 12, 2016

Bulgaria - At least 800 people are following an intensive paramilitary training at the Bulgarian border. About half of them were in the army, and their training is partly provided by the Russians, for free. If the phenomenon is not new, since…

Society

Attacks against Muslim women are increasing in Slovakia

Alimuddin Usmani September 11, 2016

Slovakia - In Slovakia, attacks against Muslim women are increasing. This fact was revealed Wednesday in a statement of the Slovak Ministry of Interior. In this context, it condemned the repeated attacks against a Somali woman who has been living in the…

Society

Migrants distributed to Latvia returned to Germany immediately

The Editorial Board September 11, 2016

Latvia - Migrants who had been sent to Latvia from Germany under the European Union (EU) redistribution policy have moved back to Germany almost as soon as they reached the small Baltic nation. After agreeing to take in 531 migrants directly from…

Politics

The Austrian election could be postponed again!

The Editorial Board September 11, 2016

UPDATE on 12/IX/2016: the Ministry of Interior announced today that the second round will finally be held on December 2. Austria - New episode in the saga of the Austrian presidential election. It's second round is scheduled for October 2, after the second round in May…

Politics

Orbán and Kaczyński Want a Cultural Counter-Revolution in Europe

Olivier Bault September 9, 2016

By Olivier Bault. Poland, Krynica - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, head of the Conservative party Fidesz, and Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the Conservative Law and Justice party in power in Poland, participating in a debate of the Economic Forum in Krynica,…

Society

Austria is trying to get rid of migrants

The Editorial Board September 8, 2016

Austria - Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka from the SPÖ-ÖVP coalition, the Social democratic Party of Austria and the Austrian People's party, said on Wednesday, 7, that Hungary had to take back the migrants she sent to Austria after they crossed her border.…

Politics

In Poland, the PiS party is in disagreement about media reforms

The Editorial Board September 8, 2016

Poland - On October 25, the euroskeptic party Law and Justice (PiS) won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections. The party wants to increase his power over the state apparatus, through many reforms. But PiS politicians PiS were delayed on the reforms…

Society

Islamic State military camps are established in Kosovo

The Editorial Board September 7, 2016

Kosovo - Several training camps of the Islamic State were "discovered" in Kosovo. Hundreds of men, most of them Albanian people, learn Arabic, study some version of the Koran, and follow a military training under the orders of men from the Caliphate and…

Politics

Orbán visited Serbia and warned for a difficult autumn

The Editorial Board September 6, 2016

Serbia, Belgrade - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Serbia and met with Serbian Prime Minister Vučić. Orbán recalled his full support for Serbia's candidacy to the EU, and expressed his will to help Serbia in all ways, particularly to handle the…