Latvia, Rīga – The monument of the victory commemorating the Soviet soldiers who died during the World War II and situated in the eponymous park in Rīga , is at present the object of disagreement of historical visions between Latvia and Russia.…
Austria – Two weeks after the presidential elections, the FPÖ – Freedom Party – filed a complaint which has been given to the Constitutional Court of Austria. According to the FPÖ, many irregularities and suspicions of fraud have been proven, which needs…
Poland – 24 countries sent troops for this huge 10-day long NATO exercise taking place in Poland and Lithuania. While tension rises more and more between the West and Russia, this massive exercise of 31,000 troops, one month before the NATO summit…
France, Paris - Roland Garros's verdict fell, and the small world of the tennis passes from now on in the green for six weeks, with Wimbledon as the climax of the short tennis season on lawn. It's time to make an assessment.…
Czechia - According to the 2016 IMD World Competitiveness Scoreboard, Czechia reached the 27th place in their competitiveness ranking. The Central European country jumped two placed compared with its ranking of 2015.
By getting to the 27th place of the world ranking,…
Austria - The current Austrian foreign minister, Sebastian Kurz, lately stated migrants should be hold on Greek islands in order to receive a better help to get back home and, finally, help them locally.
In a recent interview given to Die Presse,…
The European Commission against Polish democracy, by Olivier Bault.
It was planned for the 23th of May, but it is finally on the 1st of June that the European Commission adopted a negative Opinion about the rule of law in Poland. An…
Bulgaria – Hungarian police officers have been sent to Bulgaria in order to help local authorities in their struggle with the massive influx of illegal migrants. The Hungarian police officers will be working with their Bulgarian colleagues at the Bulgarian-Serbian border.
On…
Hungary, Kiskunhalas - In the migrant camp of Kiskunhalas, where there are 484 migrants, police had to intervene to handle the beginning of a riot. Fortunately, the situation got into control quickly and no one is hurt.
Migrants wanted to leave the…
Poland – In October 2015, a Polish court rejected a request made by the US asking for Polanski's extradition. But the new PiS government rethinks on the case and Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro told public radio that he would appeal to the…
This article has been suggested by the translator, Sebastian Baxter. It has been published originally in Croatian, on May 21, on vecernji.hr and written by Borislav Ristic. The following article does not necessarily represent the views of the staff of the Visegrád Post. We are…
Central Europe - The first operational hyperloop train line in the world should connect Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest in 2020 in less than 20 minutes...
The news is stunning, and difficult to believe. But the first hyperloop train should be functional in…