Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria want to set up a joint brigade

Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria want to set up a joint brigade

The Editorial Board April 26, 2016

Romania, Bucharest - Ukrainian President Petro Porochenko met his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis on Thursday, April 21. They discussed about regional cooperation and security. Ukrainian President Petro Porochenko went on last Thursday to Bucharest. He met with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, and…

Culture

Chernobyl: 30 years

Marie Fouque April 26, 2016

By Marie Fouque. Ukraine - On the 26 of April, 1986, at the Lenin nuclear power plant, 15km away from Chernobyl, Ukraine, occurred the worst nuclear disaster ever. An increase in the reactor power lead to an explosion. It was the first…

Society

Border control between Austria and Hungary

The Editorial Board April 26, 2016

Austria - The border between Hungary and Austria is no longer without control. The Austrian authorities re-imposed on April 25 controls at the border with Hungary. The construction of a fence is currently discussed. According to the Austrian authorities, the upcoming opening…

Politics

Austria: FPÖ tops first round of presidential vote

The Editorial Board April 25, 2016

Austria - The Austrians went to the polls on Sunday, April 24th to elect their future president. It is the Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) that has come top in the first round of presidential elections, with 36.4 %…

Society

Hungary: Slowdown in the population decline

The Editorial Board April 24, 2016

Hungary, Budapest - According to the Central Statistical Office (KSH),demographic decline in Hungary slowed down, comparing with January and February of the last year. Indeed the number of births increased by 0.5 % and the number of deaths decreased in 18 %.…

Politics

Polish Constitutional Court crisis

Olivier Bault April 23, 2016

By Olivier Bault Poland, Warsaw - On the 13 of April, the European Parliament adopted a resolution asking Warsaw to publish and to implement the Polish Constitutional Court's resolutions, so the principles of the rule of law are respected in accordance with…

Politics

Polish Foreign Minister Waszczykowski visits Turkey

The Editorial Board April 23, 2016

Turkey, Ankara - “We want to see Turkey in the European Union in the near future,” said Minister Witold Waszczykowski during his visit to Ankara. On Wednesday, the MFA chief met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and…

Society

China interested in Hungarian technology

The Editorial Board April 22, 2016

Hungary, Győr - China faces important environmental problems: she produces an immense quantity of waste, which is not totally recyclable. But they could improve this situation thanks to Hungarian technology. In April, Chinese experts went to Hungary, to visit the company Reind…

Society

Vietnamese migrants caught at the Russian-latvian border

The Editorial Board April 22, 2016

Latvia, Rīga - On April 21, the Latvian authorities caught again Vietnamese migrants - a group of nine, and two smugglers. They caught them on the Russian border, told to the press the Latvian border police. Since the beginning of the…

Politics

Jobbik party revamped

The Editorial Board April 22, 2016

Hungary, Budapest - The president of the party, Gábor Vona, decided to renew the direction of the party. Jobbik is getting revamped. Jobbik, the "national radical" party as they define themselves, is under reorganization. The party has a nefarious reputation in the…

Society

Slovakia “in the middle”: nor pro-Russia, nor pro-West

The Editorial Board April 21, 2016

Slovakia - According to a poll carried out on 1000 respondents between January 31 and February 7 by the Slovak Atlantic Commission (SAC) and the Central European Policy Institute (CEPI), Slovakia does not claim to be either pro-West, or pro-Russia. The poll, supported by the…

Interviews

Kateřina Konečná: the Czech worker is closer to us than a stranger

Alimuddin Usmani April 21, 2016

Czechia, Prague - Interview with a Czech communist MEP, Kateřina Konečná: the Czech worker is closer to us than a stranger". This interview had been suggested to our page by the author, the Swiss journalist Alimuddin Usmani, and had been originaly posted…