Polish lorry drivers are blocking the border with Ukraine

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Polish lorry drivers are blocking the border with Ukraine

The Editorial Board November 24, 2023

Poland/Ukraine – Before it was the farmers, and now it is the Polish lorry drivers who feel that they are being subjected to unfair competition from their Ukrainian colleagues. The money.pl website quotes one of them as explaining: “Polish farmers are afraid…

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Controversy over four Polish MEPs having their immunity lifted by the European Parliament

The Editorial Board November 20, 2023

Poland/EU – On November 9, the European Parliament decided to lift the parliamentary immunity of four Polish MEPs from the Law and Justice (PiS) delegation to the European Parliament’s European Reformist and Conservatives group: Beata Mazurek and Tomasz Poręba, who belong to…

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Polish-Indian Trade Ties Boosted By Orlen and ArcelorMittal

Adam Starzyński November 19, 2023

Poland - Orlen SA, a Polish oil refiner and petrol conglomerate, has signed a multi-year strategic deal to supply natural gas to India's ArcelorMittal, the world's second-largest steel producer. It is not the first time the two titans have collaborated over energy…

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Polish co-rapporteur warning against European Parliament resolution on treaty reform (Interview)

Olivier Bault November 15, 2023

Even the constitutional treaty rejected in two referendums, in the Netherlands and France, was finally forced through in truncated form as the Lisbon Treaty, says MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski in an interview for the Polish weekly Do Rzeczy and the English-language website Sovereignty.pl.…

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Czech Prime Minister busy comparing prices between Germany and Czechia

The Editorial Board November 13, 2023

Czechia – In a video posted on his Facebook account on November 5, which the German and Czech press have both commented on, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala offered concrete examples of food products that cost more in Czechia than in neighbouring…

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Orlen: Poland’s Fortune 500 Asset

The Editorial Board November 13, 2023

Poland - The economic virtues of stability and prosperity are often pitched against one another by the vicissitudes of emerging economies. Since the collapse of communism, successive East European governments have made hard decisions about giving a free rein to the wealth…

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Viktor Orbán in Kazakhstan for the 10th Summit of Turkic States

The Editorial Board November 9, 2023

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Kazakhstan on November 1 together with his Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó and Finance Minister Mihály Varga. The Hungarian government’s delegation held talks with Kazakh leaders in Astana before attending the 10th…

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Péter Szijjártó pleads for peace in Ukraine in a visit to Minsk

The Editorial Board November 8, 2023

Hungary/Belarus – Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó travelled to Minsk on October 26 to take part in the international “Eurasian Security” conference held in the Belarusian capital on October 26–27. Szijjártó was the only representative of a Western…

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Fico becomes prime minister of Slovakia again in a coalition with the nationalists

The Editorial Board October 26, 2023

Slovakia – Three and a half weeks after the September 30 parliamentary elections and after tensions over her refusal to accept a minister that had been presented by the Slovak National Party (SNS, a social conservative nationalist party), Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová…

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American Left interfering in Poland’s Oct. 15 elections after failed attempt in Hungary last year – Interview

Olivier Bault October 25, 2023

“Hungary’s left-wing media tycoon Zoltán Varga is being introduced into the Polish media market by Soros’ Pluralis B.V. right before the Polish elections. Interestingly, they do not even seem to care about the timing any more. A couple of years ago you…

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Slovakia’s Smer and Hlas suspended from Party of European Socialists

The Editorial Board October 20, 2023

Slovakia – Following early parliamentary elections on September 30, Slovakia’s two social democratic parties – Smer-SD and Hlas-SD of former prime ministers Robert Fico and Peter Pellegrini, respectively – have just concluded a coalition agreement with the Slovak National Party (SNS). For…

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Poland allowed to violate rule of law if ruled by pro-EU liberals

Olivier Bault October 14, 2023

Donald Tusk has overtly claimed in recent months that in case of electoral victory on October 15, as prime minister of Poland he will disregard all laws passed by the Polish parliament since 2015 which he finds to have been adopted in…