Sergei Lavrov: Our formula for success stands the test of time

Partenaire August 25, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 25, August 2021. “Cooperation between our countries has reached unparalleled levels” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov in his exclusive interview with Magyar Nemzet. He will visit Budapest on Tuesday at…

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Baltic Way 2021: a human chain against “health dictatorship”

The Editorial Board August 25, 2021

Baltic States – On 23 August, starting at 7 p.m., tens of thousands of people took part in the Baltic Way 2021, a human chain linking Tallinn (Estonia) to Vilnius (Lithuania) via Riga (Latvia). The transnational demonstration is largely inspired by the…

Politics

Afghans imported by Czech government: few critics speak out

Alimuddin Usmani August 25, 2021

Czech Republic – While the Russian and Chinese governments keep their representatives in Afghanistan following the Taliban victory, the European and American governments are fleeing in panic, taking with them their Afghan helpers and their families. In the Czech Republic, the decision…

Politics

Influx of illegal immigrants at the Polish border

Agnieszka Golańska-Bault August 24, 2021

Poland/Belarus – The Polish border services, reinforced by a thousand soldiers, are currently trying to prevent an unprecedented wave of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Afghanistan from entering Poland through Belarus. The total length of the Polish–Belarusian border is 418…

Politics

Restitution of property: tempers flare between Israel and Poland

Olivier Bault August 23, 2021

Poland – Accusations of anti-Semitism by Israel’s foreign minister, after the Polish president ratified a law on the restitution of property unlawfully confiscated after World War II, have plunged Warsaw and Tel Aviv into a crisis unprecedented since the fall of communism…

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Poland: PiS reinforces its pro-family policy

The Editorial Board August 21, 2021

Poland – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Tuesday 17 August the introduction of a new social benefit for families in the form of a “family child care capital” (Rodzinny Kapitał Opiekuńczy) as part of the Polish Order programme (Polski Ład),…

Society

Lithuania challenges at border

Bill Ravotti August 20, 2021

Lithuania - After realizing its initial mistake of granting entry to 4,000 illegals crossing from Belarus, the government of Lithuania is finally grasping reality. So far, so good: Lithuania has turned down all (100%) illegal migrants’ asylum applications. However, two huge challenges…

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August 20: Hungary about to celebrate the “best ever” Saint Stephen’s Day

The Editorial Board August 20, 2021

Hungary - At his first inauguration as Prime Minister of Hungary on 6 July 1998, Viktor Orbán declared, among other things, that Hungary would henceforth celebrate its national holidays properly. This weekend's St. Stephen's Day celebrations should live up to this ambition.…

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Fall of Kabul: Zeman scorns the US and NATO

The Editorial Board August 19, 2021

Czech Republic – Images of the fall of Kabul and Afghanistan to the Taliban on 15 August have been making the rounds on television and social networks in recent days. In an interview published on Tuesday 17 by Parlamentní Listy, Czech President…

Society

Health policy: a belated “non possumus” from the Polish episcopate

Agnieszka Golańska-Bault August 19, 2021

The president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference is bitterly critical of the Morawiecki government’s health policy towards the Church. Poland – On August 5, the Polish Catholic Information Agency (KAI) published an article by the president of the bishops’ conference, Archbishop Stanisław…

Interviews

Ábel Bódi: “Those who lead and ruin western countries are the ones calling us far-right”

Ferenc Almássy August 19, 2021

Interview with Ábel Bódi, leader of Identitás Generáció (Generation Identity), the Hungarian branch of the French youth movement Génération Identitaire (GI): "the voices that call us far-right - here in Hungary too - are those of people leading and ruining states such…

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Under pressure from LGBT lobby, Brussels cuts subsidies to Polish region

The Editorial Board August 18, 2021

Poland – Lesser Poland (Małopolska) is a voivodship (region) in southern Poland, with Kraków as its capital. It is also one of the Polish regions whose representatives – mostly those from PiS – adopted a resolution in 2019 declaring the regional administration’s…