Janez Janša: the EU has no right to impose its views on a member state

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Janez Janša: the EU has no right to impose its views on a member state

The Editorial Board August 7, 2021

European Union – In an interview with the Polish news agency PAP published on Thursday 5 August by the conservative website wPolityce.pl, the Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša, who currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, took a…

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Czech Republic: Forcibly sterilized Roma women to be compensated

The Editorial Board August 6, 2021

Czech Republic – On Tuesday 3 August, Czech President Miloš Zeman signed into law a bill approved by the Senate on 22 July, according to which Roma women who were forcibly – and illegally – sterilized in the Czech Republic under the…

Magyar Nemzet

Holy walls tainted with the color of blood

Partenaire August 5, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 5, August 2021. Bratislava’s historic city center, with its genuine Central European atmosphere, is easily walkable. The Gothic Cathedral of St. Martin, the coronation church of the Hungarian kings, is located in…

Society

Polish academic sentenced in Germany for his work on homosexuality in the Church

Olivier Bault August 5, 2021

Poland/Germany – The conviction in Germany of Dariusz Oko, a Catholic priest, professor of humanities and lecturer at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, has caused a stir in Poland. The story has even made it to the cover…

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Sovereignists demonstrating in Warsaw

The Editorial Board August 4, 2021

Poland – While Poles were commemorating the anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against German occupation, some chose to show their support for Poland’s independence now, which they believe is threatened by the ambitions of EU institutions. “On Poland’s side!” On the initiative of the…

Magyar Nemzet

“Viktor Orbán teaches Europe a lesson in democracy”

Partenaire August 4, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 4, August 2021. While most in Italian politics and the press immediately attacked the Hungarian government over the anti-pedophile law, many saw it as admirable. Igor Gelarda, the right-wing Italian Lega party…

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CDU Leader pays tribute to victims of Warsaw Uprising

The Editorial Board August 3, 2021

Poland – The commemorative ceremonies marking the Wola massacre – committed 77 years ago, between 5 and 12 August 1944, by SS units against the population of that district as part of the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising – took place in…

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Saryusz-Wolski: The supremacy of EU law is not enshrined in the EU treaty

The Editorial Board August 2, 2021

Poland – In an interview given to the PAP press agency, and cited by the Polish press on 30 July, Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (PiS) spoke out the predisposition of EU authorities to affirm the supremacy of EU law over national legislations…

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Czechia: Babiš “promises” that the vaccine will not be mandatory

The Editorial Board July 30, 2021

Czechia – Whilst the Greeks, Germans, French, Italians and Latvians have recently started to foresee such a move, the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, during a visit to the Hradec Králové region in north-eastern Bohemia on Thursday 22 July, announced that COVID-19…

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Hungary: The national consultation web-site hacked

The Editorial Board July 29, 2021

Hungary – On a Facebook video published on 28 July, Csaba Dömötör announced that some 400,000 people had answered questions of the latest national consultation on subjects such as the increase of the minimum wage, family tax returns and the law governing…

Politics

The Three Seas Initiative shows what Europe could be without the EU

Olivier Bault July 26, 2021

Central Europe – “America is eager to expand our partnership with you. We welcome stronger ties of trade and commerce as you grow your economies and we are committed to securing your access to alternate sources of energy so Poland and its…

Magyar Nemzet

What we know so far about the Katalin Cseh scandal

Partenaire July 25, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 25, July 2021. On Sunday July 18 and Monday July 19 videos appeared on the Bennfentes.net portal, promising the results of a big expose; at the time, all we found out was that…