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N. Farage: “The EU’s goal is assimilation”

Mariann Őry February 1, 2018

By Mariann Őry. Interview conducted for the Hungarian conservative daily newspaper Magyar Hírlap and published on 2018, January 29. The former chairman of UKIP, Nigel Farage spoke in the European Parliament against George Soros’s allies, and always defends Viktor Orban in the regular…

Politics

How the European spruce bark beetle destroys the the Białowieża forest in Poland with the support of environmentalists and of the European Commission

Olivier Bault December 12, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Article originally published in French on Réinformation TV. The European spruce bark beetle is a beetle that colonizes the spruce forests, a very common tree in the beautiful forest of Białowieża, North-East Poland. Ecologists consider it a primeval forest…

Politics

2017 Eastern Partnership Summit: “Stronger together”

The Editorial Board November 27, 2017

Belgium, Brussels - The 5th Eastern Partnership Summit took place on Friday, November 24, in Brussels. It was a moment to look at the achievements of the last two years in the EU's relationships with its six Eastern partners, and to look…

Interviews

M. Kuchciński, Marshal of the Polish Diet: “We did not waste our time during these two years”

Olivier Bault November 21, 2017

Poland – Exclusive interview of Marek Kuchciński, Marshal of the Sejm (President of the Diet of Poland) for Do Rzeczy, Die Welt and the Visegrád Post. "We did not waste our time during these two years," told Marek Kuchciński, Marshal (President)…

Politics

Polish minister of foreign affairs, Witold Waszczykowski: “we see Russia in a diffrent way than Hungary”

The Editorial Board October 28, 2017

Interview conducted by Szabolcs Vörös for the Hungarian newspaper Heti Válasz (valasz.hu). Originally published in English on October 19, 2017. Poland - When it comes to Hungary, its relationship with Russia and its support of Donald Tusk still offend the government in Warsaw.…

Politics

Fraudulent real estate refunds in Warsaw: the liberal opposition drops the mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz

Olivier Bault October 17, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland, Warsaw - Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz is not only mayor of Warsaw since 2006, she is also vice-president of the Civic Platform, the "Liberal" Civic Platform (PO) of the current European Council President Donald Tusk. But with the case of…

Politics

Excellent tax revenues for the Polish budget: good news that embarrasses the liberal opposition

Olivier Bault September 29, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - "It was enough not to steal! "This is how Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło explained in April this year the excellent tax revenues and also the profits generated by the coal mines, an industry that was on…

Politics

Polish Conservatives push for reform of justice

Olivier Bault July 21, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - It was a promise and the project had been announced more than a year ago: the PiS is trying to quickly impose three major reforms of the Polish judicial system. The first concerns the appointment of presidents of…

Society

Poles would rather leave the EU than take in Muslim immigrants

Olivier Bault July 12, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - The question does not really arise, since the European treaties reserve the right for each country to accept immigrants of its choice on its soil, except for immigrants from other EU countries benefiting the freedom of movement. Nevertheless,…

Society

Smolensk air disaster: new macabre discoveries after the exhumations

Olivier Bault June 5, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - It is becoming increasingly difficult for the liberal opposition that was in power in Warsaw from 2007 to 2015 to deny the rightness of the Conservative government 's (PiS) ruling to proceed…

Politics

Relocation of “migrants” and solidarity: when the elites of Western Europe take the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Europe for fools

The Editorial Board May 31, 2017

Editorial by Paweł Lisicki, editor of the influential Polish conservative weekly Do Rzeczy, published -in Polish- in the 2017, May 22 issue under the title "Kto tu jest solidarny" (Who's solidary here). Translated by the Visegrád Post, thanks to Olivier Bault. One would…

Politics

Smolensk air disaster: new findings of the commission of inquiry and new macabre discoveries

Olivier Bault April 19, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Translated from French by the Visegrád Post. Poland - The exhumations of the bodies of the victims of the Smolensk air disaster where Polish President Lech Kaczyński died on 10 April 2010 along with 88 personalities, including crew members and…