The Visegrád Group's and Austria's Interior Ministers met in Budapest - strengthening of the regional cooperation on migration

The Visegrád Group and Austria Interior Ministers met in Budapest – strengthening of the regional cooperation on migration

The Editorial Board June 28, 2018

Article originally published on The Hungary Journal. Hungary - Interior ministers of the four Visegrad countries – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – and their Austrian counterpart met for talks in Budapest on Tuesday. After the talks, Hungary’s Sandor Pinter called…

Politics

“The liberal order is collapsing”: the harsh statement of Viktor Orbán; FULL SPEECH at a conference held in memory of Helmut Kohl

The Editorial Board June 25, 2018

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech at a conference held in memory of Helmut Kohl 16 June 2018, Budapest Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen, President Spengler, President Zoltán Balog, I…

Politics

Visegrád – Austria Summit: Confirmed Entente

The Editorial Board June 22, 2018

The Visegrád Group and Austria met in Budapest for a summit on immigration therefore bypassing and declaring their boycott of the planned "mini-summit" on the subject. Hungary - On Thursday, 21 June, Budapest hosted a summit of the Visegrád Group (Poland, Czechia,…

Politics

White March in Bucharest: Romanian Awakening, or Beginning of the End of the PSD?

Modeste Schwartz June 19, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - After months of hesitation, during which it seemed that it would never be able to react, the ruling Social Democrat Party in Bucharest finally decided on Saturday, June 9, to take to the streets (a small) part…

Society

Polish parliamentarians met Silje Garmo, the Norwegian woman who asked for asylum in Poland for fleeing Barnevernet with her daughter

Olivier Bault June 19, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Published originally in French on Réinformation TV. Poland - The minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland should announce his decision until 22 June in the case of the application for asylum of the Norwegian woman Silje Garmo and her…

Culture

Goodbye Pistol Pista, goodbye Mr. István Lovas!

Nicolas de Lamberterie June 17, 2018

By Nicolas de Lamberterie “Lovas is dead” “Lovas is dead.” Those were the three terrible words to which I awakened on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. How could I believe that it was possible when, only two weeks before, I had spent an…

Politics

Poland: The PiS victim of its success propaganda

Olivier Bault June 13, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - Forty days occupation of the Sejm by disabled persons and their relatives The last 27th of May, a forty days occupation of the corridors of the Sejm (the Polish lower house) by disabled adults and their…

Politics

New Balkan Route: Austria gets ready to close its border

The Editorial Board June 11, 2018

Austria - A few weeks after the opening of a new “Balkan route” through Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Croatia, the Austrian minister of the Interior, Herbert Kickl (FPÖ), has announced the organisation of a live exercise of closing the Austrian-Slovenian border at…

Politics

Vladimir Putin visited Vienna

The Editorial Board June 6, 2018

Austria - The Russian president Vladimir Putin made a short visit to the Austrian capital this Tuesday where he had a conversation with the Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen, then with the chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) as well as with the…

Politics

What is the significance of Visegrád?

Gábor Tóth June 5, 2018

By Gábor Tóth, President of the Gateway to Europe, V4-China Association. Visegrád Group - As the political turmoil in Italy continues, the Visegrad group stands out more and more as the island of common sense, stability, long-term thinking and old European values.…

Politics

General elections in Slovenia: has the time come for illiberalism in Ljubljana?

Thibaud Gibelin June 2, 2018

By Thibaud Cassel. Slovenia - Following the resignation of the Prime Minister Miro Cerar on March 14, general elections will take place in Slovenia this Sunday, June 3. This is the occasion to inquire into the possible evolutions of this country bordering…

Society

“Stop Soros”: hard blow for pro migrants NGOs in Hungary

The Editorial Board June 2, 2018

Hungary – On May 29, the Hungarian government presented its earlier already announced bill “Stop Soros” aiming to prevent immigrationist NGOs from pursuing their anti-national activities with complete impunity. Following the results of the elections held in April, Viktor Orbán has…