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Poland: Kaczyński won’t rule out mandatory vaccination

The Editorial Board December 28, 2021

Poland – While the current anti-Covid measures being discussed in the Sejm are far from getting unanimous support in his own camp, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński said in an interview published on 27 December by Interia that…

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Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said to retire from politics

The Editorial Board December 3, 2021

Austria – Forced to resign from the Chancellery on 11 October because of an investigation into allegations of corruption and misappropriation of public funds carried out by the financial prosecutor’s office, the former chancellor and young leader of Austrian politics, Sebastian Kurz,…

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V4 heads of state hold summit in Budapest

The Editorial Board December 1, 2021

Visegrád Group – On Monday, 29 November, the presidents of Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – János Áder, Andrzej Duda and Zuzana Čaputová – met at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest for a summit of the Visegrád Group’s heads of state,…

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Back to full lockdown for all in Austria and only for the unvaccinated in Slovakia

The Editorial Board November 19, 2021

Central Europe – Faced with a new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Central European countries are stepping up restrictions to try and contain the spread of the virus. Hard lockdown in Austria from 22 November As of 19 November, Austria had…

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Austria: health pass soon to become compulsory at work

The Editorial Board October 27, 2021

Austria – Following the Social Democrats’ support ensuring a government majority in the Bundesrat (upper house), Austria will, like neighbouring Italy, introduce a Covid pass mandate at work starting Monday, 1 November, with a transitional period until 15 November. Health passes at…

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Italy: continued protests against Covid passport at work

The Editorial Board October 22, 2021

Italy – The protest movement against a new law, in force since 15 October, requiring all employees to present their Covid green pass in order to be able to go to their workplace is not weakening – quite the reverse. The new…

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Conservative Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigns

The Editorial Board October 13, 2021

Austria – On 6 October, the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office conducted searches at the headquarters of the Austrian People’s Party (Österreichische Volkspartei, ÖVP) and the free daily newspaper Österreich, but also at the Ministry of Finance and at the Austrian Federal Chancellery, something…

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Austrian chancellery searched on suspicion of corruption

The Editorial Board October 9, 2021

Austria – For the first time in the history of the Republic of Austria, the federal chancellery was searched on 6 October by the public prosecutor’s office. At the same time, similar operations were taking place in Vienna, both at the Finance…

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Austrian Chancellor calls for fairer attitude towards Hungary and Poland

The Editorial Board September 23, 2021

Austria/Hungary/Poland – At a time when disputes between Budapest and Warsaw on the one side and EU institutions on the other continue to get worse, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, one of Viktor Orbán’s former EPP partners, called on the EU to stop…

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Central Europe takes stand against illegal immigration

The Editorial Board September 10, 2021

Central Europe – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš played host to Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger at Lednice Castle near Břeclav in southern Moravia on Tuesday, September 7. The risk of a new migration crisis was on…

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Hungarian Fidesz and Austrian FPÖ coming closer together

The Editorial Board July 9, 2021

Hungary/Austria – After Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent him a letter congratulating him on his election as leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) on 19 June, with the support of 88.24% of the delegates at an extraordinary congress, the…

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An Austrian tribunal call into question PCR tests

La Rédaction April 3, 2021

Austria – Following a complaint lodged by the FPÖ (Austrian populist party), the administrative tribunal of Vienna has ruled on 24 March that PCR tests could not be considered as reliable way of diagnosing an illness or the level of contagiousness of…