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Baltic states support Poland against EU sanctions

The Editorial Board March 14, 2018

Lithuania, Vilnius - The Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, have confirmed their opposition to EU sanctions against Poland for alleged breaches to the rule of law. “We would be against any punishments imposed on Poland; in this regard, all three Baltic…

Interviews

N. Starikov: “Western politicians should have established a belt of independent Central European states”

Ferenc Almássy December 9, 2017

Romania, Timișoara - Interview with Nikolai Starikov, Russian writer, opinion journalist, social activist and a co-chairman of Great Fatherland Party: "If Western politicians were really worried about the possibility of war breakout and would want to avoid it, they would have established a belt of…

Politics

The Visegrád Group intensifies its European-wide political actions

The Editorial Board October 13, 2017

Central Europe - The Visegrád Group met three times in less than a week. On Monday, October 9, in Warsaw, along with the Baltic countries, Romania and Bulgaria, on Wednesday, October 11, in Budapest, with representatives of the Western Balkans, where the…

Society

Are Baltic states still Baltic tigers?

Michał Kowalczyk August 4, 2017

By Michał Kowalczyk. Baltics - More than 25 years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have an indisputable reputation of being the most developed of former republics of USSR. These states have often been called…

Politics

Three Seas Initiative: Trump in Warsaw supports the project

Ferenc Almássy July 8, 2017

Poland, Warsaw - Poland received the US President Trump alongside with representatives of the countries of the Three Seas Initiative, a recent Central European project. An "incredibly successful" meeting, according to Donald Trump. For his first press conference abroad, US President Donald…

Society

Prices of basic foodstuffs and agricultural produce in Central and Southeast Europe

Michał Kowalczyk April 26, 2017

Article originaly published on Central European Financial Observer. By Michał Kowalczyk. Central Europe - Central and Southeast European (CSE) countries without doubt appear to be the ones with the lowest prices in the European Union. Poles, Hungarians or Romanians pay less for basic…

Culture

Russia and Europe – a political relationship that has never been solved

Friedrich Romig April 6, 2017

By Friedrich Romig, Austrian economist and publicist. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarly represent those of the Visegrád Post. Thick books with a lot of footnotes aren’t always of particular weight. Sometimes it is…

Culture

“The Baltic Way”

The Editorial Board August 27, 2016

By Dace Kalniņa. Every year in August, the Baltic people are remembering the so called “Baltic way”. Almost every family has some memories of this moving event, which took place on 23rd of August 1989. This year on a 23rd of August in…

Politics

Estonia wants to host permanent NATO troops on her soil

The Editorial Board June 13, 2016

Estonia - On Sunday, June 12, Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas, from the liberal-conservative Estonian Reform Party, told his party members that NATO troops' permanent presence on Estonian territory should become a new reality for this country. As tension is rising between NATO and…

Society

Latvia might remove one of the main soviet monument

The Editorial Board June 10, 2016

Latvia, Rīga – The monument of the victory commemorating the Soviet soldiers who died during the World War II and situated in the eponymous park in Rīga , is at present the object of disagreement of historical visions between Latvia and Russia.…

Society

Operation Anaconda 2016: the biggest NATO exercise in Central Europe

The Editorial Board June 9, 2016

Poland – 24 countries sent troops for this huge 10-day long NATO exercise taking place in Poland and Lithuania. While tension rises more and more between the West and Russia, this massive exercise of 31,000 troops, one month before the NATO summit…

Politics

NATO up to send 4,000 troops to Poland and Baltic countries

The Editorial Board May 2, 2016

USA, Washington - The US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said to the Wall Street Journal that Russia has an "extraordinary provocative behavior". In the same time, NATO is getting more troops based around Russia and aim to include Sweden and Finland.…