By Gábor Tóth.
In the last few decades, the meaning of the word “progress” has changed so dramatically, it is hard sometimes to come to grips with it. In some countries of the once glorious West, when one says the word “progressive”,…
By Ferenc Almássy.
Not everybody likes the rapprochement between China and Central Europe. Wishing to take its future in its own hand, Central Europe is looking for diminishing more and more its dependence as a peripheral zone of Western Europe and…
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.…
By Olivier Bault.
Poland - An interview with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki conducted by the newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (available here in Polish) after the last World Economic Forum in Davos provides interesting insights into Polish positions on the European scene.…
By Ferenc Almássy.
Central Europe - The Visegrád Group is 27 years old on February 15, 2018. Never has its influence been so important.
Created on 15 February 1991 by Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia (which split into two states, the Czech Republic…
By Gabor Toth, President of the V4-China association.
Visegrad Group - In the recent years, the international media has helped make the profile of the V4 rise significantly. It is fair to say that the V4 have never been so important and…
Poland, Warsaw - Interview with Maciej Szymanowski, Polish historian and diplomat, adviser for International Affairs to the Marshal of the Polish Sejm, V4 specialist: "The Visegrád Group is the symbol of a successful transition following the fall of communism".
In mid-November, Ferenc…
Hungary, Budapest - Interview with Gábor Tóth, President of the world's first V4 - China association, Gateway to Europe : "We will see a strong Europe, with the help of Chinese investments. "
Early December, Ferenc Almássy met with Gábor Tóth, the President of the…
By Gábor Tóth, President of Gateway to Europe V4 - China Association.
Hungary, Budapest - For two days, Budapest became the center of attention in Europe, as the prime minister of China visited the Hungarian capital for the 16+1 summit. Numerous articles…
Austria - Interview with Norbert van Handel, jurist and man of influence in Austria: "We have to create a Union of Central Europe in order to save our identities", by Ferenc Almássy. Interview conducted early May 2017, in Vienna.
Ferenc Almássy: Thank…
Poland, Warsaw - On April 12, Foreign Ministers of the V4, alongside with Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, met with their counterparts of the Eastern Partnership.
The talks was about the Chinese new Silk Road project, ways…
Visegrád Group - In February, the V4 countries had two meeting in order to strengthen their cooperation in tourism and on constitutional law.
On February 14-15, the V4 countries held a meeting in Warsaw. A common marketing plan has been set up.…