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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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Bucharest: anti-green pass demonstrators break into Senate courtyard

The Editorial Board December 24, 2021

Romania – On Tuesday, 21 December, George Simion‘s Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), a nationalist party, organized a demonstration in Bucharest to protest against the proposed health passport called the “green certificate” (certificatul verde) in Romania. The protest was marred…

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Árpád Szakács: Rejecting compulsory vaccination is more important than any ideological conflict today

The Editorial Board December 20, 2021

Hungary - A figurehead in the cultural war led by Viktor Orbán against progressive domination, journalist and editor Árpád Szakács has for several years received honours from institutions close to the-powers-that-be, from the media to foundations. But the rising star of the…

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Slovakia: ban on Christmas Eve celebrations and containment of the unvaccinated

The Editorial Board December 15, 2021

Slovakia - As announced by the Health, Minister Vladimír Lengvarský, this Wednesday, December 8, containment will continue from this Friday, December 10 for the non-vaccinated part of the population, while the situation in terms of new cases detected following positive tests has…

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Covid: compulsory vaccination in question in Poland and Czechia

The Editorial Board December 13, 2021

Poland/Czechia – While the announcement of the upcoming introduction of compulsory Covid-19 vaccinations provokes evermore protests in Austria and Germany, this question is also the subject of debate in Poland and the Czech Republic. Lewica offers compulsory vaccination In Poland, where around…

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Losing our minds to the pandemic – an elegy for common sense

The Editorial Board December 4, 2021

This article was published online by Mandiner on 23 November 2021. You have to beg the Pfizerist Germans to take Moderna, while the Austrians are still testing people after they’ve been vaccinated three times. It’s therefore been proven: the pandemic is…

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New national lockdown and state of emergency in Slovakia

The Editorial Board November 26, 2021

Slovakia – Following a lockdown for the unvaccinated on Monday, 22 November, the Slovak Minister of Health, Vladimír Lengvarský, has once again tightened the restrictions on freedoms by declaring a national lockdown for all. It will last for at least a period…

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Seen from Czechia: compulsory vaccination possible only under a totalitarian regime

The Editorial Board November 23, 2021

Czechia – Slovakia has ordered a new lockdown for the unvaccinated one week after Austria, where the national lockdown has now been extended to the vaccinated too, starting Monday, 22 November. Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) also announced that vaccination against Covid-19…

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PiS divided even on lighter version of vaccine segregation

Olivier Bault November 20, 2021

Poland – For several months now, the Polish Minister of Health has been trying to get a law passed that would allow employers to check their employees’ Covid-19 vaccination status. The employers’ union Lewiatan requested this on the…

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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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Some 100 Hungarian intellectuals call for debate on way epidemic is handled

The Editorial Board November 19, 2021

Hungary – As Europe faces a new wave of coronavirus outbreaks and as most countries, including Hungary and its neighbours, are now tightening their health measures again, including with the aim of forcing many citizens to get vaccinated against their will without…

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Polish employers may soon have access to employees’ vaccination status

The Editorial Board November 4, 2021

Poland – After Italy and Austria, which have introduced a Covid passport requirement at work, and Hungary, which allows employers to require their employees to get vaccinated against Covid, Poland could soon go down the same path, according to an announcement made…