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…
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…
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…
Hungary – On 28 October, the Hungarian government’s spokesman, Gergely Gulyás, announced new measures adopted by the government to fight the pandemic, justifying the decisions by the increase in the number of new cases.
Employers can now impose vaccination on their employees…
Estonia – As in other European countries, the introduction of new health restrictions meant to put additional pressure on those who are still unvaccinated against Covid is increasingly stoking anger among ordinary citizens. A large protest demonstration took place last Saturday in…
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…
Slovenia – Following the clashes that left nine people, including eight police officers, injured two weeks ago, on Wednesday, 29 September, the streets of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana were once again the scene of a demonstration by several thousand people protesting against…
Croatia – In an interview broadcast on 10 September by the Croatian news channel N1 Hrvatska and quoted by Total-Croatia-News, Croatian President Zoran Milanović (a Social Democrat) shared his thoughts on the Covid pandemic, saying it is now time to move on…
Poland – On Wednesday 15 September, a demonstration took place near the Polish parliament. The Warsaw demonstration, called by Konfederacja (Confederation, an alliance of nationalists and libertarians), followed successful demonstrations in several provincial cities, including Katowice and Toruń, to protest in response…
Slovakia – After a short half-day visit to Hungary for the closure of the International Eucharistic Congress on Sunday 12 September, during which Pope Francis will meet, among others, with Hungarian President János Áder and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the Museum…
Romania/Croatia – As public health measures intensify in Western Europe and in some Central European countries, two Balkan countries – Romania and Croatia – seem to have decided to go the opposite way.
“I’m not a fan of discrimination”
Asked on Saturday…
Hungary – After being the first European country to (proudly) announce third vaccine injections against Covid-19 as of 1 August, Hungary may soon become the first country to have a significant number of people with four jabs.
This time, the move is…