Czechia – The collective hysteria caused by the Covid pandemic during the years 2020–2022 may not yet be entirely consigned to history. This is especially the case given that some countries still have large stocks of vaccines, which were purchased at great…
Hungary – On Saturday 26 August, at the initiative of Hungary’s Mi Hazánk party, representatives of six European parties met in the Hungarian parliament to sign a joint declaration expressing their shared views on important issues in Western politics. With the campaign…
Hungary / Romania - Each year, end of July, Viktor Orbán holds a speech of political philosophy at the summer camp of Bálványos in Băile Tușnad (Tusványos or Tusnádfürdő in Hungarian) in Transylvania – a region formerly Hungarian, of which many parts…
The French-language news portal Breizh-Info has published a long interview in French with Hungarian Member of Parliament László Toroczkai, who is the leader of the opposition nationalist parliamentary group Mi Hazánk Mozgalom. The following is an English translation. …
Teša Tešanović is one of the most famous vloggers in Serbia and the countries of the former Yugoslavia. On the occasion of a trip to Budapest, he gave an interview to the Hungarian media Magyar Jelen . The Visegrád Post offers…
Austria – A year ago, the Austrian government was still enforcing some of Europe’s most extreme measures against the Covid pandemic, causing an unprecedented uproar in a traditionally peaceful society. In January this year, however, the coalition government in Vienna, made up…
Hungary - Each year, mid-February, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán holds a speech on the "state of the Nation" in which he addresses the main topics of the past and current year to come. We received a translation of the speech by…
Poland – After a 2.5 percent decline in 2020 during the Covid crisis, Poland’s GDP has just experienced two years of sustained growth, confirming the vitality of the Polish economy.
A strong economic rebound after the end of the Covid-related measures …
Austria – Almost a year after Austria’s parliament passed a law introducing a general requirement to get anti-Covid vaccinations, despite massive public opposition, the Austrian health minister, Johannes Rauch (Greens), announced on Saturday, 14 January, his intention to have all laws and…
European Union – The EU’s new ETIAS border control system is scheduled to begin operating in November 2023. Most citizens of the 60 countries currently exempted from visas for tourist travel will soon have to fill in an online form and pay…
Slovakia – In a new judicial twist in Slovakia, Štefan Harabin, a former president of the Supreme Court (1998–2003 and 2009–2014), former minister of justice (2006–2009) in Robert Fico’s first government, former presidential candidate in 2019 (with 14.34% of the vote against…
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen.
It has been a long time since we last saw each other, and it is a good feeling to finally be together again. This time last year our usual meeting was cancelled due to the…