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György Matolcsy: What the Hungarian-Czech mirror reveals

Partenaire September 22, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 22 September 2021. In order to promote Hungary’s sustainable growth, we constantly analyze successful trends throughout the world economy. We are paying special attention to South Korea, Israel, Dubai, Singapore, successful Chinese cities,…

Interviews

George Simion: “Germany now controls a big part of our internal and external affairs”

Ferenc Almássy September 19, 2021

George Simion, President of the Romanian patriotic party AUR: "Regarding the Visegrád Group, we have the same history, we have the same interests, and we will have the same future. We cannot rely on Germany, which now controls a big part of…

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Central Europe takes stand against illegal immigration

The Editorial Board September 10, 2021

Central Europe – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš played host to Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger at Lednice Castle near Břeclav in southern Moravia on Tuesday, September 7. The risk of a new migration crisis was on…

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Czech Republic gives half a million euros for Lithuania’s border fence

The Editorial Board September 9, 2021

Czechia/Lithuania – Being faced, similarly to Poland, with a migration crisis provoked by the Belarusian authorities, Lithuania has undertaken – like its southern neighbour – to build a border fence. The Central European and V4 countries, including the Czech Republic, stand in solidarity…

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Babiš/Agrofert: Commission considers suspending EU funds to Czech Republic

The Editorial Board September 2, 2021

Czechia – The use of EU funds to blackmail certain member countries seems to be becoming a common method of dialogue for the European Commission. After Hungary and Poland on the so-called rule of law issue, and most recently some Polish local…

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Fall of Kabul: Zeman scorns the US and NATO

The Editorial Board August 19, 2021

Czech Republic – Images of the fall of Kabul and Afghanistan to the Taliban on 15 August have been making the rounds on television and social networks in recent days. In an interview published on Tuesday 17 by Parlamentní Listy, Czech President…

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Greece fires: Central Europe sends aid

The Editorial Board August 16, 2021

Greece/Central Europe – Faced with a large number of forest fires since the end of July, Greece – like Turkey and Albania – has appealed for European assistance. In solidarity with the Greeks, Polish, Czech and Slovak firefighters are already on the…

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Czech Republic: Forcibly sterilized Roma women to be compensated

The Editorial Board August 6, 2021

Czech Republic – On Tuesday 3 August, Czech President Miloš Zeman signed into law a bill approved by the Senate on 22 July, according to which Roma women who were forcibly – and illegally – sterilized in the Czech Republic under the…

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Czechia: Babiš “promises” that the vaccine will not be mandatory

The Editorial Board July 30, 2021

Czechia – Whilst the Greeks, Germans, French, Italians and Latvians have recently started to foresee such a move, the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, during a visit to the Hradec Králové region in north-eastern Bohemia on Thursday 22 July, announced that COVID-19…

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Czech Republic enshrines self-defence in Constitution

The Editorial Board July 23, 2021

Czechia – After the vote of the Chamber of Deputies, which gave its approval on 18 June, the Czech Senate has now voted in favour of including the right to bear arms for the purpose of self-defence or the defence of others…

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Economy and immigration on the agenda at Komárom summit

The Editorial Board July 21, 2021

Visegrád – The foreign ministers of the Visegrád Group met on Monday 19 July in the town of Komárom to discuss economic and migration issues, the stated aim of the V4 being to revive the economy and overcome the new migration crisis.…

Society

Turów mine – Czech Republic calls for sanctions against Poland

Olivier Bault June 10, 2021

“In view of the increased cross-border cooperation with the Czech Republic, it seems that we are already very close to an agreement. Following this agreement, the Czech Republic has agreed to withdraw its complaint to the ECJ.” This is what Polish Prime…