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Matovic, Babis, Orbán…

Partenaire May 10, 2021

This article has been published online by Moszkvatér on April 25, 2021. With the return of the United States, Central Europe is once again caught in the crossfire of Russian versus US interests. The Slovakian and subsequently the Czech examples show that…

Society

Three-quarters of European citizens consider the rights to security and protection of life more important than freedoms

Partenaire March 21, 2021

This article has been published online on December 8, 2020 on the site of the Századvég Institute. In recent years, security and order and the conflict between human rights and political freedoms, such as mass migration and terrorism, have often been an issue.…

Society

Hungary resists climate change extremes

The Editorial Board March 7, 2021

This article has been published by Századvég on December 11, 2020. In recent years, the role of climate change issue in European politics and public discourse has grown significantly. Excessive sensitization and political polarization are directing an increasing mass of people towards two…

Magyar Nemzet

Viktor Orbán: “Fulfilling our mission”

Partenaire February 18, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on February 18, 2021. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's article on the occasion of the V4 summit of February 17, 2021, celebrating the 30 years of the Visegrád group. Our nations feel…

Society

East and West – Status Report

David Engels February 5, 2021

Europe – Notwithstanding the COVID-19 pandemic that has dominated the media’s attention, recent discussions concerning the EU budget clearly highlight that the most important divide on the continent is not between the North and the South but rather between the East and…

Society

Lifting the lockdown and reactivating the economy in the countries of the Visegrád Group

Olivier Bault May 29, 2020

Having reacted faster to the COVID-19 pandemic than their Western European counterparts, the four countries of the Visegrád Group (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) were also among the first to reduce their lockdown measures – which were less stringent than…

Politics

Having shown its irrelevance against the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU gets a second chance on the economic side of the crisis

Olivier Bault May 2, 2020

European Union - The European Union has had to face harsh criticism for its belated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for its early open hostility towards member states closing their borders to protect their own populations. In the first weeks of…

Society

COVID-19 epidemic spreading slower in the V4 than in Western Europe thanks to measures taken earlier

Olivier Bault April 2, 2020

Visegrád Group - The first country of the Visegrád group to confirm cases of COVID-19 on its territory was Czechia on March 3. The remaining three countries quickly followed suit, as many people were returning from their winter holidays in such places…

Society

Coronavirus –the V4 react at an earlier stage than Western Europe

Olivier Bault March 19, 2020

By Olivier Bault. Visegrád Group – With the Chinese 2019 coronavirus having arrived on their territory in early March, we will have to wait at least a few weeks before we can assess the effectiveness of measures taken at an early…

Politics

Czechia: review of the year 2019

Alimuddin Usmani January 29, 2020

By Alimuddin Usmani. Czechia – The country saw three notable incidences in 2019: The European elections of 24-25 May, followed by a huge anti-government protest on 23 June and then a second protest that took place on 16 November. This last protest…

Interviews

Vojtěch Filip: “The ones in favor of privatisation and Soros’ NGOs are the ones demonstrating against the government”

Alimuddin Usmani January 14, 2020

Interview with Vojtěch Filip, the President of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia: "Those who had an interest in looting the State's remaining assets objected and are now helping the so-called citizens’ initiatives – which are effectively linked to George Soros'…

Politics

A Soros-funded NGO calls for the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to stand down

Alimuddin Usmani December 27, 2019

By Alimuddin Usmani. Czechia – The European Commission (EC) has recently filed an audit report regarding Andrej Babiš, the Czech prime minister, who is accused by his opponents of being entangled in a conflict of interest. He strongly denies the accusations. The…