Slovakia – Less than five months after having lost its majority in the National Council, Eduard Heger’s center-right coalition government, which was supposed to be in charge of current affairs until the early parliamentary elections scheduled for September 30, has just been…
Poland/Slovakia – Polish President Andrzej Duda was the first to announce the delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine, during the visit of his Czech counterpart, Petr Pavel, on 16 March. Duda stated that his country was going to deliver four MiG-29 fighter…
Slovakia – Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, whose government was outvoted in the National Council on 15 December, is now conducting day-to-day business pending the early parliamentary elections, which will take place on 30 September. He is also leaving the sinking…
Slovakia – The Visegrád countries have held their planned summit despite press reports that the event would be postponed or even cancelled. Things actually seem to have gone smoothly, and there was plenty of agreement among the four Central European countries.
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Poland/Slovakia/Czechia – As Russia’s war against Ukraine is now in its second month, several Central European countries are becoming increasingly involved in supporting their neighbour.
Eduard Heger shocked by the Bucha massacre
A few weeks after his Polish, Czech, and Slovenian counterparts…
Visegrád Group – Fears of a military escalation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine came true at dawn on Thursday, 24 February, when the Russian army launched an assault on Ukraine. Faced with this situation – unprecedented in Europe since the…
Slovakia – The Slovak parliament rejected the justice reform presented by Justice Minister Mária Kolíková (SaS - liberals) on Friday, 18 February after a heated debate that ended with two of the four ruling coalition parties voting against it. The two parties…
Slovakia – Going against Hungary’s position – whose defence minister, Tibor Benkő, said on Sunday, 30 January, that additional NATO troops will not be hosted on Hungarian territory as there is no need for them in the current situation –, and despite…
France / Hungary / V4 - The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, visited Hungary on Monday, December 13, where he began with a visit to the tomb of the Marxist philosopher Ágnes Heller, before meeting with his Hungarian counterpart János…
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…
Visegrád Group – The heads of governments of the Visegrád Group met on 23 November in Budapest, at the initiative of Poland, to discuss migration issues in the context of the migration crisis at the Polish–Belarusian border.
An attempt to destabilise the…
Hungary/Slovakia – Slovak–Hungarian friendship is a recurring theme in the public statements of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who never misses an opportunity to celebrate it. He did so again on 11 October in Esztergom, where he met his Slovakian counterpart Eduard…