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The Czech populist party wins regional elections

The Editorial Board October 9, 2016

Czechia - Official results announced this Saturday, October 8, that ANO, the Czech populist party founded by Andrej Babiš in 2011, won the majority of votes in the regional elections. Andrej Babiš, currently finance minister, could then consider becoming Prime Minister. The…

Politics

Estonia elects her first female president

The Editorial Board October 6, 2016

Estonia - The Estonian parliament has unanimously elected its first woman president, Kersti Kaljulaid. She was elected on Monday, October 3, with 81 votes against 0, with 20 abstentions or absent. After two votes invalid and several weeks of debate, the parliament…

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Austria is trying to get rid of migrants

The Editorial Board September 8, 2016

Austria - Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka from the SPÖ-ÖVP coalition, the Social democratic Party of Austria and the Austrian People's party, said on Wednesday, 7, that Hungary had to take back the migrants she sent to Austria after they crossed her border.…

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Presidential elections in Bulgaria on November 6, 2016

The Editorial Board July 29, 2016

Bulgaria - Bulgarian Parliament decided to hold the presidential elections on November 6, this year. The GERB party proposed the date and the motion was passed in a 113-14 vote, with eight abstentions. Socialists that wanted to hold the elections earlier on October,…

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The Austrian presidential election is not over: FPÖ challenged presidential election results

The Editorial Board June 9, 2016

Austria – Two weeks after the presidential elections, the FPÖ – Freedom Party – filed a complaint which has been given to the Constitutional Court of Austria. According to the FPÖ, many irregularities and suspicions of fraud have been proven, which needs…

Politics

Jobbik becomes a potential partner for German and Austrian populists

The Editorial Board May 26, 2016

Hungary, Budapest - The Hungarian populist party Jobbik has received in an unofficial visit representatives of the AfD (Alternativ für Deutschland) which came to Hungary to study the border device and the security of the borders of the Schengen area. Despite…

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Serbia stays on the path to join the EU

The Editorial Board April 27, 2016

Serbia, Belgrade - On Sunday's elections, Aleksandar Vučić won the elections with approximately 50%. But his party, the SNS, asked for a recount of the results. The radical nationalists of Šešelj entered again the parliament. On Sunday, April 24, Vučić won again…

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“Europe needs Serbia”

The Editorial Board April 16, 2016

Serbia, Novi Sad - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was on an official visit to Novi Sad and Subotica in Serbia, on April 13. He met his Serbian counterpart Alexsandar Vučić Serbia and prompted Serbia's Hungarians to vote next week on…

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Fico managed to form a coalition government

The Editorial Board March 17, 2016

Slovakia, Bratislava - A record eight parties entered parliament in the March 5 election, a fragmented result that had threatened to trigger fresh elections. But the Prime Minister Robert Fico managed to form a coalition government. This is his third term in…

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Fico lost the majority and Kotleba entered Parliament

The Editorial Board March 7, 2016

Slovakia, Bratislava - According to the stance of the Prime Minister of center-left Robert Fico on mass immigration through the Balkan route, joining the rest of the V4 and in particular the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán, and at few months…