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Losing our minds to the pandemic – an elegy for common sense

The Editorial Board December 4, 2021

This article was published online by Mandiner on 23 November 2021. You have to beg the Pfizerist Germans to take Moderna, while the Austrians are still testing people after they’ve been vaccinated three times. It’s therefore been proven: the pandemic is…

Politics

PiS divided even on lighter version of vaccine segregation

Olivier Bault November 20, 2021

Poland – For several months now, the Polish Minister of Health has been trying to get a law passed that would allow employers to check their employees’ Covid-19 vaccination status. The employers’ union Lewiatan requested this on the…

News

Some 100 Hungarian intellectuals call for debate on way epidemic is handled

The Editorial Board November 19, 2021

Hungary – As Europe faces a new wave of coronavirus outbreaks and as most countries, including Hungary and its neighbours, are now tightening their health measures again, including with the aim of forcing many citizens to get vaccinated against their will without…

Society

Polish democracy sick with Covid like many others, but still breathing

Olivier Bault July 14, 2021

Poland – On 7 July, the PiS group announced that it once again had a majority in the Sejm thanks to the return of one of the three MPs who had left at the end of June. The government formed by the…

Politics

Viktor Orbán’s address to the Hungarian parliament, 2021, February 15

The Editorial Board February 20, 2021

Full translation of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's address to the Hungarian parliament before the start of daily business, on February 15, 2021. Translation provided by the Hungarian government. Honourable Speaker, Honourable Members of Parliament, In line with our constitutional traditions, I…

Society

Covid kills the elderly wherever it finds them

Modeste Schwartz June 26, 2020

Covid kills the elderly wherever it finds them or: why the relatively low mortality rate in Eastern Europe does not prove any success of the anti-epidemic policies adopted (second draft: 14.06.2020) MAIN THESIS During the first half of May 2020, in…

Miscellaneous

Covid kills the elderly wherever it finds them

Modeste Schwartz May 23, 2020

Covid kills the elderly wherever it finds them or: why the relatively low mortality rate in Eastern Europe does not prove any success of the anti-epidemic policies adopted MAIN THESIS If we focus on male longevity (the Covid-19 virus being selective – including sexual…

Politics

Can the Polish presidential election take place on May 10?

Olivier Bault April 29, 2020

Poland - “If someone from the opposition was now leading in the opinion polls, what would happen if the executive power declared a state of emergency in order to postpone the election?”, Krzysztof Szczerski, head of the Chancellery of the President of…

Politics

Polish government seeks to limit economic damage from the pandemic

Olivier Bault April 20, 2020

Poland - The Polish government announced on Thursday evening a first series of measures designed to ease the lockdown and revive the economy, as this year seems set to bring the country’s first recession since 1992. The S&P rating agency expects a…

Politics

No, Viktor Orbán didn’t bring about a dictatorship in Hungary

Nicolas de Lamberterie April 3, 2020

Hungary - No, Viktor Orbán didn’t bring about a dictatorship in Hungary. What is more, he has managed this crisis remarkably well. Professional liars Even a global pandemic and the risk of a major economic crisis cannot stop Western professional liars from…

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

Poland against the coronavirus: the right measures at the right time?

Olivier Bault March 31, 2020

Poland - Almost four weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Poland (a Polish national returning from Germany who was tested positive on March 4), the measures taken by the government seem to have had a positive impact, like…