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New US Armored Brigade in Poland

Olivier Bault January 21, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - The promise was made on March 30, 2016 and confirmed at the NATO summit held in Warsaw last July. To reassure the countries on the eastern flank of NATO against Russian military power, the United States began the deployment of…

Politics

Viktor Orbán Says 2017 Will Be A Year Of Rebellion

The Editorial Board January 2, 2017

Hungary, Budapest - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview given to 888.hu that 2017 would be "the year of revolt for democracy". As for the integration of non-European migrants, he said he failed. "It is unprecedented that at the…

Society

The Polish hero of the Berlin attack

The Editorial Board December 21, 2016

Germany, Berlin - On Monday the 19 at a Christmas market in Berlin, 12 people died after a truck crashed on the Breitscheidplatz. The wanted culprit would be a Tunisian man, whose identity card was found in the truck. Lukasz Urban,…

Politics

Vienna Summit: a meeting between Merkel and Balkans’ leaders

The Editorial Board September 28, 2016

Austria, Vienna - On Saturday, September 24, several European leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and representatives of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and the President of the…

Society

Scandinavia launches a legal action against Hungary

The Editorial Board September 26, 2016

Hungary - Germany and Austria have already threatened to return migrants to Hungary, a transit country, saying that it was for her to welcome them because of the Dublin agreements. Now it was the turn of four Scandinavian countries to take on…

Society

Iraqi migrants are fleeing from Germany to Hungary

Alimuddin Usmani September 18, 2016

Hungary - The Czech press reports that a 20 persons family of Iraqi Christians, fled from Germany ... to Hungary. The story may sound incredible if we think about the difference of migration policy between Hungary of Viktor Orbán and Germany of…

Society

Migrants distributed to Latvia returned to Germany immediately

The Editorial Board September 11, 2016

Latvia - Migrants who had been sent to Latvia from Germany under the European Union (EU) redistribution policy have moved back to Germany almost as soon as they reached the small Baltic nation. After agreeing to take in 531 migrants directly from…

Society

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.…

Politics

The unstoppable ascension of the V4

The Editorial Board August 30, 2016

Hungary, Budapest - The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the V4 (Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia) met in Budapest on August 29. According to the Hungarian host, Péter Szijjártó, the V4 is strong enough to tell out loud the truth not caring about political…

Society

Use of term ‘Polish’ death camp could mean 3 years in jail

The Editorial Board August 21, 2016

Poland - The Polish government has approved a bill under which anyone using the term “Polish” camps referring to WWII death camps run by the Nazi Germans in occupied Poland could face up to three years in jail. The planned change in…

Politics

Austria threatened Merkel

The Editorial Board August 8, 2016

By István Lovas. "Austria threatened Merkel : the refugees will be sent to Germany" titled the Deutsch Wirtschafts Nachrichten German news portal, quoting the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria Sebastian Kurz, who declared necessary to strengthen the protection of the external borders of the European…

Politics

After the wave of attacks, Poland requests explanations from Germany

Olivier Bault July 26, 2016

By Olivier Bault. Poland - In Reutlingen, it's a Polish girl who was killed with a kebab knife by a Syrian "refugee", which nearly cut off her head. Attacks by "refugees" and Muslim immigrants succeed in Germany as in France, some claiming to…