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Schengen: Romania and Bulgaria vetoed by Rotterdam’s lobby and Austrian hypocrisy

Nicolas de Lamberterie December 21, 2022

European Union - The interior ministers of the 27 European Union member states met in Brussels on December 8 to decide on adding three additional countries to the bloc’s Schengen Zone: Croatia, Romania, and Bulgaria. Bulgaria and Romania had joined the EU…

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Unlike Western Europe, Poland has managed to “schaffen das”

Dominik Tarczyński December 15, 2022

OPINION --- In an attempt to compensate for the Russian Army's poor performance on the battlefield, Russia decided to escalate the war in Ukraine on October 10th, 2022, by launching its first wave of missile and drone strikes targeting Ukraine’s heat, power…

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European Conservatives and Reformists’ summit in Warsaw

The Editorial Board December 6, 2022

Poland – The various parties belonging to the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament met in Warsaw on Saturday, 3 December. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended in person, while his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, as well…

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Hungary, Serbia, and Austria to create joint border protection force

The Editorial Board November 21, 2022

Hungary/Serbia/Austria – Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić welcomed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Chancellor Karl Nehammer to Belgrade on Wednesday, 16 November, for a second trilateral summit involving Serbia, Hungary, and Austria. The three leaders discussed Serbia’s application for membership of the European…

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Poland erecting border fence to keep out African and Middle Eastern immigrants from Kaliningrad

The Editorial Board November 7, 2022

Poland - “I have decided to take measures that will help strengthen security on the border with the Kaliningrad oblast. We will start the construction of a temporary barrier to strengthen the security of the border”, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced…

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Mass Migration Always Has Unpleasant Consequences – Do We Know That?

The Editorial Board May 17, 2022

This editorial was published on April 28, 2022, in Czech language in the daily newspaper “Lidovénoviny”. By Václav Klaus and Jiří Weigl. Czechia - Ukrainians in their hundreds of thousands, or rather millions, are seeking refuge from war abroad, in huge numbers…

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Judit Varga: Hungarians set an example for all of Europe

Partenaire March 27, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 27 March 2022. “Not only did the Hungarian people work hard for this money, but they are also setting an example for all of Europe by helping those in need. I believe…

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Poles slowing down decline of Catholic Church in Ireland

Agnieszka Golańska-Bault March 14, 2022

Poland/Ireland – Sligo is a small town of 17,000 inhabitants in the diocese of Elphin on the northwestern coast of the Republic of Ireland, with a Polish minority of about two thousand people in the town itself and its surroundings. For more…

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Immediate protection and no formalities for Ukrainian refugees in the EU

The Editorial Board March 7, 2022

European Union – With the war in Ukraine resulting from the Russian invasion now in its second week, and as Ukrainian refugees keep pouring into neighbouring countries (already well over 700,000 in Poland, 150,000 in Hungary, but also many in Moldova, Romania,…

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Polish-Ukrainian summit held against backdrop of tensions with Russia

The Editorial Board January 25, 2022

Poland/Ukraine – Polish President Andrzej Duda received his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, at his residence in Wisła (near Cieszyn, Silesia) on 20-21 January. The two heads of state mainly discussed security issues resulting from the growing tensions between Ukraine, NATO, and Russia.…

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Lessons from the migration crisis at the Belarusian border

David Engels December 15, 2021

Lessons from the migration crisis at the Belarusian border: When charity is extorted by force, this is called robbery Poland – The well-known Twitter site "Visegrad 24" recently wrote: "When someone knocks on your door and asks you to come in and…

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Andrej Babiš offers to send 150 soldiers to Polish-Belarusian border

The Editorial Board December 13, 2021

Czechia/Poland – Outgoing Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) announced on Tuesday (December 7th) that he would ask the two chambers of the Czech parliament to authorise the sending of 150 Czech soldiers to assist their Polish colleagues on the Polish-Belarusian border…