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Lublin Triangle: Duda and Nausėda in favour of Ukraine NATO membership

The Editorial Board December 22, 2021

Poland / Ukraine / Lithuania – A new Lublin Triangle summit (founded 28 July, 2020) took place on Monday, 20 December in Huta (Western Ukraine). It was attended by Polish President Andrzej Duda, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and their Lithuanian counterpart, Gitanas…

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Hundreds of migrants attempt to force their way across the border between Belarus and Poland

The Editorial Board November 10, 2021

Poland/Belarus - The tension that had been growing for several months now at the Polish-Belarusian border suddenly reached a new height on Monday, 8 November, when hundreds of migrants – apparently mostly Iraqis – tried to force their way across the border…

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Poland to strengthen its armed forces in the face of Russian and Belarusian threats

The Editorial Board October 29, 2021

Poland – While Polish armed forces suffered two minor injuries on Sunday in scuffles with about 60 migrants who tried to force their way across the Polish-Belarusian border near the village of Usnarz Górny, Deputy Prime Minister and PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński…

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Czech Republic gives half a million euros for Lithuania’s border fence

The Editorial Board September 9, 2021

Czechia/Lithuania – Being faced, similarly to Poland, with a migration crisis provoked by the Belarusian authorities, Lithuania has undertaken – like its southern neighbour – to build a border fence. The Central European and V4 countries, including the Czech Republic, stand in solidarity…

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Poland declares state of emergency on Belarusian border

The Editorial Board September 3, 2021

Poland/Belarus – The migration crisis we have been witnessing for several weeks on the western borders of Belarus – with the regime in Minsk having undertaken to bring in and send migrants (mainly Iraqis and Afghans) to the Lithuanian, Latvian and Polish…

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Pro-migrant activism and Tusk’s criticism of the government

The Editorial Board September 2, 2021

Poland – As the situation of 32 migrants stranded on the Belarusian side of the border near the Polish village of Usnarz Górny (Podlaskie) remained stalled – with Polish border guards denying them passage to Poland and their Belarusian counterparts preventing them…

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Central Europe accentuates its defense cooperation and some countries are rearming

La Rédaction April 5, 2018

Hungary, Budapest - The defense ministers of seven Central European countries met in Budapest as part of the Central European Defense Cooperation. The seven countries are preparing for a new influx of migrants that they intend to manage together, and some…

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Hungarian governement wants to tax pro-migrant NGOs to fund border protection

The Editorial Board January 17, 2018

Hungary - The Hungarian government announced its will to introduce a package of bills aiming to tax NGOs supporting illegal migration and use this money to strengthen border protection. This new step is following a good results of the national consultation on…

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Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Viktor Orbán in Budapest

The Editorial Board February 3, 2017

Via Daily News Hungary - Hungary, Budapest - Hungary and Russia are being forced to work together in a “difficult international environment”, as anti-Russian policies have become popular in western Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a joint press conference with Russian…