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Poland refusing to pay for Pfizer vaccines that will never be produced

The Editorial Board May 12, 2023

Poland – Given that the World Health Organization (WHO) has just proclaimed the official end of the Covid-19 pandemic which began in the winter of 2019–2020, here and there people are beginning to look for where the responsibility lies with regard to…

News

Austrian government showing signs of repentance for past Covid-related assault on citizens’ rights

The Editorial Board February 20, 2023

Austria – A year ago, the Austrian government was still enforcing some of Europe’s most extreme measures against the Covid pandemic, causing an unprecedented uproar in a traditionally peaceful society. In January this year, however, the coalition government in Vienna, made up…

Society

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…

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…

Society

An Austrian tribunal call into question PCR tests

La Rédaction April 3, 2021

Austria – Following a complaint lodged by the FPÖ (Austrian populist party), the administrative tribunal of Vienna has ruled on 24 March that PCR tests could not be considered as reliable way of diagnosing an illness or the level of contagiousness of…

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

Hungary’s “National Consultation on the reopening”

The Editorial Board February 18, 2021

Hungary - While the authorities just announced the beginning of the "third wave", the Hungarian government launched an online national consultation "on the reopening", following 11 months of restrictive measures taken in order to counter the Covid-19. Since early January, the nationalist…

Magyar Nemzet

Together we can achieve more

Partenaire February 18, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on February 17, 2021. An article written by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. In Europe, after the fall of communism, we were freed from Soviet influence. New opportunities and challenges arose for Central…

Politics

Hungarians refuse Brussels’ attaching conditions to economic aid during the pandemic

The Editorial Board December 4, 2020

Hungary - The following study and article have been conducted and written by the Századvég Foundation, close to Fidesz. In a health and economic emergency caused by the coronavirus, the decision-making bodies in Brussels, overriding the agreement reached at the extraordinary meeting of…

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

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…