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Fraudulent real estate refunds in Warsaw (2nd part): the murder of a reluctant resident in Donald Tusk’s Poland

Olivier Bault November 5, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - In Warsaw, hearings are ongoing in front of the parliamentary committee charged with investigating fraudulent restitution of some real estate by the city. These renditions have caused many tragedies for residents and merchants expelled from buildings "returned" to…

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Poland Will End Coal Investments, Move Toward Nuclear

The Editorial Board November 3, 2017

Article originally published in PowerMag. Written by Darrell Proctor. Poland - Poland’s energy minister in September said the country was ready to shift away from coal-fired power, which provides about 90% of its electricity. Krzysztof Tchorzewski, speaking at the Krynica-Zdroj Economic Forum in…

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Poland and Hungary get involved to save an endangered statue of John Paul II in France

The Editorial Board November 3, 2017

Hungary / Poland / France - While in France, the statue of St. John Paul II in Ploërmel got controversial again, Poland and Hungary involved themselves in the case. In Poland, 45,000 people have already signed a petition against the removal of…

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Polish minister of foreign affairs, Witold Waszczykowski: “we see Russia in a diffrent way than Hungary”

The Editorial Board October 28, 2017

Interview conducted by Szabolcs Vörös for the Hungarian newspaper Heti Válasz (valasz.hu). Originally published in English on October 19, 2017. Poland - When it comes to Hungary, its relationship with Russia and its support of Donald Tusk still offend the government in Warsaw.…

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Juncker negociates with the V4

The Editorial Board October 21, 2017

European Union - Visegrád Group leaders met for a working dinner hosted by Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, to discuss future of the EU and avoid an EU split. The meeting was the first time Juncker had hosted altogether the…

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Fraudulent real estate refunds in Warsaw: the liberal opposition drops the mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz

Olivier Bault October 17, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland, Warsaw - Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz is not only mayor of Warsaw since 2006, she is also vice-president of the Civic Platform, the "Liberal" Civic Platform (PO) of the current European Council President Donald Tusk. But with the case of…

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The Visegrád Group intensifies its European-wide political actions

The Editorial Board October 13, 2017

Central Europe - The Visegrád Group met three times in less than a week. On Monday, October 9, in Warsaw, along with the Baltic countries, Romania and Bulgaria, on Wednesday, October 11, in Budapest, with representatives of the Western Balkans, where the…

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Ukrainian new educational law: towards the end of Ukraine’s European integration?

The Editorial Board October 11, 2017

Ukraine - Early September, the Ukrainian parliament passed a reform of the education system, imposing Ukrainian as the compulsory secondary school language. Many countries oppose this reform, while Hungary appeals to the European Union and threatens to block Ukraine's rapprochement with the…

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1 million Poles prayed against Europe’s islamization and for European nations to get back to their Christian roots

The Editorial Board October 11, 2017

Poland - On 7 October, more than a million Poles prayed for peace, against the "Islamization of Europe", and so that other European nations understand the need to get back to their Christian roots. The initiative of this spiritual event belongs to…

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Excellent tax revenues for the Polish budget: good news that embarrasses the liberal opposition

Olivier Bault September 29, 2017

By Olivier Bault. Poland - "It was enough not to steal! "This is how Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło explained in April this year the excellent tax revenues and also the profits generated by the coal mines, an industry that was on…

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Visegrád Group: national parliaments shall have more weight in the EU’s political decision-making process

The Editorial Board September 27, 2017

The Visegrád Post offers you the translation of an article published on September 25, 2017, on Mandiner, a centrist and conservative media of Hungary. Visegrád Group - The place of national parliaments should be strengthened in the European decision-making process, says the…

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Poland and Hungary reiterate their unity against Brussels

The Editorial Board September 25, 2017

Poland, Warsaw - On Friday, September 22, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán traveled to Warsaw to meet his Polish counterpart Beata Szydło. The two heads of governments were keen to recall their understanding to face the EU's federalist and pro-immigration project. On…