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Solidarity visit of V4 capitals’ mayors in Kyiv

The Editorial Board January 16, 2023

V4/Ukraine – The mayors of the Visegrád Four’s capital cities, who have formed a “Pact of Free Cities”, visited Kyiv on 11 January. Bratislava’s mayor Matúš Vallo, Budapest’s Gergely Karácsony, Prague’s Zdeněk Hřib, and Warsaw’s Rafał Trzaskowski came at the invitation of…

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Czechia and Slovakia: Thirty years of a successful divorce

The Editorial Board January 3, 2023

Czechia/Slovakia – On 1 January 1993, three years after the Velvet Revolution, which put an end to almost 42 years of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, the two constituent peoples of that binational state, originally founded in October 1918 and reconstituted in April…

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Nine candidates to succeed Miloš Zeman as president of Czechia

The Editorial Board December 14, 2022

Czechia – 21 people initially said they would try their luck in Czechia’s upcoming presidential election. After having gone through the scrutiny of the interior ministry, which had to check, among other things, that each candidate was endorsed by at least twenty…

Politics

Unacceptable Scholz’s Proposals

Ivo Strejček September 26, 2022

Czechia - Five years ago, when French President Macron formulated his ideas on the future of the European Union, he chose for his speech the Sorbonne University in Paris. Apparently, he considered this place to be authentic enough for a French politician…

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Czechia: mobilisation against the pandemic law

The Editorial Board February 14, 2022

Czechia – As Czech senators were preparing last week to vote an extension until November 2022 of the pandemic law, opponents of anti-Covid health measures led by the collective Chcípl pes (The dog is dead) were mobilising for a day of action…

Politics

Czechia: review of the year 2019

Alimuddin Usmani January 29, 2020

By Alimuddin Usmani. Czechia – The country saw three notable incidences in 2019: The European elections of 24-25 May, followed by a huge anti-government protest on 23 June and then a second protest that took place on 16 November. This last protest…

Interviews

Vojtěch Filip: “The ones in favor of privatisation and Soros’ NGOs are the ones demonstrating against the government”

Alimuddin Usmani January 14, 2020

Interview with Vojtěch Filip, the President of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia: "Those who had an interest in looting the State's remaining assets objected and are now helping the so-called citizens’ initiatives – which are effectively linked to George Soros'…

Politics

A Soros-funded NGO calls for the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, to stand down

Alimuddin Usmani December 27, 2019

By Alimuddin Usmani. Czechia – The European Commission (EC) has recently filed an audit report regarding Andrej Babiš, the Czech prime minister, who is accused by his opponents of being entangled in a conflict of interest. He strongly denies the accusations. The…

Interviews

Cardinal Dominik Jaroslav Duka: “the gender ideology is targeted against the family”

The Editorial Board October 22, 2019

Interview with Cardinal Dominik Jaroslav Duka, Primate of the Czech Republic: "The gender ideology is targeted against the family." Czechia - An interview conducted by Maciej Szymanowski, from the Felczak Institute of Polish-Hungarian cooperation, and Paweł Lisicki, editor in chief of the…

Politics

The V4 is united and ready ahead of next Brussels Summit

The Editorial Board June 16, 2019

By the editorial board. Visegrád Group - On Thursday, June 13, 2019, the Hungarian, Slovak, Czech and Polish Prime Ministers met in Budapest to jointly prepare for the Brussels summit on June 20 and 21. They announced at the end of the…

Politics

Macron’s clumsy offensive on Central Europe

Ferenc Almássy October 31, 2018

By Ferenc Almássy. European Union - On 26 and 27 October 2018, the President of the French Republic visited Slovakia and Czechia. Once again, the French President tried to divide central Europe. In a context of electoral campaign on a continental scale,…

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Czechia: Limited Success for PM Babiš’ Party at Municipal Elections

Petr Dvořák October 10, 2018

By Petr Dvořák, editor at the Czech political institute Pravý břeh. Czechia - The Czech Republic had an election on 2018, Octobre 5 and 6, with municipal elections taking place simultaneously with the first part of the two-rounded senate elections. Czech municipal elections:…