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Emilewicz calls for pressure to be maintained on Russia

The Editorial Board November 30, 2023

Poland - “This is not the time for a ceasefire,” Jadwiga Emilewicz told Visegrad 24, re-iterating the support that the PiS administration showed to the Ukraine during her years as Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister. Emilewicz emphasised that “Ukraine want to be back…

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Viktor Orbán in Kazakhstan for the 10th Summit of Turkic States

The Editorial Board November 9, 2023

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Kazakhstan on November 1 together with his Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó and Finance Minister Mihály Varga. The Hungarian government’s delegation held talks with Kazakh leaders in Astana before attending the 10th…

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R. Hüseynov: “Azerbaijan decided not to align itself with some power bloc”

Ferenc Almássy September 26, 2023

Interview with Rusif Hüseynov, director and co-funder of the Topchubashov center, an Azerbaijani think tank based in Baku: "While other post-Soviet countries have been desperately seeking EU membership, the Azerbaijani side decided not to align itself with some power bloc in order…

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Poland concerned about Wagner Group’s presence in Belarus

The Editorial Board August 2, 2023

Poland – The arrival and stationing in Belarus of mercenaries belonging to the Wagner Group - lead by Yevgeny Prigozhin - following their failed rebellion at the end of June 2023 is raising suspicion and concern in both Lithuania and Poland. Those…

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Understanding the “Evil Empire”

Partenaire July 31, 2023

The invasion of Ukraine is yet another development in centuries of Russian territorial expansion masked by enlightened slogans about “liberating” conquered land. Professor Andrzej Nowak’s latest book makes it clear that Russian imperialism is not only about conquering its neighbors, but also…

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Communism like Nazism: Lenin and Stalin should be regarded like Hitler

Partenaire July 28, 2023

Communism has already claimed more than 100 million lives around the world. There are places on earth where people are still losing their lives because of it. And yet in global consciousness it is not presented in a manner as unambiguously pejorative…

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Full speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the 32nd Bálványos Summer Free University on 22 July 2023

The Editorial Board July 25, 2023

Hungary / Romania - Each year, end of July, Viktor Orbán holds a speech of political philosophy at the summer camp of Bálványos in Băile Tușnad (Tusványos or Tusnádfürdő in Hungarian) in Transylvania – a region formerly Hungarian, of which many parts…

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László Toroczkai: “Orbán makes massive use of foreign labour in Hungary”

The Editorial Board June 29, 2023

The French-language news portal Breizh-Info has published a long interview in French with Hungarian Member of Parliament László Toroczkai, who is the leader of the opposition nationalist parliamentary group Mi Hazánk Mozgalom. The following is an English translation. …

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Ukraine and Hungary at odds over release of Ukrainian soldiers belonging to Hungarian minority

The Editorial Board June 23, 2023

Hungary/Ukraine – A controversy arose in early June after Russia handed over 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war belonging to the Hungarian minority in Subcarpathia to Hungary. The release, which was facilitated by the Russian Orthodox Church, has fuelled new tensions between…

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NATO’s perceived interference in Slovakia’s electoral campaign

The Editorial Board June 15, 2023

Slovakia – Slovakian President Zuzana Čaputová is probably not the only one worried that the social-democratic parties of former prime ministers Robert Fico and Peter Pellegrini, Smer and Hlas, are leading the polls just a few months ahead of the early…

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Bucharest Nine confirming their support for Ukraine

The Editorial Board June 8, 2023

Slovakia – The presidents of the Bucharest Nine – Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia – met at Bratislava Castle on Tuesday, June 6 at the invitation of Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová alongside her counterparts from Poland and…

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Brussels gives go-ahead for Paks power plant expansion

The Editorial Board May 30, 2023

Hungary – Despite the recurring conflicts between Hungary and the European Union’s institutions, there are still issues on which agreement can be reached. One of them is apparently the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant. On May 25, the…