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Vladimir Putin visited Vienna

The Editorial Board June 6, 2018

Austria - The Russian president Vladimir Putin made a short visit to the Austrian capital this Tuesday where he had a conversation with the Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen, then with the chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) as well as with the…

Politics

Interview with Aleksander Dugin on the Visegrád Group – the opinion of a Russian nationalist about Central Europe

The Editorial Board May 30, 2018

Interview published originally on geopolitica.ru. Russia - Aleksander Dugin is a Russian nationalist intellectual and philosopher. Theorician of "the 4th political theory", traditionnalist, favourable to an Eurasian space, opposed to the "anglo-saxon thalassocratia", Aleksander Dugin is subject to many fantasies, such as being…

Politics

Donald Tusk summoned in Poland as a witness concerning a lawsuit about the Smolensk’s air crash

Olivier Bault May 2, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Published originally in French on Reinformation TV on April 24, 2018. Poland - That was not the first time that the President of the European Council Donald Tusk was summoned last Monday concerning the air crash in Smolensk that…

Society

E.U.’s Energy Policy: a Threat to Poland?

Antoine de Longevialle April 30, 2018

Poland - ‘Poland today is not a country that can show Europe the way, it's a country that has decided to go against European interests in many areas’, French president Macron said at a press conference in Bulgaria, in August 2017. This…

Society

How energy plays a big part in the gap between the Commission and Hungary

Antoine de Longevialle April 25, 2018

By Antoine de Longevialle. Hungary - ‘For seven years I’ve been working to build a foreign policy based on our national interests, rather than on the mentality and logic of a reluctant ally. We’re doing well, but there’s one piece of the…

Politics

Reconciliation between Poland and Lithuania in the shadow of an oil refinery

Olivier Bault April 11, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland, Lithuania - While Poland and Lithuania have common interests to defend against Germany and Russia – the opposition against the gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 is lead by Poland and the three Baltic countries –, they have…

Interviews

András Bencsik: “The main question is, can we save our sovereignty or not? This is the main question.”

The Editorial Board April 8, 2018

Hungary, Budapest - Interview with András Bencsik, Editor-in-Chief of the pro-governmental weekly Magyar Demokrata: "The main question is, can we save our sovereignty or not? This is the main question." This interview was conducted at the beginning of February 2018.…

Politics

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…

Society

What happened to Polish shale gas?

Olivier Bault March 29, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - In 2011, the US Energy Information Administration estimated shale gas reserves in the Polish basement at 5.3 trillion cubic meters. Other less optimistic estimates then talked about 3 trillion cubic meters, and later the National Geological Institute…

Society

Poland and the Jews on the fiftieth anniversary of March 68: the antisemitic campaign of 1968 seen by a Polish Jew witness of the events

Olivier Bault March 18, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - The theme of Polish anti-Semitism is back. With the new Polish memorial law, Poland is under attack from all sides, especially from Israel and the United States. After a little calming down, the attacks started again when…

Politics

In Budapest, the V4 reiterated its will of a different Europe

The Editorial Board March 5, 2018

Hungary, Budapest - Meeting at the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, the highest parliamentary representatives of the Visegrád Group, whose Presidency is held by Hungary until the end of June, have reiterated their desire for a Europe of Nations, without external immigration, and…

Politics

The false powder keg of Subcarpathia: beware of manipulations

Ferenc Almássy February 28, 2018

By Ferenc Almássy. Ukraine, Transcarpathia / Subcarpathia - Recently, many articles have been published, all more alarmists than the others, on the situation of Hungarians in Ukraine. Everything is definitely not fine, but a warm down and a clarification are needed as…