Slovakia - Prime Minister Robert Fico could lead the fight of the V4 against the lower quality food products of brands in Central Europe. The V4 stands as one to pressure the European Commission to make legal changes in order to solve…
Hungary, Budapest - The V4 are ready to contribute to Italian and European efforts aimed at halting the illegal flow of migrants from Libya and other parts of North Africa towards Europe – and especially towards Italy.
Prime Ministers of the Visegrád…
Hungary, Budapest - The heads of government of the Visegrád group met in Budapest with the Israeli Prime Minister. For Benjamin Netanyahu, the V4 is now an important interlocutor.
Enhanced cooperation
The V4+Israel meeting resulted in a number of cooperation projects. Student…
Poland, Warsaw - Poland received the US President Trump alongside with representatives of the countries of the Three Seas Initiative, a recent Central European project. An "incredibly successful" meeting, according to Donald Trump.
For his first press conference abroad, US President Donald…
Hungary, Budapest - The V4 leaders convened in Budapest in order to meet with the Egyptian President. A strategic move from the V4, who wants to work more closely with Egypt, especially in order to secure its stability.
Hungary, now leading for…
On July 1, Hungary officially started its presidency of the Visegrá group for one year.
Hungary - Hungary has taken over its year-long presidency of the Visegrad Group (V4) from Poland during a handing over ceremony in Warsaw on Monday, June 19.…
Belgium, Brussels - Leaders of the V4 met with the new French President Emmanuel Macron. The meeting ended on a mixed note.
Tensions between Macron and the V4 are not new. During his presidential campaign and as soon as elected President of…
Czechia, Prague - Central European nations representatives met again to enforce their plan against mass migration coming to Europe.
On Monday, June 19, representatives from the countries of the Central European Defence Cooperation (CEDC) - Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria Slovenia and Croatia…
European Union - It has not gone unnoticed that the European Union is considering using the so-called "Article 7" of the Treaty of Lisbon towards Hungary, suspending its right to vote. At the same time, Poland and Austria have also received serious…
By Olivier Bault.
Poland, Helenów - Pressed between Moscow's energy and military pressure in the east, and the economic and ideological pressure of Brussels, Berlin and Paris to the west, twelve Central and Eastern European countries are taking part in the Three…
Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Hungary and Slovakia challenge quotas on redistribution scheme at the ECJ in Luxembourg. Solidarity, sovereignty and possible dislocation of the EU are the main topics related to this case, according to many observers and experts.
On Wednesday, May 10,…
Article originaly published on Central European Financial Observer.
By Michał Kowalczyk.
Central Europe - Central and Southeast European (CSE) countries without doubt appear to be the ones with the lowest prices in the European Union. Poles, Hungarians or Romanians pay less for basic…