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We are yet to see the day when radical imams espouse French or English nationalism from their minbars. The rise of Islam in Paris, London and other urban hubs of the West tends to be viewed as a foreign phenomenon…
Central Europe – The latest published economic figures indicate the persistence of high inflation in Central Europe, particularly in the four countries of the Visegrád Group, with the situation being particularly serious in Hungary.
Hungary’s annual inflation at 25.7 percent in January…
Slovenia/Hungary – Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob, his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán, and Croatian Energy Minister Davor Filipović jointly inaugurated the first high-voltage line connecting the Slovenian and Hungarian electricity grids in Cirkovce, Slovenia, on 2 December.
On this occasion,…
Slovenia – Slovenia held the second round of its presidential election last Sunday. Voters had to decide between the top two candidates after the first round that had taken place on 23 October: Anže Logar (SDS), who had obtained 34% of the…
Interview with Janez Janša, former Prime Minister of Slovenia and leader of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS): "The political processes in Europe over the past decade and a half turned away from democracy."
Janez Janša has been one of…
Ukraine – Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki, Czech PM Petr Fiala, Slovenian PM Janez Janša, and Polish Deputy PM Jarosław Kaczyński travelled by train to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Tuesday, 15 March, to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and express support…
Central Europe – EU sanctions against Russia are already taking their toll: the Central European subsidiaries of Sberbank – Russia’s largest bank – are bankrupt and being forced into liquidation.
A non-essential bank for Austria’s economy and financial stability
The Single Resolution…
Ukraine - On 28 February, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted his country’s application for express membership into the European Union – a move supported by several member states, including the four countries of the Visegrád Group.
Ukraine’s candidacy for the European Union…
Slovenia – Following the clashes that left nine people, including eight police officers, injured two weeks ago, on Wednesday, 29 September, the streets of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana were once again the scene of a demonstration by several thousand people protesting against…
Slovenia/European Union – The traditional annual Bled Strategic Forum, held in the Bled tourist resort in the Slovenian Alps, took place from 31 August to 2 September. It is a conference whose aim is to debate the future of Europe. This year,…
European Union – In an interview with the Polish news agency PAP published on Thursday 5 August by the conservative website wPolityce.pl, the Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša, who currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, took a…
Slovenia/European Union– As we recently reported, Slovenia’s presidency of the European Union, which we predicted would be stormy and marred by conflict, is indeed off to a flying start, and the EU’s leaders in Brussels have not been mistaken in seeing in Slovenian Prime Minister…