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Are media freedom and pluralism really under threat in Poland?

Olivier Bault March 19, 2021

Poland - On Wednesday, March 10, the European Parliament held a plenary debate on “Government attempts to silence free media in Poland, Hungary and Slovenia”. That discussion had been announced a week earlier on the European Parliament’s website, in a newsletter titled…

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The EU as a freedom zone for LGBTIQ people but not for others?

Olivier Bault March 15, 2021

European Union - Poland in particular, but also Hungary and Slovenia, were at the center of criticism on Wednesday and Thursday in the European Parliament. The three conservative-governed Central European countries were the subject of a debate on media freedom. The first…

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It’s EU kindergarten time!

Bill Ravotti February 28, 2021

Slovenia is the target this time, as the EU Commission condemns Slovenian Premier's criticism of a left-wing reporter. Why? A free media requires dissenting opinions, open debate and hard-hitting from both sides...or it’s not really free. PM Janša must have struck a…

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Lecture of Viktor Orbán at the webinar conference “Europe Uncensored”

The Editorial Board July 14, 2020

On the 8th of July, a webinar conference entitled "Europe Uncensored" has been held, gathering the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the Serb President Aleksandar Vučić, the Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša and the MEP François-Xavier Bellamy. Here the transcript of Viktor…

Interviews

Norbert van Handel: “The M7, gathering the V4 and Austria, Slovenia and Croatia, must speak with one voice”

The Editorial Board September 25, 2019

Austria - Interview with Baron Norbert van Handel: "The M7 (i.e., Mitteleuropa 7), these countries of Christian and conservative essence, must move closer within the EU to correct the course, otherwise they will sink into a multicultural European whirlwind. The M7 must…

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New Balkan Route: Austria gets ready to close its border

The Editorial Board June 11, 2018

Austria - A few weeks after the opening of a new “Balkan route” through Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Croatia, the Austrian minister of the Interior, Herbert Kickl (FPÖ), has announced the organisation of a live exercise of closing the Austrian-Slovenian border at…

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General elections in Slovenia: has the time come for illiberalism in Ljubljana?

Thibaud Gibelin June 2, 2018

By Thibaud Cassel. Slovenia - Following the resignation of the Prime Minister Miro Cerar on March 14, general elections will take place in Slovenia this Sunday, June 3. This is the occasion to inquire into the possible evolutions of this country bordering…

Society

Will Montenegro build a fence at the Albanian border? Hungary is ready to help

The Editorial Board May 22, 2018

Montenegro - Migratory crisis: Montenegro does not exclude the possibility of building a fence at its border with Albania; Hungary proposes to help. As mentioned a few days ago, some groups of migrants have been spotted in Croatia while coming from…

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Migrants and Slovenian elections: the future of the Balkans is at stake

The Editorial Board May 17, 2018

Slovenia - The migrants are squatting in Sarajevo and Slovenia fears up to 60.000 illegals to transit through Bosnia: the Slovenian elections will weigh heavily on the outcome of this regional issue. At the very moment we mentioned the possibility of…

Society

Migrants spotted in Bosnia: a new migratory route?

The Editorial Board May 14, 2018

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Since the beginning of the migratory crisis in the Western Balkans in 2014 (when in the autumn of 2014 a first massive wave of migrants coming from Kosovo arrived at the Serbian-Hungarian border), the routes used by the…

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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…

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Slovenia: resignation of the Prime Minister, destabilization of the country – the all-powerful NGOs

The Editorial Board March 15, 2018

Slovenia - Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar resigned on Wednesday, March 14, after the Constitutional Court declared invalid the referendum of September 2017 about a strategic railway project. A success of the NGOs. In September 2017, the Slovenes had to decide on…