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Hungarian humanitarian aid for Ukrainian refugees in Subcarpathia

The Editorial Board April 6, 2023

Hungary/Ukraine – With the war going on in eastern Ukraine, many Ukrainians have taken refuge in Subcarpathia, a region in the west of the country where a large Hungarian minority lives. To cope with this extraordinary situation, the Hungarian authorities have…

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Poland and Slovakia to send some 40 MiG-29s to Ukraine

The Editorial Board March 28, 2023

Poland/Slovakia – Polish President Andrzej Duda was the first to announce the delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine, during the visit of his Czech counterpart, Petr Pavel, on 16 March. Duda stated that his country was going to deliver four MiG-29 fighter…

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Miloš Zeman and Petr Pavel both want to help Ukraine

The Editorial Board March 10, 2023

Czechia – Each in their own way, the now former Czech president and his successor spoke out in favour of helping Ukraine shortly before Petr Pavel took office on Wednesday, 9 March. The outgoing social-democratic president, Miloš Zeman, received his…

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Growing dissension between Prague and Budapest over Ukraine

The Editorial Board March 7, 2023

Czechia/Hungary – The Visegrád Group appeared for many years as a more or less politically cohesive entity, representing the specific interests of Central Europe against Brussels’ efforts at imposing leftist liberal ideologies upon the whole EU and its drive for ever more…

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The first batch of Polish Leopard 2 tanks is already in Ukraine

The Editorial Board February 28, 2023

Poland/Ukraine - After several weeks of talks, Poland has now delivered its first four German-made Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, out of a promised total of 14, alongside 60 additional PT-91 Twardy tanks, a Polish-made, modernized version of the old Soviet T-72…

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B9 Summit in Warsaw

The Editorial Board February 27, 2023

Poland – This was certainly a very busy week for Polish leaders. After the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Warsaw on Monday, 20 February, before heading to Kyiv, U.S. President Joe Biden was in the Polish capital on 21–22 February. On…

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US President Biden in Warsaw

The Editorial Board February 24, 2023

Poland – After Giorgia Meloni, who then went to Kyiv, it was US President Joe Biden’s turn to be received by the Polish leaders with full honours on Tuesday, 21 February. After having been welcomed in the early afternoon by his Polish…

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “State of the Nation” address, February 2023

The Editorial Board February 19, 2023

Hungary - Each year, mid-February, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán holds a speech on the "state of the Nation" in which he addresses the main topics of the past and current year to come. We received a translation of the speech by…

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Viktor Orbán and Volodymyr Zelensky met in Brussels

The Editorial Board February 14, 2023

Hungary/Ukraine – After his visit to London, where he met with King Charles III and addressed British MPs at Westminster, and then Paris, where he was received by French President Emmanuel Macron in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Ukrainian President…

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Croatian president says Ukraine should give up Crimea

The Editorial Board February 3, 2023

Croatia – Croatia’s social democrat President Zoran Milanović, who is known for his outspokenness and disregard for political correctness, has made unusual comments about the war in Ukraine. Referring to Kyiv’s declared ambitions to reclaim all of its territory currently occupied by…

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Andrzej Duda promises Ukrainians Leopard tanks while on a visit to Lviv

The Editorial Board January 13, 2023

Poland/Ukraine – The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine – Andrzej Duda, Gitanas Nausėda, and Volodymyr Zelensky – met on Wednesday, 11 January, in the Ukrainian city of Lviv for a Lublin Triangle summit, where they signed a joint declaration of support…

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Ukraine’s Bandera commemorations going down badly with Poland

Ferenc Almássy January 10, 2023

Poland/Ukraine – The beginning of the year in Ukraine was marked by Russian bombings, but also many commemorations of Stepan Bandera, a particularly controversial historical figure. Such commemorations go down badly with neighbouring Poland, where people still remember the horrendous ethnic cleansing…