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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…

Politics

Auschwitz commemorations in Jerusalem without the President of Poland

The Editorial Board January 25, 2020

By Rafał Ziemkiewicz. Polish President Andrzej Duda announced at the beginning of January that he would not take part in the commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviet Army. The organizers of the commemorations, held on 23…

Culture

Ukrainian Nationalism and its Demons from the Past

Sébastien Meuwissen April 1, 2019

By Sébastien Meuwissen. Poland/Ukraine - On January 1st, 2019, several thousands of Ukrainians marched in the streets of Kiev, Lviv and Khmelnytskyï (Western Ukraine) to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera. These past years, there were plenty of…

Society

When Romania Celebrated the Centenary of 1918

Thibaud Gibelin February 4, 2019

By Thibaud Cassel. 1/3 - Part one: a Romanian mystery Romania celebrates every 1st of December "the union of all the Romanian provinces". The event was particularly important on December 1, 2018, as they celebrated the 100th anniversary of the declaration of…

Culture

When Franco Planned an Intervention in Hungary

Nicolas Klein October 30, 2018

By Nicolas Klein, French associate professor of Spanish, former student of the ENS of Lyon, Spanish language teacher in preparatory class, specialist of contemporary Spain. Saving the distant and justifying the local – The Francoist Spain in front of the Hungarian revolution…

Politics

Viktor Orbán confronts Globalism and Brussels in view of Upcoming European Parliament Elections – FULL SPEECH

The Editorial Board October 24, 2018

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech on the 62 nd anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight Budapest, 23 October 2018 Fellow Celebrants, Ladies and Gentlemen, According to one of the laws of mathematics, if…

Culture

The Hungarian Uprising of October ’56

Miklós Dorsch October 22, 2018

Hungary - October 23, 1956, is a date that will forever be engraved in the history of Hungary and of the world. On this day, communism faltered in the Eastern Bloc: the Hungarians took to the streets for their freedom. Some have paid it…

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…

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

Polish Prime Minister on strategic partnership with the United States, membership of the European Union and adoption of the euro

Olivier Bault February 18, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Poland - An interview with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki conducted by the newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (available here in Polish) after the last World Economic Forum in Davos provides interesting insights into Polish positions on the European scene.…

Culture

“The Baltic Way”

The Editorial Board August 27, 2016

By Dace Kalniņa. Every year in August, the Baltic people are remembering the so called “Baltic way”. Almost every family has some memories of this moving event, which took place on 23rd of August 1989. This year on a 23rd of August in…

Politics

25th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence: the Polish President in Kiev

The Editorial Board August 25, 2016

Ukraine, Kiev - On Wednesday, August 24, Ukraine celebrated the 25th anniversary of her independence. A celebration that took place in a particular context due to the war situation in the east of the country and tensions in Crimea. The President of…

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