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Visegrád Countries To Launch Radio Station Early 2017

The Editorial Board November 17, 2016

Visegrád countries - The four Visegrád Group countries are planning to launch a radio station at the start of next year, the head of Radio Poland told Hungarian public television M1 on Tuesday. Barbara Stanislawczyk said the programmes to be broadcast in Polish,…

Politics

The V4 Sends A Team To Inspect Ukraine’s Conflict Zone

The Editorial Board November 15, 2016

Ukraine - Hungary will lead on Wednesday, November 16, a multinational team made up with experts of the four countries of the Visegrád group, in order to inspect Ukraine's conflict zone, has announced the Hungarian Defense Ministry. The inspectors' task will be…

Interviews

Rolandas Paksas: Visegrád group could be a great ally for the Baltics and Lithuania

Ferenc Almássy November 5, 2016

Lithuania - Interview with Rolandas Paksas, former President of Lithuania: "The Visegrád group could be a great ally for the Baltics and Lithuania, and we shall strengthen the cooperation", by Ferenc Almássy. Ferenc Almássy made an interview in Stockholm with Rolandas Paksas,…

Politics

The end of the “migrant quotas”?

The Editorial Board November 2, 2016

Slovakia - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico declared on October 31, that the system of the migrant quotas is "dead". A little bit than a year ago, the Visegrád group (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary) stood up against Brussels' and Berlin's scheme of…

Interviews

András Schiffer: the admission of Central Europe into the EU was a market acquisition

Ferenc Almássy October 26, 2016

Hungary - Interview with András Schiffer: "the admission into the EU of Central Europe was a market acquisition by Western Europe", by Ferenc Almássy. Ferenc Almássy made an interview for the Visegrád Post with András Schiffer, lawyer and Hungarian politician, former MP…

Politics

Serbia wants more agreements with Poland

The Editorial Board October 6, 2016

Serbia - A week ago, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić received the Polish Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, in Belgrade. The PM of Serbia "expressed the hope bilateral economic cooperation would be stepped up." Poland is actively supporting Serbia's European path and wants…

Politics

Fico warns the UK: Visegrád countries could veto Brexit deal

The Editorial Board September 21, 2016

Slovakia, Bratislava - One day after the Bratislava Summit, the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told in an interview for Reuters that Hungary, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia are ready to veto any Brexit deal that would limit their citizen's rights to work…

Politics

Norbert Hofer in Prague: Austria should join the V4

The Editorial Board September 13, 2016

Czechia, Prague - President Miloš Zeman received the Austrian FPÖ candidate Norbert Hofer on Monday, September 12. The "friendly visit" was concluded by the wish to strengthen Central Europe and enlarge the Visegrád group by including Austria, and President Zeman gave his…

Society

Migrants distributed to Latvia returned to Germany immediately

The Editorial Board September 11, 2016

Latvia - Migrants who had been sent to Latvia from Germany under the European Union (EU) redistribution policy have moved back to Germany almost as soon as they reached the small Baltic nation. After agreeing to take in 531 migrants directly from…

Politics

Orbán and Kaczyński Want a Cultural Counter-Revolution in Europe

Olivier Bault September 9, 2016

By Olivier Bault. Poland, Krynica - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, head of the Conservative party Fidesz, and Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the Conservative Law and Justice party in power in Poland, participating in a debate of the Economic Forum in Krynica,…

Politics

The unstoppable ascension of the V4

The Editorial Board August 30, 2016

Hungary, Budapest - The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the V4 (Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia) met in Budapest on August 29. According to the Hungarian host, Péter Szijjártó, the V4 is strong enough to tell out loud the truth not caring about political…

Politics

The V4 leaders and Merkel met to talk about the EU

The Editorial Board August 29, 2016

Poland, Warsaw - On Friday 26 of August German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined the representatives of Hungary, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia in Warsaw to prepare the informal summit of 27 EU members in Bratislava set up by Slovakia on September 16, set…