What’s next for Hungary?
After a heavy defeat, the opposition turns to infighting and ponders what to do. Meanwhile, Fidesz’s intelligentsia debates whether theContinue Reading
Category: Insight
The Polish Institute of National Remembrance, or the danger of politicising history
Krakow, Poland – In 1998, the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) was created, in their own words, to “popularizeContinue Reading
Why was the 2010 Smolensk disaster a watershed moment for Poland?
Krakow, Poland – The events of April 10, 2010 have cast a long shadow on Polish politics and society, andContinue Reading
Opinion: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a reckoning for Poland, and for Europe
Warsaw, Poland – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent an understandable shockwave across Europe. Poland, too, has woken up from someContinue Reading
Hungarians gear up for unpredictable general election
The final week of the campaign brought twists and turns, a Fidesz lead in the polls, and an emboldened Opposition.Continue Reading
The VoiCEE podcast: Are electoral coalitions the only path against Central Europe’s populist strongmen?
In this episode, Kafkadesk writer and host Karolína Boháčová will be discussing the trend of electoral coalitions in Central EuropeContinue Reading
Road to Kossuth Square #5 – What about the Hungarian diaspora?
Hungarians will go to the polls on April 3 to decide who will represent them in parliament in the next 4 years.Continue Reading
Road to Kossuth Square #4 – History, politics and the art of constructing narratives
Hungarians will go to the polls on April 3 to decide who will represent them in parliament in the next 4 years.Continue Reading
Road to Kossuth Square #3 – How new is the Hungarian New Left?
Hungarians will go to the polls on April 3 to decide who will represent them in parliament in the next 4 years.Continue Reading
Czech women’s struggle for job equality highlights enduring gender inequity
Prague, Czech Republic – If the road to inequality is paved with good intentions, Czech women might know one orContinue Reading
Road to Kossuth Square #2 – Why is Christianity so important in Hungarian politics?
Hungarians will go to the polls on April 3 to decide who will represent them in parliament in the next 4 years.Continue Reading
Road to Kossuth Square #1 – Hungarian foreign policy and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Hungarians will go to the polls on April 3 to decide who will represent them in parliament in the nextContinue Reading
Opinion: Hungary’s election won’t be the endgame both sides want it to be
Both the United Opposition and Fidesz will portray April’s general election as the final decisive battle for their cause. BothContinue Reading
Is the “Polish economic miracle” at risk?
Warsaw, Poland – As the Polish government recently announced – quite prematurely for some – “the beginning of the endContinue Reading
Hungary’s united opposition finally gets going, but how far can they go?
In the months after the euphoric primaries, Hungary’s opposition parties were widely criticised for disappearing from the public eye. InContinue Reading
Wooden sensuality and business first: Visit the Polish Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Each nation wants to boast and each pavilion, to stand out. Host of the ExpoContinue Reading
The Polish “M-word” and anti-Black racism in Poland
The Polish word “Murzyn” — a racial epithet still frequently used to refer to and address Black people — isContinue Reading
“They’re taking us for idiots”: In coal mine’s shadows, quarrelling Czechs and Poles fear for their futures
Turow, Poland – While the Czech and Polish governments negotiate a settlement to their dispute over the Turów mine, inhabitantsContinue Reading
Explainer: Is Poland undermining the supremacy of EU law?
Warsaw, Poland – On October 7, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal declared in its ruling the unconstitutionality of several articles ofContinue Reading
Interview: “Most Polish women who come to get an abortion already have children”
Warsaw, Poland – The announcement by Poland’s Constitutional Court, to rule abortion of fetuses with severe or irreversible abnormalities unconstitutionalContinue Reading