Hungary to impose restrictions on cross-border travel starting Wednesday
Budapest, Hungary – Gergely Gulyás, Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, announced on Sunday that the country will impose travel restrictionsContinue Reading
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Czech Republic to introduce official “Day of Czechs abroad”
Prague, Czech Republic – The government has moved to introduce an official “Day of Czechs abroad” to recognize and highlightContinue Reading
Missing Pakistani student in Budapest confirmed dead
Budapest, Hungary – Raza Khan, a Pakistani CEU student, who has been missing in Budapest since March, has been confirmedContinue Reading
Czech Republic back on Slovenia’s “safe” travel list
Prague, Czech Republic – Slovenia has put back the Czech Republic on its list of “safe” countries to travel toContinue Reading
Orban rejects EU request to add non-members to “safe” travel list
Budapest, Hungary – Viktor Orban says Hungary will not comply with the European Union request to add 14 non-member statesContinue Reading
Czech president calls Black Lives Matter slogan “racist”, says “all lives matter”
Prague, Czech Republic – Czech President Milos Zeman called the “Black Lives Matter” slogan “racist”, during his visit at the USContinue Reading
Majority of Poles and Hungarians don’t see their country as democratic, new study shows
Warsaw, Poland – A majority of Poles and Hungarians do not see their respective countries as democratic, a new studyContinue Reading
“No second wave” despite record surge in new COVID-19 cases, says Czech Minister
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic is not experiencing a much-feared second wave of Covid-19 infections despite a recordContinue Reading
Will Poland become a “new Hungary”?
The right-wing PiS government may have its candidate and ally, incumbent Andrzej Duda reelected during the presidential election, with theContinue Reading
Czech PM hits back at John Bolton’s White House memoir criticism
Prague, Czech Republic – Prime Minister Andrej Babis lashed out at former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton after theContinue Reading
Poland’s LGBT community speaks up: “We are people, not an ideology”
Warsaw, Poland – President Andrzej Duda’s inflammatory remarks against LGBT+ people have provoked a renewed mobilisation of activists ahead ofContinue Reading
Relocation of US troops from Germany to Poland “imminent” as bilateral relations intensify
Warsaw, Poland – While U.S. and Polish officials are finalizing a defence cooperation agreement ahead of Polish President Andrzej Duda’sContinue Reading
Freedom of intimidation in Poland: Scandal at the University of Silesia in Katowice
Katowice, Poland – In late May, police in the southern Polish city of Katowice interrogated seven students who had complainedContinue Reading
Gazprom in talks to retroactively raise price of gas sold to Poland
Warsaw, Poland – Russian gas giant Gazprom announced it was in talks with Poland’s state-run gas company PGNiG to retroactivelyContinue Reading
Russia expels two Czech diplomats in retaliation over hoax poison plot
Prague, Czech Republic – Russia has expelled two Czech diplomats stationed in the country, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Zuzana ŠtíchováContinue Reading