Czech and Hungarian leaders show united front ahead of EU summit
Budapest, Hungary – After meeting with Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Rome earlier this week, Czech PM Andrej BabišContinue Reading
Category: Politics & International
Czech Republic rejects plain cigarette packaging, for now
Prague, Czech Republic – Introduced for the first time in Australia in 2012, plain cigarette packaging aims to reduce theContinue Reading
Polish reality TV show offers participants the opportunity “to live like refugees”
Warsaw, Poland – Private Polish broadcaster TVN recently announced it will air, later this fall, a reality TV show whereContinue Reading
Czech President draws controversy ahead of 50th anniversary of Soviet invasion
Prague, Czech Republic – On August 21st 1968, troops from the Warsaw Pact countries (apart from Romania and Albania) invadedContinue Reading
Frida Kahlo exhibition in Budapest accused of “promoting communism”
Budapest, Hungary – To mark the 111th birth anniversary of Frida Kahlo, the National Gallery of Budapest hosts an exhibitionContinue Reading
Three Czech NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing
Prague, Czech Republic – Three Czech NATO soldiers, part of the Alliance’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, were killed onContinue Reading
Putin renames military units after Warsaw and other European cities
Warsaw, Poland – In a controversial move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has renamed several of the Russian Army’s military unitsContinue Reading
Slovakia delays decision to replace its ageing MiG-29s
Bratislava, Slovakia – PM Peter Pellegrini announced last week that Slovakia will postpone its decision on whether to replace itsContinue Reading
Old wounds die hard: Merkel criticizes post-war expulsion of ethnic Germans
Berlin, Germany – All four Central European countries decided, last week, to boycott the emergency meeting called at the behestContinue Reading
What do Central Europeans think of the EU?
Brussels, Belgium – Since 1974, the European Commission has been taking the pulse of EU citizens by conducting a bi-annualContinue Reading
“Czexit would be a catastrophe”, says PM Andrej Babiš during civic consultations
Prague, Czech Republic – Last Thursday, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and French Minister for European Affairs Nathalie Loiseau presidedContinue Reading
Hungary: Viktor Orban wins third consecutive term
Budapest, Hungary – All day long, Hungarians queued, sometimes for several hours, to cast their ballot in Sunday’s high-stake parliamentaryContinue Reading
Outgoing Russians, an American in Prague, angry Slovaks… What’s new?
Didn’t have time to read the news lately? Kafkadesk’s got you covered: Russian diplomats expelled from Visegrad Group countries orContinue Reading
Killer hike, a murdered journalist, a Beast from the East… What’s new?
Didn’t have time to read the news lately? Kafkadesk’s got you covered: protests over murdered journalist in Slovakia, Hungarian movieContinue Reading