Poland: Prime Minister cancels Israel trip over Netanyahu’s Holocaust remarks
Warsaw, Poland – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced he would not attend a summit in Israel this week followingContinue Reading
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Poland and Israel briefly clash over Netanyahu’s Holocaust comments
Warsaw, Poland – A short-lived but emblematic diplomatic clash opposed Poland and Israel over the Holocaust remembrance and legacy. PolandContinue Reading
Poland and Norway expel envoys as diplomatic rift deepens
Warsaw, Poland – The Foreign Ministry of Norway announced on Monday that it will expel a Polish diplomat after PolishContinue Reading
Czech, Slovak, Polish and Hungarian trees compete for ‘European Tree of the Year’ Award
Pecs, Hungary – Great news for all the lovers of natural beauty and oddities! Trees from all four Central EuropeanContinue Reading
Polish football club raises 1 million euros on equity crowdfunding platform
Krakow, Poland – In less than 24h, bankruptcy-threatened Polish Football Club Wisla Krakow has raised 4 million polish zloty (nearlyContinue Reading
What next for Poland and Hungary?
Warsaw, Poland – The German Marshall Fund of the United States, in cooperation with Visegrad Insight, published a policy paperContinue Reading
Poland at the heart of an EU-wide ‘sick cow’ meat scandal
Krakow, Poland – Poland finds itself at the heart of an escalating “sick cow” tainted meat scandal that has spreadContinue Reading
Soros seeks to take over Poland’s second largest radio station
Warsaw, Poland – The confrontation between George Soros and the Hungarian government is well-known, and the show-down between the Hungarian-bornContinue Reading
Education: These are the most popular courses for Central European university students
Budapest, Hungary – Approximately 4.7 million students graduated from tertiary education establishments in the European Union in 2016, according toContinue Reading
How do Central Europeans spend their time on the internet?
Krakow, Poland – Recently released data by Eurostat reveals some interesting trends and differences in the internet habits of CentralContinue Reading
Europe chooses Polish sports minister to head World Anti-Doping Agency
Warsaw, Poland – European countries have picked Poland’s current Sports Minister Witold Banka to be their candidate to become theContinue Reading
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Poland
With 15 places in total, Poland is the country in Central Europe with the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Kraków’sContinue Reading
Visegrad Group leaders to hold next summit in Jerusalem
Bratislava, Slovakia – The Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Polish leaders will convene to Jerusalem in February for the next Visegrad GroupContinue Reading
French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Poland
Paris, France – As tensions between France and Poland have been growing ever since PiS came to power in 2015,Continue Reading
Holocaust revisionism on the rise in Poland and Hungary
Warsaw, Poland – A recent study has taken a close look at how European countries deal with their past andContinue Reading
“The ‘Hungarization’ of the Visegrad Group is harmful to the rest of Central Europe”
This week, we spoke with Vít Dostál, director of the Research Centre at the Association for International Affairs (AMO), aContinue Reading
Polish and Slovak projects shortlisted for the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture
Barcelona, Spain – Two Polish and Slovak projects are among the 40 works shortlisted for the EU Mies Award 2019,Continue Reading
Cold War nominated for three Oscars
Kraków, Poland – Paweł Pawlikowski’s black-and-white drama Cold War has been nominated for Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film,Continue Reading
Poland legend joins boyhood club Wisla Krakow for free to help revive the Polish side
Kraków, Poland – Who said loyalty didn’t exist in football? Poland and Borussia Dortmund legend Jakub Błaszczykowski has rejoined hisContinue Reading
Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland among world’s smartest countries
Prague, Czech Republic – According to a recent ranking, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic all rank among the smartestContinue Reading