A few days after being hospitalized, Slovak Prime Minister travels to Moscow
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini is due to travel to Russia on Thursday, a few days afterContinue Reading
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Slovakia: The Resistible Rise of Marian Kotleba
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia looks all set for major change in the forthcoming general election on 29 February. Robert Fico’sContinue Reading
Slovakia: Bugar rules out post-election cooperation with ruling Smer party
Bratislava, Slovakia – Bela Bugar, chairman of Most-Hid, said on Thursday his party won’t cooperate with the ruling Smer party,Continue Reading
Czech Pirate Party falls to third place in latest polls
Prague, Czech Republic – According to the latest survey conducted by the Median agency, the Czech Pirates are now pollingContinue Reading
Slovakia rushes through ‘immensely populist’ proposals a few days before elections
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovak lawmakers are expected to convene today in an extraordinary session of parliament called by Speaker AndrejContinue Reading
The fall of Czech tycoon and presidential hopeful Jaromir Soukup
Things are starting to look increasingly bleak for Czech media tycoon, billionaire and presidential candidate Jaromir Soukup. In the past,Continue Reading
Who’s who: Your guide to Slovakia’s 2020 parliamentary elections (2/2)
Bratislava, Slovakia – With the elections coming up this month, many in Slovakia and abroad are still wondering who toContinue Reading
Far-right candidate enters Poland’s presidential race
Warsaw, Poland – Krzysztof Bosak, a 37-year-old member of the Polish far-right Confederation (Konfederacja) party, was chosen as the movement’sContinue Reading
Ivan Bartoš reelected as head of the Czech Pirate Party
Prague, Czech Republic – Ivan Bartoš has been reelected as chairman of the Czech Pirates during the party’s national conventionContinue Reading
Top Google searches in Central Europe in 2019
Budapest, Hungary – There are many ways to determine the most consequential and decisive events of the past year. OneContinue Reading
Who’s who: Your guide to Slovakia’s 2020 parliamentary elections (1/2)
Bratislava, Slovakia – The Slovak parliamentary elections are around the corner, and all political parties are in full campaign modeContinue Reading
Orgies, megaphones and parking-mafias… a year in Hungarian politics
Budapest, Hungary – 2019 was an exciting year in Hungarian politics with two elections, a number of surprises, and aContinue Reading
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Thirty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, do Central Europeans feel better off?
Budapest, Hungary – Thirty years ago, the Iron Curtain collapsed and Central European countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia)Continue Reading
Slovak far-right LSNS party polling in second place ahead of February elections
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia’s neo-Fascist ‘People’s Party Our Slovakia’ (LSNS) is polling in second place less than three months beforeContinue Reading
Andrej Babis is likely to become next Czech President, bookmakers claim
Prague, Czech Republic – Prime Minister Andrej Babis is the most likely candidate to succeed Milos Zeman and become theContinue Reading
