Poland poised to be main beneficiary of EU’s €100-billion climate fund
Warsaw, Poland – Poland will be the top beneficiary of the €100-billion EU climate fund meant to help coal-reliant regionsContinue Reading
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Hungary: Orbán goes green on climate change as long as it remains ‘Christian-democratic’
Budapest, Hungary – Last week, Prime Minister Viktor Orban unveiled the government’s climate and environmental strategy, an ambitious plan theContinue Reading
Insight: Deconstructing Hungary’s anti-migrant and anti-elite rhetoric
This article is based on a group research project by Zhaniya Sazanova, Georgy Tatevossov, and Catherine Wright. As 2020 begins,Continue Reading
Poland and Slovakia most at risk of Salmonella and other food-borne outbreaks
Warsaw, Poland – The EU has noted a sharp rise in food-borne outbreak illnesses and deaths in 2018, including inContinue Reading
Hungary could leave the EU in 2020, ‘outrageously predicts’ Saxo Bank
Budapest, Hungary – Hungary’s exit from the EU: a possibility worth considering, albeit unlikely? This is what economists at SaxoContinue Reading
Czech Republic and Poland oppose France’s EU enlargement reform
Warsaw, Poland – Nine EU countries, including Poland and the Czech Republic, have pushed back against France’s proposal to reformContinue Reading
Hydropower plants in Central Europe a threat to biodiversity, warns WWF
Prague, Czech Republic – The proliferation of hydropower plants in the EU, including in Central and Eastern European countries, isContinue Reading
Slovakia’s economic growth slows down to lowest level since 2013
Bratislava, Slovakia – The Slovak economy is going through a rough patch. According to data released last week by theContinue Reading
Under fresh scrutiny, Czech PM Babis faces renewed pressure from the streets
Prague, Czech Republic – Tens of thousands of Czechs took to the streets on Tuesday to call for the resignationContinue Reading
Čaputová and Orbán named among most influential people in Europe
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovak President Zuzana Caputova and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban – two political leaders opposed in almostContinue Reading
EU dismisses Czech, Polish and Hungarian case against gun restrictions
Prague, Czech Republic – On Tuesday, the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed the Czech Republic’s case againstContinue Reading
Slovakia rejects Istanbul Convention on women’s rights for second time this year
Bratislava, Slovakia – For the second time this year, Slovak lawmakers refused to ratify the so-called Istanbul Convention, a CouncilContinue Reading
Poland and Hungary’s economic growth highest in the EU
Warsaw, Poland – Poland and Hungary remain the EU’s two fastest-growing economies in the third quarter 2019, according to EurostatContinue Reading
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis faced with ultimatum ahead of mass protest
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic prepares to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. But threeContinue Reading
Hungary drops controversial judicial reform
Budapest, Hungary – Hungary has dropped its controversial administrative courts reform, Justice Minister Judit Varga told the state news agencyContinue Reading
