The EU is stoking the culture war between East and West
Other EU countries ‘should not interfere in the affairs of Hungary,’ Czech president Miloš Zeman said on Sunday in support of…
Viktor Orbán goes to war on the European parliament
‘Times have changed, and whereas thirty years ago we believed Europe was our future, today we understand that we are…
How a Polish coal mine risks derailing the EU's climate strategy
Cracks are appearing in the EU’s climate strategy. An international dispute over the court-ordered closure of a coal mine on…
Two spies, an explosion, and the new Czech rift with Russia
‘Putin is a murderer,’ read the signs carried by protestors outside the Russian Embassy in Prague on Sunday. On Saturday…
Orban and Salvini's plan to ‘make Europe great again’
Change is coming in the European Parliament. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Polish leader Mateusz Morawiecki, and Italian Lega party…
Russia's Sputnik vaccine is causing political chaos in Central Europe
A joke is doing the rounds in the Czech Republic that the world’s highest Covid mortality rate can, in actual…
How the Sputnik vaccine brought down Slovakia’s Prime Minister
March was a dark month for Slovakia. Covid cases and deaths in the country were among the highest in Europe,…
The growing alliance between Central Europe and Israel
In 2018, the Czech President Miloš Zeman promised in a speech on the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel…
Vaccines are testing Central Europe’s loyalties to the EU
In a fresh embarrassment for the EU in its vaccine rollout, breakaway member Hungary is now at the top of…
The remarkable rise of the Czech Pirate party
A new party is riding high in the Czech Republic, with the wind of change in its sails. Polls now…
Why Eastern Europe is looking to Russia and China for vaccines
With Central and Eastern European countries still gripped by Covid-19, the EU’s slow vaccine rollout has offered little solace in…
Central Europe’s vaccine scepticism problem
Countries around the world are in a race against time to vaccinate their populations against Covid-19. But there is one…
The Visegrád bloc are threatening to tear apart the EU
The bad boys of Europe are at it again. The EU has been attempting to tie budget funds to members…
