Compared to other Central European countries, Czechs are not used to joining street protests in great numbers. So the fact that ten of thousands of people took part in...
Opinion
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June 4 is an important day for Poland and Europe. Thirty years ago today the process of the peaceful fall of communism began in Poland when the first partially free...
An unexpectedly decisive European Parliament election victory gave Poland’s right-wing ruling party a major boost ahead of the more significant autumn...
In April, key policy planners and makers of the 29 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) met in Washington, DC to commemorate the 70th anniversary the...
Since the fall of communism, despite notable economic successes (think of the Peugeot-Citroen plant in Trnava, Slovakia or the presence of Carrefour supermarkets)...
This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to...
It is now a year since the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became law. Just before the regulations came into effect, there was unprecedented talk and...
We are afraid of the Church. And I am not talking about the Catholic sinners who are embarrassed by the fear of their pastor or the confessional. I am talking about us...
What a sad fate to live in the heart of the continent called Europe, and not being able to live it. Welcome to Kosovo! This story is not a thriller but it is all based...
Of the 10 countries that joined the European Union 15 years ago, Poland is definitely an EU success story: it has become more outward-looking and confident as well as...
We live in times when even the most mature democratic societies are deeply divided. One segment of society blames the other for all evils. We seem to be trapped in...
Elections to the European parliament are crucially important. This, however, is not widely recognised by voters as traditionally low turnout across the continent...
