On Sunday, April 8, Hungarians elect a new parliament. An important date in particular for Hungarians, but interesting also to Austrians and beyond. Hungary and Austria...
Tag - Economy & Politics
The fourth anniversary of the Euromaidan Revolution approaches and President Petro Poroshenko’s government finds itself confronted with impatience, both from the...
The first casualty of war, goes the old saying, is truth. Much the same can be said of Europe’s heated and ill-tempered debate on immigration. Peoples’ fears of being...
Since Bulgaria became a member of the EU, remarkable progress has been made towards building a modern European country with a strong economy and a balanced budget...
Over the past eight years Hungarian democracy suffered a lot under the regime of Viktor Orbán. Before 2010 Hungary was a young, but relatively stable democracy with...
Poland is currently undergoing significant political change. It has been almost 30 years since the systematic transformation of 1989, but as Polish politicians, we are...
The murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova on February 25, which sparked mass anti-corruption protests and forced the...
I’m grateful to Cambridge Analytica for reinforcing a valuable lesson: the importance of having my own code of ethics. Without this I could have been sucked into all...
Brexit is expected play an important role in the business services sector, not least because of the potential transfer of specialised jobs from the UK. This will have an...
The Council of British Chambers of Commerce in Europe (COBCOE) has welcomed the Transition Period announcement made by the UK government on March 19, but has warned that...
At one moment a few months ago, the very tense relationship between Hungary and Ukraine seemed to improve slightly when the Hungarian Foreign Ministry’s State Secretary...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has asked for support for a Minority SafePack, an initiative which aims to protect minority rights throughout Europe. “I urge you...