Source: ČTK - České noviny.cz (CZ) - After today's meeting with Hungarian President Katalin Novák, Czech President Miloš Zeman spoke out against the dismantling of Visegrad cooperation. He told reporters that the heads of state of the Czech Republic and Hungary, on the other hand, are interested in consolidating the V4 group, which in addition to...
Source: iPrima (CZ) - On Thursday evening, April 21, a solemn mass was celebrated in the Břevnov Monastery in Prague in honor of the 1025th anniversary of St. Adalbert, common patron of the Central European countries. The ambassadors of the V4 group, namely Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, addressed Archbishop of Prague, Dominik Cardinal Duka, to...
Source: Novinky.cz (CZ) - The Conservative Party Fidesz of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán won Sunday's parliamentary elections in Hungary and at the same time will retain a constitutional majority in the local parliament. After adding up 99 percent of the ballots cast, 53.1 percent of voters voted for Fidesz. In terms of seats, it is 135 seats for...
Source: iDnes.cz (CZ) - In Serbia, voters in more than 8,000 polling stations decided on Sunday the next president, the composition of parliament and the leadership of Belgrade and 13 other cities and towns. The current head of state, Aleksandar Vučič, who sought a second term, won the election. Parliamentary elections were also dominated by his...
Source: iRozhlas.cz (CZ) - As expected, Katalin Novák, a long-time member of the Fidesz ruling party, has become the new Hungarian president. She was elected by parliament on Thursday, in which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's party prevails. Novák is the first woman at the head of Hungary, at the age of 44 she will also be the youngest of the...
Source: Seznamzpravy.cz (CZ) - Boris Johnson announced at talks with the Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Group that a "Marshall Plan for Ukraine" was needed, which will help rebuild the country after it was invaded by Russia. One of the participants in Tuesday's summit between Britain and the four countries of the Visegrad Group - the Czech...
Source: Deník Štandard (SK) - V4, a free grouping of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, enjoys the highest trust. EU and UN support is just under 50 percent, and Slovaks feel the lowest confidence in NATO. This was shown by a survey by the Median.sk agency.
Source: Novinky.cz (CZ) - According to tradition, Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) visited Slovakia on Tuesday as part of his first foreign trip as Prime Minister. He met his counterpart Eduard Heger (OĽaNO) at the seat of the Office of the Government. For example, they agreed to continue a joint meeting of the governments of the two countries,...
Source: Novinky.cz (CZ) - One of the most important topics at Monday's Visegrad Four summit in Budapest was climate and energy promotion. The leaders of the V4 countries, together with French President Emmanuel Macron, agreed on the need to support nuclear energy in the future and on the need to change the common approach to the protection of the...
Source: Novinky.cz (CZ) - Warsaw is fully supported by the other Visegrad Group countries, i.e. Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, in the current migration crisis on the Poland-Belarus border. The V4 Prime Ministers made this joint statement in Budapest on Tuesday. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš confirmed his readiness to send Czech...
Source: Deník Štandard (SK) - We need to create an integrated Intermarium region, says Tymoteusz Zych, a member of the conservative legal think tank Ordo Iuris and the rector of Collegium Intermarium, a university that also aims to strengthen ties between Central European states. Intermarium may be a part of the European Union, or a separate...