04. ledna, 2026 Vít Dostál
In mid-February, the Visegrad Group (V4) will mark 35 years of its existence. The celebrations will be awkward. They will be orchestrated by the current Hungarian presidency, which will certainly want to use the event in its tense campaign ahead of the April elections. Viktor Orbán faces his first defeat after sixteen years in power…. Celý článek >
04. ledna, 2026 Michal Vašečka
Central Europe is a region full of internal contradictions, grandeur and smallness at the same time. It is full of world visions, breathtaking achievements and exceptional minds, it has been teetering for centuries between doubts and complexes about itself on the one hand and auto stereotypes about grandeur and civilizational superiority on the other. The… Celý článek >
04. ledna, 2026 Dominik Héjj
It will soon be the fourth anniversary of the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine. The events of February 2022 have had a significant impact on Poland’s perception of the regional alliance. It became clear that viewing it primarily as a united front of EU sceptics was insufficient. The paradigm of the Visegrad Group’s (V4) primacy… Celý článek >
04. ledna, 2026 Tomáš Fošum
The response to Russia’s war in Ukraine has become one of the main dividing lines on the Czech political scene. While the then-ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) supported the attacked country after February 2022, the opposition was initially divided on this issue, gradually reacting to events in Ukraine with a mixture… Celý článek >
04. ledna, 2026 Michal Vašečka
The war in Ukraine has been going on for four years and has an impact on Slovakia that cannot be overlooked and is fundamental given the country’s European future. However, it is not primarily about economic factors, although these are of course also important. The topic of the war in Ukraine, Slovakia’s attitude towards the… Celý článek >
04. ledna, 2026 Dávid Bořuta
Russia’s war against Ukraine has thrown Slovakia into a stress test, laying bare its weaknesses, but at the same time speeding up a long-delayed transformation. Without the war, GDP growth would have been faster and more stable. Instead, the 2022 invasion triggered a sharp surge in energy prices, pressure on industry, and household budgets. Yet… Celý článek >
04. ledna, 2026 Olena Babakova
Poland’s response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was nothing short of wholehearted. In 2022, it seemed as though Polish politicians had set themselves a competition over who could help Ukrainians more, and then proudly awarded themselves first place. Three years on, military and logistical cooperation continues, but the rhetoric at the top has undergone… Celý článek >
04. ledna, 2026 Michal Vašečka
Slovakia, under the leadership of Prime Minister Robert Fico, has experienced a paradigmatic turn in relation to the war in Ukraine. From the reputation of a country that in 2022, under the government of Eduard Heger, was one of the first to start supplying weapons to Ukraine and expressing all-round support for it, it has… Celý článek >
04. ledna, 2026 Kaja Puto
Assertiveness on the international stage and broad support for high defense spending—the Russian full-scale aggression against Ukraine, ongoing for more than three years, has left a clear mark on Polish politics. Attitudes toward the threat posed by Russia and the challenges to the country’s security are weakening the polarization that has been deepening for years…. Celý článek >
04. ledna, 2026 Petr Zenkner
Russian military aggression against Ukraine constitutes a strain on the Czech economy, but one which it can handle. The impact on our gross domestic product (GDP) is significantly smaller than in the era of covid, when our economy dropped by more than five percent. Nevertheless, it is true, that if the Kremlin hadn’t started an… Celý článek >
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