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The Next President of Poland. Nawrocki Signals a New Chapter of Bitter Polarisation
Visegrad Insight
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June 2, 2025
Poland’s presidential election has cracked open a new fault line in its politics. Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist historian backed by the Law and Justice (PiS) party, edged out Warsaw’s liberal mayor, Rafał Trzaskowski, with a razor-thin 51-49%...
Who is Karol Nawrocki? Conservative historian becomes Poland’s next president
The Independent
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June 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Anti-EU football hooligan ‘pimp’ Karol Nawrocki wins Poland’s presidential election after knife-edge vote
The Sun
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June 2, 2025
ANTI-EU football hooligan "pimp" Karol Nawrocki has won Poland's presidential election. According to the final result from the electoral commission, right-wing historian with a past of football hooliganism Nawrocki, 42, won the election with a...
Who is Poland's next president Karol Nawrocki?
News.Az
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Karol Nawrocki, the conservative historian who won Poland's presidential election, cultivated a tough-guy image during his campaign, posting videos of himself at shooting ranges and boxing rings, News.Az reports citing Reuters. While his liberal...
What Hungary Lost When It Obeyed in Advance
Washington Monthly
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June 1, 2025
In March 1944, the Third Reich occupied Hungary, a country that until then had been one of Berlin’s closest allies. One of those who arrived with the invading forces was a lieutenant colonel in the SS named Kurt Becher. The SS leader Heinrich...
Austrian OMV sold 5% in Ghasha concession to LUKOIL for $594 million
AK&M
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AK&M 30 May 2025 19:05 The Austrian oil and gas company OMV AG has sold a stake in a concession for natural gas production on the UAE continental shelf to Lukoil Gulf Upstream L.L.C. S.P.C. This is reported in a press release from OMV. As part of...
Hungary and Slovakia expand Russian fuel use while EU cuts imports
Euromaidan Press
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May 30, 2025
Hungary and Slovakia continue to rely heavily on Russian oil, gas, and nuclear fuel, despite having technical and economic capacity to switch to alternative sources, according to a detailed joint report by the Centre for the Study of Democracy...
Austrian Jewish activists plan major anti-Zionism congress
5Pillars
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May 30, 2025
Europe’s first ever anti-Zionist Jewish Congress is to be held in Austria to platform prominent Jews who denounce Zionism, the weaponisation of anti-Semitism, and Israel’s appalling crimes against the Palestinians. The congress, planned to go...
Hungary Moves to Silence Its Free Press — The EU Must Act Now
Vsquare
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May 29, 2025
Hungarian Fidesz is effectively outlawing the free press — and, more broadly, democratic public debate. With its ‘transparency’ bill proposal, introduced on May 13, Fidesz is aligning itself with the authoritarian tactics seen in Putin’s Russia....
Hungary Appreciates Bulgaria's Efforts as Reliable Gas Transmission Partner, Its Foreign Minister Szijjarto Says
Bulgarian News Agency
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The more sources of energy a country has, the more stable and secure it is in its supply, said Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto during an official inspection of the Vertical Gas Corridor construction progress in the...
Hungary today safest place for Jewish communities in Europe, says FM Szijjártó
Daily News Hungary
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May 29, 2025
Hungary is one of the safest places in Europe today, thanks to the Hungarian government’s determined defence against illegal migration, “even if it has to pay a one million euro daily fine to Brussels for it,” Péter Szijjártó, the minister of...
German Troops Will Station Abroad for the First Time Since WWII
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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May 28, 2025
German military personnel will be permanently based aboard for the first time since the Second World War. Approximately 250 Bundeswehr personnel from the 45th Armored Brigade arrived in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius last fall as an activation...
PHOTOS: Hungary will become safer, new pipeline to be built
Daily News Hungary
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May 31, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó acknowledged Bulgaria’s efforts to enhance energy security and diversify supply at a ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Vertical Gas Corridor on Thursday. New pipeline to connect...
‘Something for everyone’: Silver Branch Brewing Co. opens Rockville location
Bethesda Magazine - Maryland
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May 30, 2025
A stack of colorful cans of beer lined the bar, whimsical garden-themed decor adorned the bright green walls and bright circular chandeliers illuminated the light wood tables as Silver Branch Brewing Co.’s Rockville Beerworks opened its doors...
Hungary Blames Ukraine for Energy Conflict
MENAFN
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May 27, 2025
(MENAFN) Ukraine’s decision to halt pipeline gas transit through its territory has jeopardized energy security across Europe, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto. He emphasized that Hungary has been able to maintain its gas...
Hungary–Việt Nam relations continuously flourish based on Comprehensive Partnership: Diplomat
Vietnam News
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May 27, 2025
HÀ NỘI — The official visit to Việt Nam from May 27 - 29 by the Hungarian President Sulyok Tamas and his wife, at the invitation of Vietnamese State President Lương Cường, marks an important milestone in their bilateral relations, Hungarian...
Budapest’s sandy “seashore”, Hungary’s largest natural water beach opens with free entrance weekend
Daily News Hungary
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May 30, 2025
Budapest’s sandy “seashore”, Hungary’s largest natural water beach, Lupa Beach, opens next week with a free entrance weekend. Furthermore, all visitors are welcomed with daytime parties on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with kids’ programmes....
TotalSoft accelerates its international presence after completing digital transformation projects for Deutsche Leasing in 20 countries
Romania Insider
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June 5, 2025
TotalSoft, a leading provider of digital business solutions in Central and Eastern Europe, has successfully delivered two major transformation projects for Deutsche Leasing Group: a full-scale upgrade of the Charisma ERP platform and the rollout...
High stakes as Poland heads to round two of presidential election
Al Jazeera
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Warsaw, Poland – The streets of Warsaw were awash with red-and-white flags last Sunday as two presidential hopefuls and their supporters marched through the capital for one last time before Poland takes to polls on Sunday, June 1, in the second...
Hungary–Vietnam relations continuously flourish based on Comprehensive Partnership: Diplomat
Vietnam Pictorial
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May 27, 2025
According to the ambassador, since the two countries established diplomatic ties on February 3, 1950, Hungary has always supported Vietnam across fields, and they have now become important partners of each other. Hungarian Ambassador to Vietnam...