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Russian and Chinese vaccine diplomacy at work

Graphics by Lenka Matoušková

Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic are once again showing disregard for European solidarity, negotiating deals for Eastern vaccines, even at the price of sparking government crises.

Eva Kubániová

Peter Kapitán

Gabriella Horn

18.03.2021

Graphics by Lenka Matoušková

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš embodies one of the most significant conflicts of interest in the modern political history of the Czech Republic.

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15.03.2021

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The headline-grabbing news about the regulation of social media platforms, symbolized by the recent clash between Facebook and Australia, might offer little relevancy to the Visegrad Four countries – writes Dominik Presl, AMO.

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12.03.2021

The map shows how money from Hungary "flows" out of the country, to organizations located over the borders. Source: https://atlo.team/hungarianmoney-en/

Hungarian government invests billions of forints each year into Hungarian communities in neighbouring countries.

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01.03.2021

Presidents of Russia and Turkey meet for talks in St Petersburg

Yevgeny Prigozhin at a meeting of Russian and Turkish government officials and business leaders. St Petersburg, Russia, August 9, 2016. Source: Mikhail Metzel / TASS / Forum

The influence operation run by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was just added to the FBI most wanted list, has new targets right in the heart of Europe. Article republished from The Daily Beast.

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08.03.2021

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As women in Poland stage mass protests against the country’s Constitutional Tribunal’s abortion ruling in the autumn of 2020, Angela Gandra, Brazil’s secretary of state for family affairs, arrives in Warsaw.

Konrad Szczygieł

23.02.2021

Demonstrators take part in a protest rally marking the second anniversary of the murder of the investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova. Slovakia, February 21, 2020. Source: DAVID W CERNY / Reuters / Forum

Investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were murdered on February 21, 2018. The reason was Ján’s journalistic work and the articles he wrote for aktuality.sk.

Lukáš Diko

Pavla Holcova

21.02.2021

Szczyt Szefow Rzadow Panstw Grupy Wyszehradzkiej z okazji 30-lecia Wspolpracy Wyszehradzkiej

Meeting on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the 1991 Visegrad Declaration with the participation of the President of the European Council. From left: Igor Matovic, Charles Michel, Mateusz Morawiecki, Andrej Babis, Victor Orban. Cracow, Poland, February 17, 2021. Source: Filip Radwanski / FORUM

Visegrad is a slightly ephemeral entity, a quantum-like model and Schrödinger’s cat in one – sometimes it exists, sometimes it does not – it’s hard to tell, really.

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19.02.2021