Reflections from our correspondents on the ground in the four Central European countries of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
November 18, 2024
The weight of expectation falls on Prime Minister Donald Tusk, as Poland prepares to take over the EU’s rotating presidency and meet the challenge of incoming US President Donald Trump.
November 7, 2024
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is set to parade his support for Trump at the European Political Community meeting in Budapest on November 7-8.
October 21, 2024
Poland’s four-party ruling coalition is constrained by President Andrzej Duda, a close ally of the former ruling PiS party.
September 2, 2024
The groupthink at Central Europe's top security conference is a serious weakness when the Ukraine war is so finely balanced and sober analysis is more essential than ever.
August 15, 2024
The Slovak government is freeing supporters convicted of corruption and hampering any future graft investigations by abolishing a special anti-corruption police unit.