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Democracy Digest: Russia Accused of Provocation After Drone Explodes in Poland

Balkan Insight 22 Aug 2025
Elsewhere, backlash over possible Kanye gig in Prague; Trump calls Hungarian PM to pressure him over EU membership for Ukraine; and tensions at Slovak minority festival in Serbia reverberate in Bratislava ....
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Not All Poland’s EU Recovery Fund Spending Was Above Board

Balkan Insight 21 Aug 2025
Tusk’s government boasted about how it got the EU to unfreeze pandemic recovery funds. A scandal about how some of the money has been spent on yachts is an unexpected blow to the already embattled coalition, yet the problem may run deeper ....
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Democracy Digest: Russia Accused of Meddling in Hungary’s Election with Talk of Coup

Balkan Insight 15 Aug 2025
Elsewhere, Polish president bumps PM off call that Trump held with European leaders; billion-euro tender to reshape Slovakia’s ambulance network collapses in acrimony; China cuts all ties with Czech president after his visit to Dalai Lama in India.
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Democracy Digest: Nawrocki Signals Conflict Ahead with Poland’s Government

Balkan Insight 08 Aug 2025
Elsewhere, Slovak opposition accuses government of a lack of transparency in 2-billion-euro ambulance service tender; convicted Bosnian Serb leader visits Hungary for third time this year; and Czech foreign-born population rises above 10% ....
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Anti-Personnel Mines Look Set to Return on Europe’s Eastern Flank

Balkan Insight 16 Jul 2025
Poland plans to withdraw from the international treaty banning the use of anti-personnel mines, joining five other countries on Europe’s eastern flank including Ukraine, which argue that Russia’s invasion has made the ban untenable ....
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Democracy Digest: Hungarian PM May Find Pride Comes Before a Fall

Balkan Insight 04 Jul 2025
Elsewhere, Czechia opposes EU climate targets as hottest day of year recorded; more political charges seen pressed against another senior Slovak investigator; and Poland imposes temporary border controls with Germany over migration ....
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Poland’s Right-Wing Media Publish Controversial Recordings of Governing MPs

Balkan Insight 17 Jun 2025
TV Republika broadcast recordings of conversations between Roman Giertych, a lawyer and governing party MP, with key politicians including the PM, some of which are believed to be the product of surveillance under PiS using Pegasus ....
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Democracy Digest: Hungary Approves law to ‘Suspend’ Citizenship

Balkan Insight 13 Jun 2025
Elsewhere, Slovak PM praises Uzbekistan’s model of governance on visit to Central Asian nation; Poland’s coalition government wins confidence vote; and ANO leader Babis visits France for hard-right gathering of Patriots for Europe ....
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Polish Citizens Join Global ‘March for Gaza’

Balkan Insight 12 Jun 2025
In a sign of the shift in thinking among Poles, especially the youth, 20 of the country's citizens are due to arrive in Cairo on Thursday, from where they will join thousands of others from around the world in a global ‘March to Gaza’ ....
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Democracy Digest: Polish PM Calls Confidence Vote After His Party Loses Presidential Poll

Balkan Insight 06 Jun 2025
Elsewhere, Fidesz withdraws Kremlin-style ‘censorship’ bill – for now; bizarre bitcoin scandal shakes Czech government months from election; and Slovak president backs rise in NATO spending ....
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Cutting Red Tape or Cutting Corners? Polish PM’s Deregulation Drive Under the Spotlight

Balkan Insight 05 Jun 2025
Donald Tusk has asked a billionaire to come up with some proposals on how to deregulate Poland’s economy. But how impactful and positive will the suggested changes really be? ....
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Right-wing Populist Karol Nawrocki Wins Polish Presidency

Balkan Insight 02 Jun 2025
Nawrocki won the second round with the votes of the far right and has promised to oppose NATO membership for Ukraine ....
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Democracy Digest: Poland’s Presidential Race Climaxes with Pimping Claims

Balkan Insight 30 May 2025
Elsewhere, Hungarian PM uses CPAC to rally radical-right against the EU; Czech Foreign Ministry directly accuses China of hacking; and German chancellor warns Slovakia and Hungary of EU penalties over their Russian stance ....
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Democracy Digest: Orban’s Kremlin-Style Law Tests EU Patience

Balkan Insight 23 May 2025
Elsewhere, Polish hard-right leader challenges presidential candidates to persuade his voters; Czechs join Western spy agencies in warning over Russian cyber-espionage and attacks; and Slovakia one of few to abstain on WHO’s pandemic treaty ....

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