Serbia in NATO?
The Transitions Online laments on the Serbia’s possible NATO entry. In Central Europe, where European and Russian interest zones are intercepting, war has been fought a mere 13 years ago, military...
View ArticleCroatia fights organized crime
After the killing of two high-profile journalists, the Croatian government has declared war on organized crime and quickly set up a new police unit. Deputy parliament speaker Vladimir Seks, a senior...
View ArticleSome Central European Solidarity At Last: Serbia Receives Some Gas Relief
Due to the Russian-Ukrainian-European gas war Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia were the first serious victims, having not enough energy to heat residential areas. With some delay, Hungary (and Germany)...
View ArticleRecruiting Croatians Into The European Institutions
As the England Expects have picked out correctly: the fact that the EU has started to collect CVs from Croatia is good sign that their accession is near. The wheels of the beaurocracy are turning...
View ArticleHungary To Help Montenegro’s NATO Application
Montenegro’s official bid for EU membership has overshadowed the small republic’s NATO-integration. The Hungarian military diplomacy has offered mentoring services to Montenegro and will expand the...
View ArticleSerbian-Croatian Relations After the Summit
The first time ever an ethnic Serb citizen of Croatia, Aleksandar Jevtic, has received Croatia’s highest award. The ethnic Serb citizen of Croatia has saved the lives of Croatian soldiers during the...
View ArticleMr Habsburg in the ECRG European Parliamentary Group?
Hungary has been taken by suprise when a small centre-right party, MDF has nominated Mr György Habsburg into the European Parliament. As MDF won only one seat, and seems to need its top candidate in...
View ArticleEurostat: GDP per inhabitant varied by one to six across the EU27 Member States
GDP compared to EU27 average, adjusted for purchasing-power parity (prices) In France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus, GDP per inhabitant was within 10% of the EU27 average. Austria, Sweden, Denmark,...
View ArticleVisegrad+ Energy Summit: Old Power with New Aims?
The Visegrad Group of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia was originally formed to co-ordintate the historically interlinked country’s efforts to change from planned to market economy and...
View ArticleNo Man’s Land – Ecology of a Minefield
I was traveling in Eastern Croatia in 2002 when a the post-war rebuilding was very well under way. I remember the young children of the war who always preferred to play on concrete because green meant...
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