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Reflections from our correspondents on the ground in the four Central European countries of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
VISEGRAD BLOG: Czechs are still in denial about communist rule
November 3, 2022
The looming contest for the presidency between Pavel and Babis may serve to highlight their different attitudes to the communist past, while at the same time showing how some Czechs remain ambivalent.
VISEGRAD BLOG: European family gathering mostly avoids fights
October 9, 2022
European Political Community isolates Russia, welcomes back UK and reassures EU candidate countries.
VISEGRAD BLOG: Orban prepares to surf the populist wave again
September 25, 2022
But the Hungarian strongman may struggle both to exploit the cost of living crisis and to unite Europe's resurgent radical right, particularly if the Russian-Ukraine war grinds on.
VISEGRAD BLOG: Putin’s cost of living crisis has already caused mass demonstrations in Europe, but will they get worse?
September 8, 2022
Last weekend 70,000 protesters gathered on Wenceslas Square in the heart of Prague to demonstrate against the rising cost of living and demanded a rapprochement with Russia. Will demonstrations spread across Europe as the crisis gets worse?
VISEGRAD BLOG: Central Europe faces a hot autumn of discontent
August 29, 2022
Slovakia looks set for 18 months of political chaos before the next general elections, at a time when the government has to cope with the cost of living crisis and growing fatigue with the cost of supporting neighbouring Ukraine against Russia.
