Every Monday Visegrad Insight releases a weekly update on key developments in Central Europe from the point of view of democratic security.  Our team monitors for important political, civil society, economy and foreign policy updates and where possible hints at risks and developing scenarios. Currently, we monitor the situation in...

Recent opinion polls in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) show somewhat contradictory results. The majority remains committed to democracy but there are strong sympathies for autocratic leadership, too. Central Europeans value their EU and NATO membership, yet many do not feel to be a part of the Western world, seeing...

There is another East-West rift in the EU, this time dealing with the digital future and rules controlling the internet. Recent events have once again shown Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) that the Transatlantic relationship can be of more use than their union on the continent.

Every Monday Visegrad Insight releases a weekly update on key developments in Central Europe from the point of view of democratic security.  Our team monitors for important political, civil society, economy and foreign policy updates and where possible hints at risks and developing scenarios. Currently, we monitor the situation in...

It appears Boyko Borisov has lost his first election in 13 years, but will the new challenger and former showman, Slavi Trifonov, be able to make a coherent government in line with the anti-corruption movement that propelled him to dethrone the leader, or will politics in Bulgaria be a similar...

Hungarian journalist Péter Erdélyi explains why Reporters Without Borders exaggerated the situation in his country but also lists Orbán’s worst offences on media freedom.

Besides using the European Union as an imperialist punch bag, Eurosceptic parties gathering at the periphery do not see eye to eye on most foreign policy issues.

Every Monday Visegrad Insight releases a weekly update on key developments in Central Europe from the point of view of democratic security. Our team monitors for important political, civil society, economy and foreign policy updates and where possible hints at risks and developing scenarios. Currently, we monitor the situation in...

Between 21 and 24 June, the EU approved new sanctions against Belarus. In line with suggestions from opposition leaders like Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, they target strategic sectors of the Belarusian economy. The effect on the country’s economy will be harsh, but in the current state of affairs, the current Belarusian political...