From among the EU member-states, the Hungarian government used the most lenient approach to the Russian operations in Ukraine. The opposition parties’ immediate reactions to these events made the government party express its opinion too. We...
March 26, 2014 1:55 pm / 1 comment
We need to exert pressure on the West to take firmer action towards Russia. Not only for the sake of principles, but also common sense and our security. There is more and more evidence that Russia is carrying out a plan devised meticulously...
March 17, 2014 3:48 pm / 1,291 comments
The current events in Ukraine are a genuine reminder of what the West takes for granted and the East has worked so hard to achieve. Personal liberty, rule of law, a society organized on voluntary cooperation of free individuals is not a boring...
March 12, 2014 4:30 pm / 1 comment
How soon does the illusion of post-politics – life after the end of history – in stability and peace perish? How soon does the impossible become a fact?
We are a member of the European Union – a region of peace; we are a...
March 4, 2014 11:01 am / no comments
I am writing to you as a former prisoner of conscience from the times of Brezhnev. All other titles, which I have been awarded throughout my whole life, do not matter in the light of the Ukrainian Maidan, which is now bleeding.
My whole life...
February 22, 2014 12:33 pm / 2 comments
1. How dramatic is the situation in Ukraine? More and more commentators claim that the country is on the verge of civil war.
Yes, it is. However, the confrontation is not between e.g. regions, but between governmental structures, mostly security...
January 28, 2014 5:35 pm / 18,523 comments
A story that is riveting Europe, if not necessarily much of the world, continues to play out on the streets of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. President Viktor Yanukovych stunned the European Union a week away from its Summit in Vilnius at the end...
December 23, 2013 6:29 pm / no comments
When one follows the struggles of European leaders with Putin in the dispute about Ukraine, it begs the question whether cynical dictators will always beat democratic leaders? Putin needs Ukraine in the Eurasian Economic Community created in...
December 7, 2013 4:51 pm / no comments
Why wouldn’t EU farming be made subject to global verification? Food would be even 40% cheaper. And billions of euros would flow into the EU budget. The Third World countries, Ukraine and other countries much better suited to farming would...
September 9, 2013 11:06 pm / 5 comments
The integration with Ukraine and Turkey is a barometer that will show whether the Old Continent will prove to be a vigorous and important player in the 21st century. The finale of the Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) agreement, which is...
August 31, 2013 1:43 pm / 8 comments