Eastern Flank

Misleading information and disinformation circulating in the Czech environment overstate military aid to Ukraine or humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian refugees. Almost half of Czechs believe some of these claims. For example, a Facebook post circulated this year that exaggerates Czech…

Twenty-four years ago, the EU came to terms with the existence of the Beneš decrees (the post-second world war decrees based on the principle of collective guilt), but an amendment to the Slovak criminal code could cast the issue in…

Dismantling the railway in the border region is a matter of political courage. Imagine that you are guarding a house with five doors. Only one of them is used, but the others are left unlocked. Wouldn’t it be easier for…

Discussions on social media do not always reflect the real opinion of society. They are increasingly becoming a field of coordinated activity for ‘bots’ and ‘trolls’, where artificial tension is created, fear is spread, trust in institutions is undermined, discord…

Grzegorz Braun, the leader of the far-right Confederation of the Polish Crown, has surprisingly emerged as the biggest winner in Polish politics for 2025—eclipsing even Karol Nawrocki, who unexpectedly won last year’s presidential elections. This raises a crucial question: how…

On January 1, Bulgaria became the latest country to adopt the euro, bringing the Eurozone to 21 member states. Meanwhile, Poland continues to delay steps toward joining the Eurogroup. Is that the right decision? By joining the euro, Bulgaria enters…

Days before Bulgaria replaces the lev with the euro on January 1, 2026, the country’s banking system is experiencing an unprecedented influx of money, revealing deep problems in the structure of the economy and calling into question the readiness of financial institutions for the upcoming transformation.

Criminal organisations are quickly adapting to new methods and trafficking routes. The European Commission has therefore presented a new strategy and an action plan, with which it aims to intensify the fight against drugs and organised crime.
Leading Czech expert on drug policies is critical towards the recently proposed package.

At December EU summit, leaders failed to reach an agreement on launching the so-called reparations-based loan for Ukraine, despite strong support for the idea from Poland. Polish Members of the European Parliament also agree that this solution would be preferable…

Andrej Babiš justified his stance as a necessary step to protect Czech public finances. Politically, however, the move has raised concerns that Czechia may be drifting away from the European mainstream on Ukraine policy. The opposition has warned of a loss of trust among allies and a growing alignment with Hungary and Slovakia. The prime minister, by contrast, insists that the Czech position is different.

Romania aims to follow Poland’s path, an ambition made possible in part by the advantages it has gained – and continues to gain – from membership in NATO and the European Union. This membership has created the conditions for Romania’s transition to this new strategic concept: solidary independence.

Romanians have taken to the streets once again, demanding that the judiciary resume a real fight against corruption. The protests place Romania within a broader regional wave of civic unrest across Southeast and Central Europe, where corruption, institutional failure and…

Following the ‘great replacement’ theory, both white supremacists and some Finns Party politicians have launched a debate in Finland on the return migration of immigrants. The idea originates from elsewhere in Europe and the United States, where the Trump administration is already deporting immigrants en masse.