Zelenskyy gathers support from CEE leaders

4 min read Czech Republic, Defence, Energy, EU, Poland, Politics, Slovenia, Ukraine, Duda, European Union, Golob, NATO, Petr Pavel, Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on European leaders to step up their efforts towards peace in Ukraine during a string of high-level phone calls on Friday, 21 February, including several with premiers of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries. Zelenskyy stressed that Europe must act more decisively, in a televised

A Trumping new reality - CET opinion

3 min read Eastern Europe, Opinion, Politics, Ukraine, Biden, Blinken, NATO, Putin, Russia, Trump, Yanukovych, Zelenskyy

One of the most disappointing characteristics of our 21st Century is that while we live in a high-tech world, billions are still struggling under cruel political systems. Our century has seen many attempts to dethrone dictators. Surprisingly few prevailed. One exception was Ukraine, which overthrew Russian influence in February 2014,

EU shuns Budapest meetings, as Hungary's rotating presidency whirls on

4 min read Hungary, Boka, Dobrev, Frieden, Jinping, Magyar, Metsola, michel, Nehammer, Orban, Putin, Schoof, Szijjarto, von der Leyen, Zelenskyy

Despite only starting its EU rotating presidency on 1 July, Hungary has already made it one of the more memorable of these ordinarily uneventful 6-month tenures. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban spent the first week of his presidency on a self-styled “peace mission”, when he visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,