"V4: Back to Basics" - this is the motto of the Polish presidency of the Visegrad Group (V4).Poland took over the annual presidency of the V4 Group for the seventh time. Flags of the Visegrad Group countries - Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary - and the European Union. Photo by Łukasz Gągulski/PAP

President of Poland Andrzej Duda awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland to Orsolya Zsuzsanna Kovács, Ambassador of Hungary in Warsaw, on Wednesday.

Polish President Andrzej Duda has once again called on NATO allies to increase their defense spending to at least 3% of GDP to tackle Russia’s wartime economy.  “War reminds us that Russia is ready to use all available forces and means, including military ones, to achieve its almost imperial goals", Mr.

Official results from the European elections in Poland show that the Civic Coalition (KO) of Prime Minister Donald Tusk came first, with 37.06% of the vote. Oposition  Law and Justice (PiS) party obtained 36.16%. Confederation finished third with 12.08% of the vote. The turnout rate was 40.65%, the lowest in any elections in Poland since 2014. In Hungary, the ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition won with 44.3% of the votes. In the Czech Republic, the ANO Movement won, securing 26.14% of the votes.

For nearly three hours, experts at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University discussed key issues impacting the Visegrád Group countries—Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

"Dark clouds are gathering over Poland, this region, and the whole of Europe," Polish Prime Minister warned at Castle Square in Warsaw on Monday. Donald Tusk stressed that EU vote was crucial for keeping war outside the bloc. Polish PM Donald Tusk. Fot. Christoph Soeder/PAP/DPA

Poland plans to join a project to develop a European-wide air defense system to deter potential drone and missile attacks, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at a news conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Warsaw on Monday. - It doesn't take much imagination to understand that Europe is also in a danger zone. So I am glad that Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen responded positively to my intention for Poland to join a project in Europe that will build a dome protecting the…

The Three Seas Initiative has been the most important platform for regional cooperation over the past nine years, Polish President Andrzej Duda said at the Three Seas Initiative Business Forum in Vilnius. 

Peter Pellegrini, the parliamentary speaker and a former premier, beat Ivan Korčok in the Slovak presidential election run-off by collecting 53.12% of the vote against Korcok’s 46.87%. Peter Pellegrini, 48, will take over the Presidential Palace on June 15. Photo by Vaclav Salek/PAP/CTK (J)

The Polish Prime Minister warned that Europe was back in the "pre-war era" and must prepare for self-defense. ‘I don’t exaggerate. This is becoming more and more apparent every day’ - Donald Tusk said. ‘The next two years will decide everything’ - he added.

Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok underscored the importance of maintaining and deepening dialogue between Hungary and Poland, after meeting his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in Stary Sacz on Friday. - Polish-Hungarian friendship has lasted for at least a thousand years and has very deep roots in Hungarian society - noted the President of Hungary. This is the first foreign visit of the new Hungarian president, who took office less than three weeks ago. President Andrzej Duda thanked him for…

We will defend those norms that are violated by Russian aggression against Ukraine. This is our priority," announced today in the capital of Czech the head of Polish diplomacy, Radosław Sikorski. On the eve of the V4 foreign ministers' meeting, the heads of Polish and Czech diplomacy agreed that despite the differences between the Visegrád Group countries, cooperation in this format still makes sense. - We respect both Slovakia and Hungary and their right to independently define their positions…