On the occasion of the Hungarian-Polish Friendship Day, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Hungarian President János Áder had a video chat on Monday evening. Photo credit: Kancelaria Prezydenta RP In 2007, the Hungarian Parliament and the Polish Sejm declared March 23 the Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship. (jap)

Hungary’s ruling rightwing Fidesz party resigned on Thursday from the European People’s party, the EU’s powerful centre-right political grouping that includes Germany’s CDU. „It's time to say goodbye” - Katalin Novák wrote on Twitter. ​

Most Czechs and Slovaks remember Hungary as the legendary "happiest barrack in the Soviet Bloc". It was the place to go for those seeking good music, jeans, books and other consumer goods. A country where small private enterprises were allowed to thrive and the regime was not as hard-line as in Czechoslovakia. By the time Miloš Jakeš was General Secretary of the Communist Party, Hungarians could, without too much trouble, travel West. Hungarians paid a high price for their dreams…

Threats to national identity and sovereignty cannot be used as blackmail – Hungarin Justice Minister Judit Varga said in an interview to Kossuth Radio on Monday, in reference to Hungary and Poland's lawsuit against the European Union's rule-of-law conditionality mechanism. ​

The www.primeminister.hu present the life of Viktor Orbán, his personal creed and the results of his governance in a modern way – Bertalan Havasi, head of the Prime Minister's Press Office, told MTI News Agency on Monday. ​ oprac. jap

"We can’t keep that EU legislation in force, which seriously infringes legal certainty" – Hungary's justice minister Judit Varga wrote on social media, announcing that Hungary and Poland were challenging the general regulation on the rule of law mechanism for the protection of the EU's budget before the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

– The Three Seas project aims to bridge the gap in Europe in terms of civilization and the economy – says Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau in the interview for a Polish portal trimarium.pl.

We are working on the creation of a new party family, we are also in contact with the Hungarians and the Poles - said Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s right-wing Lega party. ​ Fot. JOHN THYS / POOL / AFP POOL / PAP/EPA (jap)

According to the Spanish outono.net Eurostat reveals the good progress of those countries with conservative governments.  Photo credit: printscreen (jap)

Fidesz MEPs leave the European People's Party (EPP) after the People's Party adopted an amendment to its statutes on Wednesday. Source: Facebook / Novák Katalin   (jap)

The Polish president Andrzej Duda paid tribute on Monday to the "Cursed Soldiers" (also known as "doomed soldiers", "accursed soldiers"), who fought against the communist authorities for a free and independent state, at a ceremony to mark their memorial day. The clandestine organisations continued their armed struggle against the communism regime of Poland into the 1950s. An estimated 50,000 members of the "Cursed Soldiers" perished at the hands of the communists between 1944 and 1956. They…

– Central Europe has a chance to make a huge leap forward – said Zsolt Németh, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament, in an online speech at the “Europe of the Carpathians” International Conference on Saturday.   ​