The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is considered to be the most common form of presentation of spatial income disparities between countries and regions. For the Visegrad countries, a good benchmark is the average GDP per capita, in the EU. Piotr Rosik, Patryk Duma

The development of the  Internet has contributed to changes in society and the economy. New solutions have emerged, replacing or complementing the existing ones. Among them are cryptocurrencies, i.e. digital currencies independent of central institutions. Krzysztof Janc

COVID-19 was first diagnosed in Wuhan in central China in December 2019. It is caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory disease. The disease also reached Europe in a short time, and the situation is changing rapidly. Tomasz Michalski, Wioletta Szymańska At the outset, it should be noted that the official picture of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in society is influenced by the number of tests performed.

– If we start using the Chinese vaccine, which will happen soon, then by Easter we can vaccinate every person who has registered so far – Hungarian Prime Minister told Kossuth Radio, referring to the nearly 2.5 million people who have signed up to receive COVID-19 vaccines. – As things stand now, that will be 6.8 million people by the end of May or beginning of June – Viktor Orbán added.

The EC modified its estimate for last year's decline in Hungary's GDP to 5.3% from 6.4%. Photo credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay  (jap)

Hungary has joined the Three Seas Investment Fund and submitted proposals for 16 projects covering the areas of digitalisation, shipping and energy, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said at an online meeting of foreign ministers focusing on the Three Seas Initiative

– Visegrad Group is an important catalyst of Central-European cooperation – Andrzej Duda said at the summit of the presidents of the Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia held on February 9-10 at the Polish presidential residency in Jurata on Hel Peninsula on the coast of the Baltic Sea.

The Meeting of Presidents of the V4 Group will be held on February 9-10 in the Presidential Residence on the Hel Peninsula. – We have to build strong Central Europe – Krzysztof Szczerski, the presidential plenipotentiary for the establishment of the International Policy Bureau said in the radio interview.

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– The economic restart action plan has been launched – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced during a speech at the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) on Thursday.

„In Hungary we say that you can only be a good European if you are a good Hungarian” – the Hungarian Prime Minister told the German Stern magazine. Fot. Radek Pietruszka / PAP (jap)

Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia are starting small with a joint move to buy training ammunition – Czech Minister of Defense Lubomír Metnar wrote on Twitter. Fot. Twitter