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🎙️ New podcast out now! 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... 👈 @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social and @staskaleta.bsky.social look at how Central European leaders are preparing for a pivotal meeting in Alaska – between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, but no Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Frozen Frontlines? European Leaders Rally before Trump-Putin Meeting in Alaska. Check out our #WeeklyOutlook 👇 visegradinsight.eu/frozen-front...

🎙️🇵🇱 Is Tusk's government ready for Nawrocki? 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... 👈 Join special guests @bart-wielinski.bsky.social and @kizdebski.bsky.social as they break down what to expect from Poland's new President in our latest podcast.

🎙️💰 How did Central Europe react to the new EU budget plan? ➡️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... ⬅️ That's what we break down in our latest podcast episode, with the help of team members and fellows from around the region.

🎬 [PREMIERE] Don't miss out our new video series - The Voices of Visegrad! 📌 What’s inside? – The NATO Summit in the Hague – Poland’s presidential elections – Attacks on NGOs in Hungary and the largest pride parade. – Czechia’s energy dependence on Russia Tune in now!

🇺🇸🇪🇺Tensions between the EU and the MAGA world over the regulation of online platforms are on the rise – and the impact on Central European politics could be big. Click to read the #WeeklyOutlook in the thread⤵️

🎙️ New episode out now 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 👈 🇹🇼 @yehaoqin.bsky.social breaks down what to expect from this week's EU-China summit – and what the EU can take from Taiwan's playbook against authoritarian influence.

🇹🇼 This week, the real opportunity for the EU is cooperation with Taiwan – not China. Click the link in the 🧵 to learn more in our #WeeklyOutlook ⤵️

Is Trump Finally Done with Putin’s Games? Click to listen ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/75kJ... This week, we react to Donald Trump’s major announcements during a White House meeting with Mark Rutte – including the threat of tariffs on Russia if no deal is struck within 50 days.

💶MFF week is here – and for Poland, Romania and Hungary, cohesion cash could mean political survival. Click the link in the 🧵 to read the #WeeklyOutlook

🎙️ New Podcast is out: Who Owns the Streets Now? Budapest Pride Challenges Orbán’s Dominance Listen here ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/2gU1... 🏳️‍🌈@staskaleta.bsky.social talks with @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social and Luca Soltesz about the Budapest Pride March and its wider implications for HU.

🇵🇱 Poland will reinstate border controls with Germany and Lithuania on 7 July – bowing to pressure from the far right and reacting to Germany’s new pushback policy. Link to the #WeeklyOutlook in the 🧵

👉 Europe’s elections are no longer just national contests - they are testing grounds for the future of democratic resilience. 🔴 🎬 Watch the video recap: visegradinsight.eu/video-recap-... Experts: Alina Inayeh, Albin Sybera, and Jakub Szymik, moderated by @staskaleta.bsky.social

🏛️FIMI doesn’t just skew results – it poisons trust in democracy. Click the link in the 🧵 to read the Q2 2025 policy brief tracking democratic security in CEE.

Final call! Join us on 3 July for a Zoom talk on lessons from CEE elections in #Poland & #Romania. How can EU tools like Democracy Shield counter disinformation? 🔴REGISTER: visegradinsight.eu/online-event... 🗣️ Alina Inayeh, Albin Sybera, and Jakub Szymik, moderated by @staskaleta.bsky.social

🎙️🚨 Why has Orbán kept Hungary's V4 presidency programme a secret? New podcast out now 👉 lnkd.in/e8fRdegW 👈

🇪🇺Tusk fears Orbán will use the V4 presidency to undermine the EU direction it has just championed – not least because Budapest has kept its programme secret, breaching protocol between V4 capitals. Click the link in the 🧵to read the #WeeklyOutlook⤵️

🇺🇸🇮🇷🎙️ New episode out now! 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... 👈 This week, @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social and @staskaleta.bsky.social break down regional responses to escalating tensions in the Middle East, after the US bombed three of Iran’s nuclear sites.

🪖Following the US bombing of Iran, CEE leaders are wary of being drawn into another foreign conflict, reminiscent of the 2003 ‘New Europe’ support for a Republican-led war in Iraq. Click the link in the 🧵to read the #WeeklyOutlook⤵️

🏛️It is possible that both pro-EU governments in the V4 will face votes of confidence this week. What happens if the Polish or Czech government fails the test? Click the link in the 🧵⤵️ to find out more in the #WeeklyOutlook

Check out the latest episode of the Offset podcast, where Dan Hall speaks about his work at Football for Future - an organisation making the football industry think climate first. 🎙️Hope Federico and @staskaleta.bsky.social @ftblforfuture.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2vbB... #podcast

Check out the second episode of The Offset podcast to hear about 19 year old Keanu Arpels-Josiah's efforts to reduce carbon emissions in New York City. Listen on Spotify now! @keanuaj.bsky.social 🎙️Produced by @staskaleta.bsky.social and Hope Federico open.spotify.com/episode/5AaG... #podcast

AI experts gathered in London recently, calling for greater transparency from industry leading companies, such as OpenAI, DeepSeek and Meta. Read the full story below. theoffsetmag.com/ai-giants-sh... 📝 @staskaleta.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #news #theoffset #ai #environment

🎙️🇵🇱 New podcast out now! 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... 👈 In this episode, we predict what Karol Nawrocki’s presidential electoral victory will mean for Poland, and beyond. You’ll hear comments from special guests from around the region!

🇭🇺 As Hungary looks to ban Pride and push through an anti-NGO law, how far is the EU willing to go in response? All the latest CEE stories in our #WeeklyOutlook 👇 visegradinsight.eu/who-is-crazy...

🎙️ Our latest podcast episode is out! 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... 👈 🇷🇴 To break down Nicușor Dan’s remarkable victory, we hear from special guests Alex Olaru (Editor-in-Chief @pressone.bsky.social), Alina Bârgǎoanu and @raalcom.bsky.social ⤵️

🇷🇴 Pro-European forces breathed a sigh of relief as Dan won Romania’s presidential run-off. 💸 But with an increasingly precarious economic situation, can the former mathematician conjure some fiscal magic? Click to read the #WeeklyOutlook 👇 visegradinsight.eu/romanian-pre...

🇷🇴Nicușor Dan is trailing by 10 points while the frontrunner pledges to get Cǎlin Georgescu into power. 🗳️If polls are to be trusted and George Simion wins on 18 May, Romania will soon become a soft underbelly in NATO’s eastern flank. Read the #WeeklyOutlook⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/nationalist-...

💵What is the ‘Trump Business Vision 2025’ tour in CEE? 🏗️Donald Trump Jr. is wooing businesses away from China and boosting political allies ahead of key elections — just as the Three Seas Initiative marks its 10th anniversary. 🧵Click to link in the thread to read the #WeeklyOutlook

🎙️ Click to listen to our special podcast with @bart-wielinski.bsky.social! 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... 👈 🇵🇱 🗳️ How has the politics of memory around Germany been weaponised? 🇩🇪🚀 What should we expect from the new Friedrich Merz-led coalition?

🎙️ Our latest podcast is out! 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... 👈 Click the link if you want to hear about ⤵️ - 🇵🇱🇩🇪 Polish-German relations under the new Merz government - 🇷🇺👀 Unknown actors in the Polish presidential debates - 🇭🇺🇸🇰 Worrying corruption in Hungary and Slovakia

🇵🇱 🇩🇪 Legia Warszawa loses 3:0, but Sikorski scores points with the frontrunner to be German foreign minister. How might the pair look to kick the EU engine into gear? Read all the latest in our #WeeklyOutlook. Link is in the thread ⤵️

FREE TO READ - Link in the comment below⤵️ 🇪🇺The EU's defence dilemma in the Trump era. 🪖The US has sparked investment in hard security but also threatens the bloc’s democratic security, amplifying far-right narratives and illiberal actors. Can Europe’s democratic forces fight back together?

🇨🇿🗳️Czech #elections face disinfo blitz – Security agencies warn of foreign influence, but the bigger challenge comes from domestic actors amplifying conspiracies and attacking public media. Click to read Albín Sybera's breakdown⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/the-battle-f...

🇷🇴🗳️Romania axes far-right Georgescu from prez race. He screams ‘tyranny!’—is this democracy’s cost? #Romania Click to read the #WeeklyOutlook⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/romanias-geo...

🎙️Listen to the Visegrad Insight podcast: Does Zelenskyy Need to Change Strategy? 🎧https://open.spotify.com/show/7aA9iqd8rUxFMYMemjikuw

🤔Why were the Baltics not invited to London over the weekend? Their hard-won lessons are key to countering both Russia and China. All three are suggesting they could spend 5% of GDP on defence in the coming years. Click to read the #WeeklyOutlook ⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/baltic-playb...

🇩🇪 Merz’s first move? A trip to Warsaw. His win could reshape Germany’s role in European security, especially as NATO faces uncertainty.

The UK 🇬🇧 PM Starmer is now the security leader in Eastern Europe. Why Trump's agenda spells trouble for the Polish far-right in the pivotal presidential race. Also, will Slovakia pop? LISTEN to the NEW @visegradinsight.bsky.social Podcast we cohost w/ @staskaleta.bsky.social 👇 [links]

🪖 While EU leaders debate Ukraine’s defence in Paris, the UK is the first to commit troops. 🗳️ With German elections around the corner and France offering ideas instead of action, Poland is waiting on more than words – Munich. Never again. The #WeeklyOutlook ⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/eastern-flan...

🇪🇺 💡 PM Tusk is set to unveil his economic plan at the Warsaw Stock Exchange today, likely focusing on energy sec. It comes at a historic moment, as the Baltic States disconnected from the Russian energy grid over the weekend – joining the EU market via Poland. ⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/baltics-swit...

👉 New podcast is out! 🔗 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... We look at a week of important gatherings on European defence, culminating with an Ursula Von der Leyen visit to Poland and the specially chosen port city of Gdansk. @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social @staskaleta.bsky.social

🇪🇺 Mark Rutte has said that NATO must prepare for war. Donald Trump has said he will ‘definitely’ impose tariffs on the EU. In response, European meetings will focus on war readiness. Click to read the #WeeklyOutlook ➡ visegradinsight.eu/eu-focus-on-... ⬅️

🇸🇰🎙️If you want to understand what is happening in Slovakia, with the possibility of snap elections looming, this is the podcast to listen to. It was my great pleasure to interview Beata Balogová, Editor-in-Chief of SME Daily, and Rasto Kužel, Executive Director at MEMO 98.

🇸🇰 100,000 Slovaks peacefully protest against #Slovakia’s pro-Russian turn under the leadership of Robert Fico. With the loss of another two coalition MPs, this civil society push marks a major challenge to Fico. Click to read more in the #WeeklyOutlook ⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/from-freedom...

🎙️ Our new podcast is out: Central Europe Reacts to Trump’s New Agenda Click here to listen: ➡️ creators.spotify.com/pod/show/vis... In this episode, we break down the Central European response to Donald Trump’s inauguration and why economic security will dominate much of this year and beyond.

🇺🇸 🇪🇺 Does Donald Trump’s new tariff policy raise concerns for Central Europeans? It shouldn’t, says @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social, as long as they upgrade their strategies to the new security policy landscape. Click to read more ⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/trump-orban-...

🇪🇺Click to read the #WeeklyOutlook ➡️ visegradinsight.eu/trump-return... 🇺🇸 🤔 Orbán will be in Brussels tom to defend Hungary’s illegal spying on the EU. Tusk will present the Polish EUCO Presidency activities on Wed. So will it be Orbán or Tusk who leads the EU response to Trump’s inauguration?

LAST MOMENT TO REGISTER! 📣 👉 visegradinsight.eu/event-online... Join us online to explore the risks and challenges facing Europe in 2025! @wojciechprzybylski.bsky.social and @staskaleta.bsky.social will host the discussion. ⏰ 16 January, 3:00 PM CET / 9:00 AM ET 📍 Zoom