Hungarian passports; or, dumbest Stratfor article ever
This sort of thing is why I have trouble taking Stratfor seriously. Short version: the new, center-right Hungarian government is reviving the plan to offer Hungarian citizenship and passports to ethnic...
View ArticleSlovakia: Hm
Last month I posted about the elections in Slovakia. Robert Fico’s “Smer” party — leftish nationalist-populists — had beaten the center-right technocrats. Well, Fico and Smer have formed a government....
View ArticleSlovakia swings left
Slovakia had elections this weekend. They don’t seem to have attracted much attention, but I think they’re worth a quick look. Short version: a center-right government that was committed to...
View ArticleAnd speaking of Eurovision
Just a quick update on Croatia’s EU candidacy. Eight countries have signed a letter to British PM Tony Blair supporting Croatia’s membership. The letter was presented to Blair — who currently holds the...
View ArticleNarodwagen?
BusinessWeek spills a lot of ink on the rise of the car industry in Central and Eastern Europe. The idea that a lot of manufacturing is headed east is nothing new, but to see the numbers and changes...
View ArticleHyundai Goes to Slovakia
South Korean manufacturing giant Hyundai has picked Slovakia as the site for a new $870m (?466m) car plant, one of the biggest deals in the car sector this year. The factory, which will open in 2006,...
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