HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe

Independent Analysis Centre on Central-Eastern Europe 📩 info: [email protected]

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

@EmaSmolo We are very glad to have you on board Ema! 🎉📚📖

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

📍By February 2020, almost 100 Polish municipalities came out as #LGBTQ+ free zones.
🌈How can such policies exist in a European Union that makes #unitedindiversity its motto?

https://t.co/3t4bVBqoKR

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

📍 The #JANAF Affair is hitting #Croatia and people don't seem to be surprised.
On actors involved and on the urgent need of public's engagement and transparency, read the latest #HNAC article here 👇
https://t.co/5JEmcBuG17

[Budapest European Agora @ID_EUAgora]

Belarusian philosopher #Shchyttsova asked to stop labeling protestors "the opposition": demands for democratic change come from the majority, regardless of background. EU sanctions against the regime are an important reminder: freedom is a right, no matter where you are.
#Belarus

[Budapest European Agora @ID_EUAgora]

The #Sep11th marked a drift in the relationship between the EU 🇪🇺 and future Central Eastern European members. 👉🏻 Read all about it in an interesting article by our team member @giorgia_miccoli 🔽
#transatlantic #relations #democracy #CEECS
https://t.co/m9iBvDQykQ

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

Our partner @89connect is launching the #MySlidingDoor contest, a mentoring programme with seasoned figures in the field of social policy, security and defence, and civic engagement. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Register here 🔽

https://t.co/UxNmPe87xT

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

❗ @EU_Commission has started legal action against #Poland, accused of undermining judicial independence

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

We have launched an infringement procedure against Poland to safeguard the independence of judges.

We sent a Letter of Formal Notice regarding the new law on the judiciary of 20 December 2019, which is incompatible with the primacy of EU law. More:

[Oliver Varhelyi @OliverVarhelyi]

And our work continues as we prepare Economic & Investment Plan for #WesternBalkans to address hard socio-economic impact of #COVIDー19 crisis, to modernise the economies, support the reforms & start closing development gap, thus bringing concrete benefits to the people faster.

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

🇪🇺The @EU_Commission is announcing a financial support plan, with the EIB for the Western Balkans. As future EU member states, the #VDLCommission is supporting #recovery in the region with the hope to see the necessary reforms taking place.
#COVID19
https://t.co/5FP88UftRQ

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

🇵🇱 In the middle of #COVID19 lockdown, Polish Parliament was intended to ban abortion, in a moment when #freedomofmovement and assembly have been removed.

🗣 Yet, the lockdown could not stop the Poles from exercising their rights.

https://t.co/TCYfsjLqC1

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

📍 Our #CaucasusEssentials series continues.

In his second contribution @GiovanniZorra approaches the region on the #historical side, addressing the focus on three macro-arguments, which can provide an interesting reading key.

https://t.co/q2UhgBYDMH

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

In the latest episode of Directors' Cut, @fabioseferi and
@GiorgiaMcc analyze the consequences of the #COVIDー19 crisis that is shaking Europe and the world at large. To learn more, check the article out at the link below 🔽
https://t.co/4qWQVOBGWq

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

📢 We are happy to announce the creation of a new section of our platform, the #Russia and #Caucasus #Observatory .

This region is interesting by itself and meaningful for its position in international relations, but often remains in our peripheral view.

https://t.co/JgaxrzXfef

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

🇭🇺 Hungary's government has passed a law that grants nationalist PM Viktor Orbán special sweeping powers

[Hungary Today @HungaryToday]

The bill - aimed at extending a state of emergency and granting the Orbán government special powers to take extraordinary measures to contain the spread of novel #coronavirus - was passed in the #Hungarian parliament. #COVID19

https://t.co/I6Oo6ASF4a

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

🎥In Ep. 3 of #HNAC’s Directors’ Cut @fabioseferi and @GiorgiaMcc have a talk about new generation wars happening around Europe and how the #cyberdomain path is quickly standing out. How #CEE can afford such a shift? Here's our focus on #hybridwarfare.

https://t.co/rNj20c8C7O

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

🇲🇪🇹🇷 Since #Montenegro has started developing relations with international community #Turkey stands as one of its closest allies.
@a_vascotto analyses how this bound will produce effects in light of Montenegro status for #EUmembership

https://t.co/MjXsPGq3uk

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

🇸🇰Slovakia has woken up

#HNAC analyses the results of the latest Parliamentary Elections held in #Slovakia last February. The centre-right opposition party #OLaNO claims victory with an unexpected 25% support.

Check it out here 👇

https://t.co/YPl7ABCHr5

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

🇦🇱🇲🇰 Today #Albania and #NorthMacedonia got approval to open accession negotiations with #EuropeanCommission

[Oliver Varhelyi @OliverVarhelyi]

Very pleased that #EU member states today reached political agreement on opening of accession talks with #Albania and #North #Macedonia. I wholeheartedly congratulate both countries. This also sends a loud and clear message to #WesternBalkans: your future is in EU.

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

Here at HNAC we are close to Croatia and its people in these difficult times. All our thoughts and prayers for a better tomorrow.
🇭🇷

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

Received a call this morning from PM @AndrejPlenkovic who informed me about the severe earthquake in #Zagreb. Difficult situation for Croatia: earthquake and #coronavirus. Our thoughts are with with the 🇭🇷 people. Stay strong! The EU stands by your side!

[HNAC - Central-Eastern Europe @HNACentre]

🇸🇰 The Movement of Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OL’aNO) won #parliamentaryelections taking more than 25% of the votes.
#Matovič focused his campaign on rooting out corruption, and said he expected to open talks with all parties except the outgoing Smer-SD.

[Euractiv @Euractiv]

Here's what you need to know from this weekend's elections in #Slovakia, where conservative movement Ordinary People (OĽaNO) sent the ruling Smer (SD) into opposition.

https://t.co/mjZCk68PEF