Tim Gosling

A back­lash against im­mi­gra­tion, LGBTQ rights, abor­tion and sup­port for Ukraine is un­fold­ing across the con­ti­nent.

Mur­der of a Roma man al­leged to have been com­mit­ted by a Ukrain­ian per­son sparks an­gry protests in the Czech Re­pub­lic.

Hun­gary’s anti-mi­grant leader prompts alarm in Brus­sels and neigh­bour­ing coun­tries by re­leas­ing 777 peo­ple smug­glers.

Pres­sure is ris­ing to in­clude the Russ­ian nu­clear sec­tor in the Eu­ro­pean Com­mis­sion’s 11th sanc­tion pack­age plans.

Those wish­ing to re­con­nect with their her­itage say the gov­ern­ment in Prague must scrap a com­mu­nist-era law.

Bu­dapest with­draws from a Russ­ian-con­trolled bank af­ter it was sanc­tioned, but ties with West­ern pow­ers re­main shaky.

For­mer NATO Gen­er­al Petr Pavel will be­come the fourth pres­i­dent of the Czech Re­pub­lic.

Af­ter a years-long cam­paign by Roma ac­tivists, a pig farm that stood on a for­mer con­cen­tra­tion camp is be­ing re­moved.

Cit­ing ‘un­ful­filled ex­pec­ta­tions’, Prague con­sid­ers leav­ing Chi­na’s 16+1 in­vest­ment club for Cen­tral and East­ern Eu­rope.

The Hun­gar­i­an strong­man will have to ad­just his gov­ern­ment’s out­look, pun­dits on both sides of the fence say.