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Cross-border Talks
Cross-Border Talks is an independent medium ran by journalists from Poland, Bulgaria and Czechia.
The immediate effect of the Israeli attack and Iran’s response will be a political and discursive boost to the military-security bloc within the Islamic Republic, particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which now presents itself as the only institution capable of ensuring regime survival.![]()
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However, this strengthening comes with a paradox: the strike killed key military figures, which creates a leadership vacuum and an opportunity—a moment of transition in which new factions within the military may emerge, or existing divisions may deepen.
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The Israeli attack on Iran will not lead to the end of Western negotiations with...
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Despite chronic fragmentation, competing candidacies, and the absence of a unified strategy, the left in Poland achieved its best presidential result in over a decade. Has a saying that unity is the key for a political success just been proven wrong?![]()
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The left in Poland on crossroads: civil war as a recipe for success?
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Wojciech Albert Lobodzinski, Cross-border Talks, 30 May 2025
Portuguese journalist Hugo Dos Santos joins Cross-Border Talks to discuss the outcome of Portuguese snap parliamentary elections on 18 May 2025. Interviewed by Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat, he explains the rise of far right Chega party, which has grown to become the second political force in the country, as well as comment on the failure of the left-wing parties. According to Hugo, a political consensus worked out after the Carnation Revolution is over and Portuguese politics is now undergoing the most serious restructurization. However, no one seems capable of tackling the genuine social problems, such as lack of affordable housing and unemployment.![]()
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No Portuguese politician is now ready to solve real problems of the people
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A cross-border talk with Hugo dos Santos, a Portuguese journalist
Strasbourg (democracy) and Brussels (administration) are way more important than just weird cucumber rules and condom jokes![]()
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Strasbourg (democracy) and Brussels (administration) are way more important than just weird cucumber rules and condom jokes