Although the Czech Security Information Service warns that the Czech Republic could also expect a Slovak scenario in the area of belief in conspiracies, political scientist JONÁŠ SYROVÁTKA doubts it. The Czech media, political and socio-economic environment is quite different from the one in Slovakia, Slovaks are an easier target, he says in an interview for EURACTIV.cz.

Up to eighty percent of young people in the Czech Republic support marriages for all. This is something every political strategist should think about, says ADÉLA HORÁKOVÁ, a lawyer of the Czech association Jsme fér, which recently got this proposal to the second reading.

A recent study shows that even though countries and institutions in both the EU and NATO are increasingly committed to increasing the representation of women in their defence and security structures, the progress has been slow. By 2025, even NATO wanted to "integrate a gender perspective into everything it does".

Italians will face two years imprisonment for starting a family through surrogacy abroad, Spanish Vox party has allied itself with the moderate right and they have banned rainbow flags on public buildings in the regions. The far right can attack minority rights even in the countries that already legally recognise same-sex couples.

The region has the most to gain from bold decisions in Vilnius, but also the most to lose from undue timidity, writes former Polish diplomat ROBERT PSZCZEL. He stresses that Central European countries must not hesitate in pushing for a successful summit outcome. "The existential security of the region and the credibility of the Alliance will depend on it," he writes.