Democracy Digest: Ukraine Recovery Conference in Poland Overshadowed by Diplomatic Rift

Edit Inotai, Jules Eisenchteter, Peter Dlhopolec and Nicholas WatsonBratislava, Budapest, Prague, WarsawBIRNJune 26, 202607:47Elsewhere, V4 “relaunches” at meeting of PMs in Hungary; Slovak government frames criticism of its economic management as a media problem; Czechia’s top court orders government to ensure president can participate in NATO summit. A festering historical dispute between Ukraine and Poland has boiled over into a major rift between the two neighbours, overshadowing this week’s Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in Gdansk. A pet project of the Polish government dedicated to Ukraine’s defence against Russian aggression and postwar reconstruction, the URC opened on Thursday without its star guest and co-host, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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