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The heads of government of the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary met in the Slovakian city of Košice on Thursday. The focus was on Hungary, whose positions in foreign policy diverge considerably from those of its long-standing partners, especially on the issue of support for Ukraine. What did the meeting achieve, and is there still any point to the Viségrad format?

An old dispute has reignited in France: should bullfighting be abolished? A proposal to this effect has been submitted to the National Assembly by Aymeric Caron, a deputy from the left-wing party La France Insoumise. Although Caron withdrew his proposal on Thursday because it was subject to too many amendments, it will be discussed again in January. The national press is fiercely divided over the issue.

Nine months after the start of Russia's fullscale war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has praised the country's spirit of resistance in his daily video message. Even Russia's attacks on the country's energy infrastructure will "not break" Ukraine's will, he said. Europe's press analyses the situation as winter sets in.

Germany's offer to provide Poland with Patriot surface-to-air missiles after the missile strike in Przewodów was initially welcomed in Warsaw. Then PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczyński and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak suggested that the weapons could be passed on to Ukraine. The Patriots were intended for Nato territory, Germany's Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht responded. Is the proposal a Polish election campaign manoeuvre?

November 25 has been the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women for 23 years. This year the focus is on the demonstrators in Iran. Commentators also draw attention to violence against women in the family, at work and in cyberspace.