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Analysis of EU liability for push-backs, focusing on CJEU case law, Frontex’s role, and implications for migration governance and damages claims.

Conference report on “Alternative forms of European integration”, analysing the Three Seas Initiative, regional cooperation, energy security, and EU challenges.

This scientific blog post aims to outline the evolution of interim measures in international law by examining them from a comparative perspective. Accordingly, it aspires to explore how the differing conceptions and interpretations of international courts have influenced one another over the past decades.

In her paper, the author discusses conscientious objection in healthcare, with a focus on the termination of pregnancy from the perspective of the patient as well as healthcare professionals.

This blog analyses recurring delays in transposing directives, drawing on infringement data from 2021–2025. It highlights fluctuations in the EU‑wide transposition deficit and outlines the Commission’s enforcement tools, most cases resolving before reaching the CJEU.

This report presents a Strasbourg study visit where junior researchers gained firsthand insight into ECtHR practice and European human rights law.

This blog post analyses CJEU Case C-713/23, arguing that requiring transcription of same-sex marriages in Poland exceeds EU competences and undermines constitutional identity.

This study explores digital exclusion among older adults within the context of societal ageing and increased reliance on digital tools.

This blog study focuses on one of the newest applicants for EU membership: Moldova. The study concentrates on a few key areas where the most drastic reforms and changes are required from Moldova, which at the same time are the areas where the highest degree of EU support and various forms of cooperation are directed. Finally, the study highlights both the positives and possible risks of future EU enlargement.

This paper strives to show does EU law ensures that religious people are not discriminated against? Also, it gives the answer on the question whether religious affiliation can sometimes be grounds for discrimination. Namely, the question is whether religious affiliation should sometimes be hidden or it can be always freely showed.

The aim of this study is to briefly elaborate on certain issues that those, who participated actively in the accession negotiations from the Hungarian side recall as important and decisive – helping to reach a final compromise, and an essential milestone.

This study examines how the obligations of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being align with the constitutional guarantees of human dignity outlined in Article 30 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland.

Analysis of the EU infringement case against Slovakia’s 2025 constitutional amendment and its implications for EU law primacy, sovereignty, and family rights.

This study examines the European Union’s enlargement process, highlighting its evolution and challenges. It traces the expansion of EU membership, emphasising the transformative impact of each enlargement wave, from the initial inclusion of Western European countries to the integration of post-communist states.

The author outlines Serbia’s European path so far. Firstly, he presents the main reasons for the delay in starting the process. Secondly, he points out the main political reason for slowing down this process: “Kosovo is the most expensive Serbian word”, as a poet said — but also the essence of national identity. Finally, he indicates where and what Serbia is today, and explains how it is possible to be on the European path and somewhere in between at the same time.

The blog post examines Romanian law on childbirth and child-rearing benefits for non-traditional families, highlighting gaps between restrictive family law and inclusive social law.

This blog study explores fifty years of EU enlargement policy and assesses whether genuine best practices have emerged.

The subject of this blog is the issue of information exchange between Member States and EU agencies within the framework of EU judicial cooperation in criminal matters.

Conference report on the Polish-Hungarian Scientific Forum organised by the Central European Academy (CEA), held on 6 February 2026.

This blog post analyses the growing clash between CJEU primacy and national constitutional identity, and why Member States claim a final say over core constitutional norms.

This blog study examines how ECtHR in A.R. v. Poland found delayed publication of a Constitutional Tribunal ruling violated Article 8 due to legal uncertainty.

The European Union (EU) has put forward several funding programmes to boost the European defence technological and industrial base. With the East-West divide growing in terms of defence industrial preparedness since the Central and Eastern European states joined the EU, extension of the benefits of this industrial strategy to less-developed Member States should be prioritised.

From Dolly to today: how cloning reshaped global and Polish law, why human cloning is banned, and what this means for the future of assisted reproduction.

In this blog study author analyzes Serbian court decisions in one case of posthumous fertilisation.