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Hungary: The national consultation web-site hacked

The Editorial Board July 29, 2021

Hungary – On a Facebook video published on 28 July, Csaba Dömötör announced that some 400,000 people had answered questions of the latest national consultation on subjects such as the increase of the minimum wage, family tax returns and the law governing…

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Czech Republic enshrines self-defence in Constitution

The Editorial Board July 23, 2021

Czechia – After the vote of the Chamber of Deputies, which gave its approval on 18 June, the Czech Senate has now voted in favour of including the right to bear arms for the purpose of self-defence or the defence of others…

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Hungary heading towards an extension of compulsory vaccination?

The Editorial Board July 23, 2021

Hungary – Following the example of France, Greece and Italy, compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 for health workers seems to have been definitively decided in Hungary after Prime Minister Viktor Orbán confirmed it on 16 July on Kossuth Rádió, but it is feared…

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Viktor Orbán announces referendum on child protection law

The Editorial Board July 22, 2021

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addressed the country on Wednesday 21 July, announcing in a video on his Facebook account that a referendum will soon be held on the child protection law, which is also known as the anti-paedophile law…

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Economy and immigration on the agenda at Komárom summit

The Editorial Board July 21, 2021

Visegrád – The foreign ministers of the Visegrád Group met on Monday 19 July in the town of Komárom to discuss economic and migration issues, the stated aim of the V4 being to revive the economy and overcome the new migration crisis.…

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Have Hungarian opponents been spied on with Israeli software?

The Editorial Board July 20, 2021

Hungary – The Hungarian news site Direkt36 revealed on Monday morning that an international journalistic investigation involving 17 left-wing newspapers (including The Washington Post, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit, and Le Monde) had allegedly uncovered evidence that the Hungarian authorities had been…

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“LGBT Rights”: European Commission launches proceedings against Hungary and Poland

The Editorial Board July 18, 2021

Hungary/Poland – Many political observers expected that the latent conflict between the two Central European countries and EU institutions over “European values” – recently called “imaginary values” by Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša – would eventually lead to the European Commission launching new infringement…

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Slovakia: Constitutional Court overturns quarantine for non-vaccinated people

The Editorial Board July 15, 2021

Slovakia – Facing the prospect of the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant – 35 cases had been detected in the country as of July 13, compared with 14 as of July 8 – Slovakia, which is one of the European countries that…

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Hungarian emigrants increasingly returning home

The Editorial Board July 15, 2021

Hungary – On 11 July, Fidesz deputy chairman and MP Gábor Kubatov expressed his delight that, for two years in a row, the number of Hungarians returning to their country had surpassed the number of departures. This is a very positive trend for…