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Recent coverage includes a Space Force special operations plan questioned by Congress, a Tech Force initiative to hire thousands for two-year federal jobs, a Navy report on V-22 Osprey safety risks, and a new presidential jet arriving early. Paul Scharre’s views on the global AI arms race are also discussed.
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Visegrád Group Summit in Košice
SlovakiaThe Visegrád countries have held their planned summit despite press reports that the event would be postponed or even cancelled. Things actually seem to have…
Hungarian opposition furious over U.S. money for Márki-Zay’s campaign
HungaryOn 16 October, Péter Márki-Zay, Viktor Orbán’s unsuccessful opponent in last April’s parliamentary elections, admitted on his Facebook account that his Hungary for All Movement (MMM) had…
Janez Janša: “The political processes in Europe turned away from democracy”
Interview with Janez Janša, former Prime Minister of Slovenia and leader of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS): “The political processes in Europe…
Viktor Orbán’s Speech at the CPAC on 19 May 2022
Hungary, On 19 to 20 May, the American Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which is the most important conservative event organised annually in the United…
An analysis of Viktor Orbán’s broad electoral success
HungaryMany Hungarian and foreign observers were stunned by the Fidesz, KDNP coalition’s crushing victory in the 3 April parliamentary elections. The six-party opposition coalition lost nearly…
Hungary held Europe’s most transparent elections last Sunday
In an unprecedented move for an EU country, Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Hungary and the referendum that was held simultaneously were closely monitored by a full-scale observation mission of…
Václav Klaus congratulates Viktor Orbán on his election victory
Czechia/Hungary, Former Czech Prime Minister and President Václav Klaus has sent a letter to his friend Viktor Orbán to warmly congratulate him on his fourth consecutive electoral…
“Even Russia does not get close to the level of repression we have in Belarus”, says Belarusian journalist
Belarus, An interview with Inna Kochetkova, a Belarusian journalist who resigned in October 2020 because she refused to be muted after twenty years working for Komsomolskaya…
Katalin Novák elected as Hungary’s new president
Hungary As expected due to the Fidesz-KDNP coalition’s overwhelming majority there, former Family Minister Katalin Novák was elected by the Hungarian National Assembly to succeed János…
The EU will not lay down arms against… Poland and Hungary
This article was first published in the French daily newspaper Présent. EU/Poland/HungaryPoland and Hungary are now the two EU countries that receive the most Ukrainian refugees.…
Rodrigo Ballester: “The MCC is the opposite of Cancel Culture that is wreaking havoc in the West.”
Hungary, Interview with Rodrigo Ballester, director of the Centre for European Studies at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Hungary: “Open-mindedness, critical thinking and freedom of…
A Hungarian fact-checker in partnership with the European Commission and AFP: Soros’ shadow
Article first published by OJIM on 14 February, 2022. On 26 October, 2021, Hungarian leftist-liberal online media 444.hu reported that Magyar Jeti Zrt. [the company behind 444.hu, ed.] was going to launch…