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Some 100 Hungarian intellectuals call for debate on way epidemic is handled

The Editorial Board November 19, 2021

Hungary – As Europe faces a new wave of coronavirus outbreaks and as most countries, including Hungary and its neighbours, are now tightening their health measures again, including with the aim of forcing many citizens to get vaccinated against their will without…

Interviews

Bence Bauer: “Germany, Hungary: Our two countries and peoples have a good relationship”

Yann Caspar October 15, 2021

Bence Bauer is a lawyer by training. He lived in Germany for more than twenty years before becoming the deputy head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Budapest. Today, he heads the German-Hungarian Institute at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium, a higher education…

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Covid-19 – Time for a normal life, says Croatian president

The Editorial Board September 24, 2021

Croatia – In an interview broadcast on 10 September by the Croatian news channel N1 Hrvatska and quoted by Total-Croatia-News, Croatian President Zoran Milanović (a Social Democrat) shared his thoughts on the Covid pandemic, saying it is now time to move on…

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Conference on sustainable democracy in Budapest

The Editorial Board September 22, 2021

Hungary – Parallel to the opposition’s primary for the spring 2022 parliamentary elections, a “Forum for Building Sustainable Democracies” organised by the city of Budapest and Central European University (CEU) took place in Hungary’s capital on 16-17 September. This conference brought together…

Interviews

George Simion: “Germany now controls a big part of our internal and external affairs”

Ferenc Almássy September 19, 2021

George Simion, President of the Romanian patriotic party AUR: "Regarding the Visegrád Group, we have the same history, we have the same interests, and we will have the same future. We cannot rely on Germany, which now controls a big part of…

Interviews

Hungary’s State Secretary for Persecuted Christians: we’ve helped 340 million people remain in their homeland

Sébastien Meuwissen September 15, 2021

Interview with Tristan Azbej, Hungary’s State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and for the Hungary Helps Program: “We were the first government to address the need of 340 million people whose human rights are violated.” The position of the…

Magyar Nemzet

The success story continues

Partenaire September 10, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 10 September 2021. Hungarians and Serbians write the common future together It is not widely known that one of the oldest architectural monuments to Serbian-Hungarian relations stands today on Csepel Island. The Serbian…

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For German liberals, the Article 7 procedure must be followed by sanctions

The Editorial Board September 7, 2021

Germany/Hungary – The German parliamentary elections will take place in less than three weeks, on 26 September, and will most probably lead to significant changes in the political landscape, with opinion polls looking disastrous for the CDU, now led by centrist politician…

Magyar Nemzet

Sergei Lavrov: Our formula for success stands the test of time

Partenaire August 25, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 25, August 2021. “Cooperation between our countries has reached unparalleled levels” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov in his exclusive interview with Magyar Nemzet. He will visit Budapest on Tuesday at…

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August 20: Hungary about to celebrate the “best ever” Saint Stephen’s Day

The Editorial Board August 20, 2021

Hungary - At his first inauguration as Prime Minister of Hungary on 6 July 1998, Viktor Orbán declared, among other things, that Hungary would henceforth celebrate its national holidays properly. This weekend's St. Stephen's Day celebrations should live up to this ambition.…

Society

Health policy: a belated “non possumus” from the Polish episcopate

Agnieszka Golańska-Bault August 19, 2021

The president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference is bitterly critical of the Morawiecki government’s health policy towards the Church. Poland – On August 5, the Polish Catholic Information Agency (KAI) published an article by the president of the bishops’ conference, Archbishop Stanisław…

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March against compulsory vaccination and Covidian segregation in Katowice

The Editorial Board August 11, 2021

Poland – “We are the fourth wave”, “Stop segregation!”, "Free Poland!”, “Keep your hands off our children!” Several thousand people, many carrying white and red flags and references to the Catholic religion, took part in the “Great Freedom March” held on Saturday…