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Interview with Rusif Hüseynov, director and co-funder of the Topchubashov center, an Azerbaijani think tank based in Baku: "While other post-Soviet countries have been desperately seeking EU membership, the Azerbaijani side decided not to align itself with some power bloc in order…

Politics

Full speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the 32nd Bálványos Summer Free University on 22 July 2023

The Editorial Board July 25, 2023

Hungary / Romania - Each year, end of July, Viktor Orbán holds a speech of political philosophy at the summer camp of Bálványos in Băile Tușnad (Tusványos or Tusnádfürdő in Hungarian) in Transylvania – a region formerly Hungarian, of which many parts…

Politics

Polish draft law written in Brussels to unlock EU funds stirs turmoil back home

The Editorial Board December 19, 2022

Poland – The Polish government announced on Wednesday that an agreement had been brokered with the European Commission on the contentious points of Poland’s justice reforms, invoked by Brussels to block the payment of the 35.4 billion euros corresponding to the Polish…

Politics

Unlike Western Europe, Poland has managed to “schaffen das”

Dominik Tarczyński December 15, 2022

OPINION --- In an attempt to compensate for the Russian Army's poor performance on the battlefield, Russia decided to escalate the war in Ukraine on October 10th, 2022, by launching its first wave of missile and drone strikes targeting Ukraine’s heat, power…

Magyar Nemzet

War or peace

Partenaire April 5, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 3 April 2022. A conversation with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Mr. Prime Minister, according to my calculations, this is the 27th national campaign you are participating in. Yet still, the current one…

Politics

Ukraine: what exactly is Hungary being reproached for?

Ferenc Almássy March 31, 2022

Hungary – “There can be no Russian networks in Europe that split the EU from within, those that are trying to help Russia make as much money as possible even now. Everyone knows very well who in the European Union opposes humanity…

Magyar Nemzet

Judit Varga: Hungarians set an example for all of Europe

Partenaire March 27, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 27 March 2022. “Not only did the Hungarian people work hard for this money, but they are also setting an example for all of Europe by helping those in need. I believe…

Politics

War in Ukraine: what impact on Hungarian elections?

Yann Caspar March 22, 2022

Hungary – The American media outlet Bloomberg has published an article entitled “War Next Door Boosts Orban Campaign to Keep Power in Hungary” in the wake of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s speech for the 15 March 1848 celebrations. Based on a poll…

Society

Poles slowing down decline of Catholic Church in Ireland

Agnieszka Golańska-Bault March 14, 2022

Poland/Ireland – Sligo is a small town of 17,000 inhabitants in the diocese of Elphin on the northwestern coast of the Republic of Ireland, with a Polish minority of about two thousand people in the town itself and its surroundings. For more…

Magyar Nemzet

Viktor Orbán: Our safety is the priority

Partenaire March 6, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 4 March 2022. Instead of political adventurism, we need responsible politics and stability "Our priority is the wellbeing and safety of Hungarian lives, including those living in Transcarpathia as well" affirmed…

Politics

Poland, Hungary… And soon France? A manifesto for an alliance of conservatives in the European Parliament

David Engels February 16, 2022

This article was published online by Valeurs Actuelles on 9 February 2022. The most important conservative parties in Europe have just reached an agreement which may soon lead to a political alliance within the European Parliament. But can this principled opposition go…

Politics

The United States and the Polish foreign policy dilemma

David Engels February 10, 2022

Poland/USA – It is always surprising to note that Polish conservatives' views on the United States are completely different from those of the French or Germans, even and especially in the context of the current Russian-Ukrainian crisis. This may be a truism,…