Originally published in French on the website of the Observatory of Journalism on 4 January 2023.
In the land of Viktor Orbán, the so-called “free and independent” press is so muzzled that it can easily receive over $700,000 from Washington to set…
Originally published in French on the website of the Observatory of Journalism, 22 December 2022.
In Hungary, the fiasco of Péter Márki-Zay, an unsuccessful and extraordinarily clumsy candidate in the April 2022 parliamentary elections, is still unfolding. Last summer, Márki-Zay admitted that…
Slovakia – Slovakia is again going through a political crisis. After having been in office for just over 20 months, Eduard Heger’s government was voted out by the National Council – Slovakia’s unicameral parliament – last Thursday when a motion tabled by…
Czechia – 21 people initially said they would try their luck in Czechia’s upcoming presidential election. After having gone through the scrutiny of the interior ministry, which had to check, among other things, that each candidate was endorsed by at least twenty…
Hungary – Many 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 900,000 votes compared to the cumulative results of those parties in 2018. Viktor Orbán’s coalition…
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 the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and more specifically its…
Hungary - Things are heating up between the leaders of the united opposition. Former Prime Minister and President of the Democratic Coalition (DK) Ferenc Gyurcsány openly mocks the unique candidate Péter Márki-Zay, while Péter Jakab’s Jobbik no longer provides financial support to…
Slovakia - The regional elections in Slovakia brought big changes: the Prime Minister's party alongside with the radical nationalist party LSNS of Marian Kotleba are the main losers after the vote on November 4.
Two parties appear as the losers of these…
Czechia - Czech President Miloš Zeman, who is used to jokes and provocations against journalists, brandished a false war weapon on Saturday, with the writing "for journalists" on it.
During a press conference on Saturday, October 21, as the parliamentary elections ended,…
Viktor Orbán’s speech at the 28th Bálványos Summer Open University and Student Camp, 22 July 2017, Tusnádfürdő (Băile Tuşnad, Romania)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán: "First of all, I’d like to remind everyone that we started a process of collective thinking 27…
By Georges Károlyi, Ambassador of Hungary to the French Republic.
Le Monde dated July 19 devotes its editorial to Poland. I obviously have no standing to express myself on this country, but I cannot help feeling real embarrassment toward s the…
Austria, Vienna - At the height of a government crisis, the Austrian Conservative party ÖVP has chosen a new leader: the current foreign minister, Sebastian Kurz, who is 30 years old.
The conservative ÖVP party, member of the Austrian coalition of Chancellor…