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“The Transcarpathian Hungarians need peace and calm”

Partenaire January 14, 2021

István Petruska wants to help streighten out Hungary and Ukraine's strained relationship “Relations between Ukraine and Hungary must be resolved, and I will try to contribute to this any way I can” declared István Petruska, current district administrator of Berehove (Beregszász) and…

Politics

Hungarians refuse Brussels’ attaching conditions to economic aid during the pandemic

The Editorial Board December 4, 2020

Hungary - The following study and article have been conducted and written by the Századvég Foundation, close to Fidesz. In a health and economic emergency caused by the coronavirus, the decision-making bodies in Brussels, overriding the agreement reached at the extraordinary meeting of…

Magyar Nemzet

Ten observations on Hungarian media

Partenaire October 1, 2020

Hungary - Three-fourths of voters are exposed to all political perspectives. Médianéző Központ Kft. is a research company evaluating Hungarian and regional media and media policy, as part of the Nézőpont Institution Kft. group. This is a Hungarian think-tank established in 2006…

Politics

A tale of two very biased reports in the European Parliament: the López Aguilar report on Poland and the Sargentini report on Hungary

Olivier Bault August 27, 2020

European Union - The López Aguilar report on Poland was adopted by the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on July 16, 2020. The Sargentini report on Hungary was adopted by LIBE on June 25, 2018, and…

Society

Are the Szeklers Responsible for Index’s Fate?

The Editorial Board July 30, 2020

Hungary – On July 22, the editor-in-chief of Index, the most-read Hungarian news portal, was fired by its management board. This happened a month after Index’s board, well-known for its anti-government positions and liberal activism, started voicing their concerns about losing their…

Interviews

Péter Jakab: “We will only be able to bring this regime down with the help of the other parties”

The Editorial Board July 29, 2020

Hungary - Interview with Péter Jakab, president of Jobbik, the Hungarian populist movement, formerly radical nationalist: “We will only be able to bring down this regime with the help of the other parties”. At the beginning of June, Ferenc Almássy and Nicolas…

Culture

Who was Wacław Felczak?

The Editorial Board July 20, 2020

Who was Wacław Felczak? – A Hungarian Perspective Fel-tsak or Fel-tʂak? Thanks to the different pronunciation in Polish and Hungarian, this question was quite common among the Hungarian participants on the Summer University in Krasiczyn, Poland, both in 2018 and 2019. A…

Society

Media pluralism in Poland and Hungary compared to France

Olivier Bault March 5, 2020

By Olivier Bault. Originally published in English on Kurier.plus. Poland/Hungary/France - The 2019 edition of the World Press Freedom Index puts Poland and Hungary respectively in 59th and 87th position out of 180 countries. 2019 World Press Freedom Index. Source: https://rsf.org/en/ranking Both…

Politics

Full “State of the Nation” speech of Viktor Orbán, 2020

The Editorial Board February 19, 2020

Each February, since 1999, current Hungarian Christian-Democrat Prime Minister Viktor Orbán holds a speech on the state of the Nation, both of review of the past year and a public analysis of the foreseen issues. We display below the full translated transcript…

Interviews

François-Xavier Bellamy: “Other political groups are exploiting the rule of law for their own ends”

The Editorial Board January 22, 2020

Interview with François-Xavier Bellamy, French MEP belonging to “Les Républicains” (LR) and member of the EPP: “This situation highlights the fact that other parties are exploiting the rule of law in order to generate political dissent.” On Thursday January 16th, a resolution…

Interviews

Tristan Azbej: “Christianity is the most persecuted faith in the world”

Ferenc Almássy December 21, 2019

Interview with Tristan Azbej, Hungary's State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and for the Hungary Helps Program: "We are confronted bythe fact that Christianity is the world's most persecuted faith." Hungary - In 2016, the Hungarian government created a Secretary…

Politics

The United States’ love affair with Poland and Hungary

Olivier Bault December 10, 2019

By Olivier Bault. This article was originally published on Kurier.plus by the Felczak Institute of Polish–Hungarian Cooperation. It was updated and completed for the Visegrád Post on December 10, 2019. When Donald Trump won the American presidential election in November 2016,…