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Hungary: real estate scandal at Budapest city hall?

The Editorial Board January 6, 2022

Hungary – For several weeks, Gergely Karácsony, mayor of Budapest, one of the leading figures of the opposition to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has been the subject of successive revelations accusing him of wanting to sell real estate belonging to the…

Politics

Francis Fukuyama attacks Orbán and supports Karácsony

Yann Caspar October 12, 2021

Hungary – After having taken part in a Forum on Sustainable Democracy co-organized by the municipality of Budapest and the Central European University of the American-Hungarian financier-philanthropist George Soros, the mayor of the Hungarian capital, Gergely Karácsony, accepted an invitation from American…

News

Klára Dobrev wins first round of opposition primary

The Editorial Board October 5, 2021

Hungary – The suspense did not last long, as the trend became clear as soon as counting began. The Democratic Coalition (DK) candidate, Klára Dobrev, came first in the first round of the Hungarian opposition primary. Klára Dobrev leads in all counties…

News

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…

Politics

Selection of remarks made during the Hungarian opposition’s primary debate

Yann Caspar September 17, 2021

Hungary – On Sunday, 12 September, the ATV television channel organised a debate between the five candidates running in the opposition’s primary. The first and second rounds of the opposition coalition’s primary will be held in late September and early October. For…

Magyar Nemzet

Deutsche Welle manipulates the truth

Partenaire March 10, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on March 6, 2021. Smear campaign report filmed in the Castle District. Deutsche Welle, a public German international television broadcaster manipulated statements from local civilians on film in its smear campaign against…

Society

Outrageous record of Budapest’s mayor’s advisor sparks scandal in Hungary

The Editorial Board February 4, 2021

Hungary - Exclusive record: Expert of Gergely Karácsony is bragging about, that he desecrated the cross on the Gellért-hill with rainbow colour paint. The record in the possession of Vasárnap.hu also testifies: Gáspár Békés wants to do it again. The advisor of…

Politics

Hungarian Local Election: Not a Defeat, but a Warning

Modeste Schwartz October 14, 2019

By Raoul Weiss. Hungary - The (very relative, but real) drop of the FIDESZ-KDNP government coalition in last Sunday's local elections will, of course, be interpreted by the Hungarian opposition as a (starting) disavowal at the national level of Viktor Orbán's policies.…

Politics

Hungary’s Local Elections: a Sour Victory for Orbán

The Editorial Board October 14, 2019

Hungary - Sunday, October 13, residents of Hungary voted to elect their mayors and municipal or county councilors. If Viktor Orbán's Fidesz won the vote on the national scale, it lost the capital city, Budapest. A turning point in the reign of…

Politics

The Hungarian Government’s Offensive Campaign for the European Elections

The Editorial Board March 4, 2019

Hungary – A new campaign by the government against Soros and Juncker; rising criticism in the EPP against Fidesz; and looking ahead to the local Hungarian elections By undertaking a new billboard campaign against well-known financier George Soros, but also the…