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MEPs call for Hungarian election observation mission

The Editorial Board January 20, 2022

Hungary/European Union – The campaign for the 3 April Hungarian parliamentary elections has not yet begun, and already, perhaps in view of some of the failures of the opposition’s single candidate and its difficulties in presenting a united front, there are concerns…

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Mi Hazánk demonstrates against “Covid dictatorship” in Hungary

The Editorial Board January 20, 2022

Hungary – While in neighbouring Austria the protest movement remains strong against government plans for compulsory Covid vaccination, last Sunday the Hungarian nationalist opposition movement Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland) gathered protesters in Budapest against health restrictions and the vaccination pass which is…

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Health passport to become vaccination passport in Hungary by mid-February

The Editorial Board January 18, 2022

Hungary – Facing the rapid spread of the new Omicron variant, Hungary has decided to strengthen its measures against the pandemic. The Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Gergely Gulyás, announced during a press briefing on 13 January that the current health passport…

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Hungarian government freezes prices of six basic foods

The Editorial Board January 14, 2022

Hungary – Faced with rising inflation – and also with the upcoming 3 April parliamentary elections – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced a price freeze for six basic food products on 12 January. Six food products’ prices are to be reduced…

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Viktor Orbán a campaign topic in the USA

Partenaire January 12, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 8 January 2022. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, or rather his brand of conservative politics has not only become a point of comparison in the European Union, but in the United States as…

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Utilities prices skyrocket outside of Hungary

Partenaire January 9, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 8 January 2022. The population of Hungary hasn’t really felt the energy price crisis that began to unfold in the latter half of last year. In Hungary, the price of utilities has…

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German state minister defends Hungary

Partenaire January 9, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 8 January 2022. “Lucia Puttrich, Minister of European and Federal Affairs and Representative of the State of Hessen at the Federal Government, voiced in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung exactly what we Central-Europeans…

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Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin to meet again

Partenaire January 8, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 8 January 2022. Hungarian-Russian cooperation in various fields may be expanded in the coming year. “This year has been the most successful ever for Hungarian-Russian cooperation” wrote Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in a…

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The EU hasn’t learned from the Habsburgs’ mistakes

Partenaire January 8, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 8 January 2022. The major successes of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy (1867-1918) and the tragic consequences of its fall can serve as an example for the multinational states of today: avoid the bad…

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Hungarian parliamentary elections: Donald Trump gives his support to Viktor Orbán

The Editorial Board January 4, 2022

Hungary – In the run-up to the April 2022 parliamentary elections, and while the supposedly united opposition continues to experience dissension, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just received a major international endorsement, that of former U.S. President Donald Trump. “Viktor Orbán…

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Hungary supports the Bosnian Serb Republic

The Editorial Board December 27, 2021

Hungary/Bosnia – After the Bosnian Serb Republic’s parliament voted on 10 December in favour of separating the Serbian state from Bosnia-Herzegovina’s central institutions, the authorities in Banja-Luka have just received the support of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The Serbian Republic is…

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Poland and V4 acting against absurdities of EU climate policy

Olivier Bault December 23, 2021

Poland – Meeting on 16 December to discuss, among other things, soaring energy prices, the EU-27 were unable to agree on two issues that are crucial to Europe’s future: the CO2 emissions trading system (ETS) and the energy “taxonomy”, that is, the…