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Hungarian central bank head sounds alarm

Yann Caspar August 26, 2021

Hungary – For several weeks now, the pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet has been opening its columns every Monday to the head of the Hungarian Central Bank (Magyar Nemzeti Bank – MNB), György Matolcsy, who comments on the Hungarian, European and international economic…

Society

From one vaccine to another: Hungarians soon to get their fourth jab?

Nicolas de Lamberterie August 26, 2021

Hungary – After being the first European country to (proudly) announce third vaccine injections against Covid-19 as of 1 August, Hungary may soon become the first country to have a significant number of people with four jabs. This time, the move is…

News

August 20: Hungary about to celebrate the “best ever” Saint Stephen’s Day

The Editorial Board August 20, 2021

Hungary - At his first inauguration as Prime Minister of Hungary on 6 July 1998, Viktor Orbán declared, among other things, that Hungary would henceforth celebrate its national holidays properly. This weekend's St. Stephen's Day celebrations should live up to this ambition.…

Interviews

Ábel Bódi: “Those who lead and ruin western countries are the ones calling us far-right”

Ferenc Almássy August 19, 2021

Interview with Ábel Bódi, leader of Identitás Generáció (Generation Identity), the Hungarian branch of the French youth movement Génération Identitaire (GI): "the voices that call us far-right - here in Hungary too - are those of people leading and ruining states such…

Magyar Nemzet

It’s time to talk about Huxit

Partenaire August 18, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 17, August 2021. I know it is taboo, but somebody has to write down the term (and not necessarily as a deterrent): Huxit. In other words, Hungary’s voluntary, sovereign withdrawal from the…

Magyar Nemzet

The Hungarian referendum initiative part of European tradition

Partenaire August 17, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 11, August 2021. Multiple western european countries ignore the people's will. “The referendum initiative on the child protection laws fit perfectly into the traditions and practices of European democratic rule of law,”…

News

Greece fires: Central Europe sends aid

The Editorial Board August 16, 2021

Greece/Central Europe – Faced with a large number of forest fires since the end of July, Greece – like Turkey and Albania – has appealed for European assistance. In solidarity with the Greeks, Polish, Czech and Slovak firefighters are already on the…

Magyar Nemzet

Hungary is Europe’s shining beacon

Partenaire August 10, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 9, August 2021. Giusy D’Amico: Dangerous and harmful ideologies have creeped into the Italian schools. Unidentified people and companies entered schools, held sexual education lessons describing sex changes options, and promoted homosexuality…

News

László Kövér casts a shadow over Slovak–Hungarian relations

The Editorial Board August 9, 2021

Hungary/Slovakia – Just over a month ago, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Slovakian counterpart Eduard Heger proclaimed at the Carmelite Convent in Budapest that “relations between Hungary and Slovakia have never been so good”. However, repeated incidents that open up…

Politics

Viktor Orbán’s interview on Fox News

The Editorial Board August 8, 2021

Hungary - The television host and political commentator who has hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News since 2016 spent a week in Hungary. On 6 August, 2021, he made a 20 minutes long interview with Hungarian…

News

Hungary: The national consultation web-site hacked

The Editorial Board July 29, 2021

Hungary – On a Facebook video published on 28 July, Csaba Dömötör announced that some 400,000 people had answered questions of the latest national consultation on subjects such as the increase of the minimum wage, family tax returns and the law governing…

Magyar Nemzet

Several European countries used Pegasus

Partenaire July 24, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 23, July 2021. Multiple European countries, including the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Greece, Poland and Lithuania also used the Israeli spyware, Pegasus, according to a 2018 study from the Canadian…