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Former PM Robert Fico wins Slovakian election and Viktor Orbán rejoices

The Editorial Board October 3, 2023

Slovakia – The early parliamentary elections held in Slovakia on Saturday, September 30 once again reshuffled the political deck in this Central European country. In all likelihood, the social democrat Robert Fico, a former prime minister (both in 2006–2010 and 2012–2018), should…

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Increased cooperation between Budapest and Baku in energy

The Editorial Board September 5, 2023

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held new talks in Budapest during a visit by President Aliyev to mark Hungary’s national holiday on August 20. Following this meeting, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade,…

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New US sanctions against Hungary

The Editorial Board August 8, 2023

Hungary – Relations between Viktor Orbán’s Hungary and the Biden administration in the United States continue to deteriorate. In a new move against its Central European NATO ally that is currently governed by conservatives, Washington has now decided to restrict Hungarian…

Politics

Full speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the 32nd Bálványos Summer Free University on 22 July 2023

The Editorial Board July 25, 2023

Hungary / Romania - Each year, end of July, Viktor Orbán holds a speech of political philosophy at the summer camp of Bálványos in Băile Tușnad (Tusványos or Tusnádfürdő in Hungarian) in Transylvania – a region formerly Hungarian, of which many parts…

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Austria, Hungary, and Serbia hold third summit against illegal immigration in Vienna

The Editorial Board July 13, 2023

Austria / Hungary / Serbia – A few dozen scattered demonstrators gathered at Ballhausplatz in front of the Austrian Federal Chancellery last Friday, July 7 to protest the Austro-Hungarian-Serbian summit devoted to the fight against illegal immigration. The three countries were represented…

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Orbán and Morawiecki reject EU Migrant Pact and block conclusions at EU summit

The Editorial Board July 5, 2023

Hungary/Poland – The recent European migration agreement is clearly not going down well in Warsaw and Budapest. Whereas the two governments have been at odds over the war in Ukraine since the beginning of last year, they have again found common ground…

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László Toroczkai: “Orbán makes massive use of foreign labour in Hungary”

The Editorial Board June 29, 2023

The French-language news portal Breizh-Info has published a long interview in French with Hungarian Member of Parliament László Toroczkai, who is the leader of the opposition nationalist parliamentary group Mi Hazánk Mozgalom. The following is an English translation. …

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EU migration pact met with harsh criticism in Central Europe, Poland vows not to comply

The Editorial Board June 16, 2023

Central Europe – On June 8, the EU-27 interior ministers finally approved the EU Migration Pact that had first been proposed by the European Commission in 2020. The European Commissioner for Home Affairs, the Swedish social-democrat Ylva Johansson, called this decision “a…

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Brussels gives go-ahead for Paks power plant expansion

The Editorial Board May 30, 2023

Hungary – Despite the recurring conflicts between Hungary and the European Union’s institutions, there are still issues on which agreement can be reached. One of them is apparently the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant. On May 25, the…

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CPAC Hungary 2023, where Viktor Orbán’s friends met on May 4–5

Ferenc Almássy May 9, 2023

Hungary – After last year’s first European instalment, a second meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was organized in Budapest on May 4–5, 2023. It is no coincidence that the Hungarian capital has again been chosen to host the only…

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Viktor Orbán and Emmanuel Macron holding talks in Paris about nuclear energy

The Editorial Board March 17, 2023

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Paris on Monday, 13 March, where he was received by French President Emmanuel Macron for a working dinner at the Élysée Palace. The two leaders discussed the Russian-Ukrainian war and the development of the…

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Viktor Orbán: “In the decisions taken in Brussels, I more often perceive American interests than European interests”

The Editorial Board March 14, 2023

Hungary – In an interview with the Swiss magazine Weltwoche published on 1 March, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke about the war in Ukraine, the ways to achieve peace, his own meetings with Vladimir Putin, and Europe’s dramatic weakness. Asked how…