Foreign

Republicans discover that Orbán is an unreliable US ally 0
- Foreign, Political
- 19 August 2019
According to Nancy Goodman Brinker, the former US Ambassador to Budapest, Hungary is now a “former ally.” In a recent opinion piece at the über-conservative media site Newsmax.com, Brinker, a 72-year-old Republican concludes that Hungary’s alliance with the US has turned “unsavory.” Brinker writes: “Two decades ago, Mr. Orbán was a centrist who praised the
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A FORMER COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENT WILL BE HUNGARY’S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK 0
- Foreign, Political
- 19 August 2019
The story of Aleksei Torubarov’s six-year struggle for political asylum in Hungary, summarized yesterday, cannot be separated from the unusually close relations between Russia and Hungary. For a number of years Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán have had a close working relationship, based on their autocratic aspirations and most likely on many other considerations that
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“Hungarian speakers only” summer camp in Wisconsin paid by the Orbán government 0
- Foreign, Political, Social
- 29 July 2019
A couple of weeks ago a children’s summer camp was held at Phantom Lake, Wisconsin. The organizers invited children between 8-14 years of age with one precondition: they had to speak the Hungarian language. The Hungarian Government generously supported the week-long fun-filled event. It was advertised only in Hungarian in the US and was called
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CANDIDATES FOR THE JOB OF EUROPEAN PROSECUTOR: LAURA CODRUŢA-KÖVESI AND JEAN-FRANÇOIS BOHNERT 0
- Foreign, Political
- 22 July 2019
Although I have written numerous times about the newly created European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), an article in today’sPolitico prompted me to return to the topic. Currently, there are two serious candidates for the job of chief prosecutor: the Romanian Laura Codruţa-Kövesi, the famed former head of the Romanian Direcția Națională Anticorupție (DNA), and the
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Ukraine warns Hungary against meddling in elections 0
- Foreign, Political
- 20 July 2019
The Hungarian authorities have been recommended to refrain from further travel to Zakarpattia and other measures that can be considered as campaigning before the end of the electoral process in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed concern about the latest actions of Hungary’s authorities that have “clear signs of meddling in Ukraine’s domestic
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Orbán’s friend bought more than 1,000 hectares of land in Romania 0
- Foreign, Political
- 10 July 2019
Mészáros Lőrinc, former mayor of Orbán Viktor’s native village, bought a Dutch company based in Marghita. Mészáros has a gas installer profession, but in the last decade he has become one of the richest businessmen in Hungary, and now has bought Farmland Development SRL, thus gaining 1290 hectares of arable land in Romania. Mészáros bought
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‘Dune’ May Receive Largest Amount of Indirect Hungarian Film Support to Date 0
- Foreign, Social
- 8 July 2019
The American-English-Canadian film ‘Dune,’ currently shooting in Budapest, may receive 7,5 billion forints(EUR 23,2 million) in indirect Hungarian support, via favorable tax refunds, the highest that a foreign production has ever received in the country so far. Dune’s budget is 25 billion forints (EUR 77 million) – which is also the highest amount, tied with
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Hungary is Europe’s guilty secret 0
- Foreign, Political
- 2 July 2019
When European Union leaders gather in Brussels today, they will have a guilty secret: amongst them will sit the leader of a member state that is no longer a democracy. Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister and de facto supreme leader, will sit there smiling, as a democrat among democrats, but in reality he has demolished
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Hungary’s Poverty at All Time Low 0
- Economic, Foreign
- 25 June 2019
The number of people living in severe material deprivation in Hungary is at an all-time low as reflected by the latest figures from Eurostat. While these numbers are the most favorable yet, Hungary still has one of the highest poverty rates in the EU. Eurostat has released its latest dataset about severe material deprivation
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Republicans discover that Orbán is an unreliable US ally 0