Foreign

Trump finds anti-immigrant ally in extremist Hungarian Prime Minister 0
- Foreign, Political
- 28 May 2019
(Original publication: May 7, 2019) Hungary’s hardline nationalist prime minister, whose erosion of checks on his power has led some to describe him as a de facto dictator, will meet President Donald Trump in Washington next week, the White House announced on Tuesday. The May 13 encounter, which was initially announced by Prime Minister
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Donald Trump to Orbán: “You’re controversial like me, but you did a good job”0
- Foreign, Political
- 25 May 2019
After being snubbed by the Obama administration and kept at an arms length by President Donald J. Trump for the first two years of his presidency, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán finally gets his private audience with the President of the United States of America to “deepen cooperation on a range of issues, including trade,
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Far-right party in Hungary forms uniformed ‘self-defence’ force in spirit of outlawed vigilante group 0
- Foreign, Political
- 22 May 2019
A far-right party in Hungary is forming a uniformed “self-defence group” akin to the vigilante Hungarian Guard which was banned a decade ago. Laszlo Toroczkai, head of the anti-immigrant Our Homeland Movement, said the new National Legion would primarily focus on the “guarding of traditions” and teaching basic military skills. The Hungarian Guard was formed
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Hungarian Government set up an agency to help persecuted Christians 0
- Foreign, Social
- 15 May 2019
Azbej Tristan, head of the state secretariat of the Hungarian Prime Minister responsible for helping the Christians and implementing the Hungarian Helps program, announced that a new agency will coordinate the government’s programs to help persecuted Christians, reports Magyar Nemzet, a recently republished newspaper close to the Hungarian government. According to their information, the agency
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Orbán Viktor was received by Donald Trump 0
- Foreign, Political
- 14 May 2019
Monday evening at the White House in Washington, Donald Trump met with Viktor Orbán Hungarian Prime Minister. The two statesmen took part in a closed session of about 40 minutes. The press had written a lot about them before the meeting, and the editorials that were critical of Trump questioned how could the president accept
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The Trianon Memorial: a monument to Hungarian revisionism 0
- Foreign, Political
- 11 May 2019
A few days ago it was officially announced that the government is embarking on a five billion forint project, the creation of a Trianon Memorial. It will be constructed at the end of Alkotmány utca, facing the parliament building. It will consist of a 100-meter-long ramp, signifying the 100 years that have gone by
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EU ignores Hungary veto on Israel, posing wider questions 0
- Foreign, Political
- 10 May 2019
The EU just de facto ignored Hungary’s veto on a statement on Israel, prompting questions on how it makes foreign policy decisions. Hungary objected to the EU statement at the UN Security Council (UNSC) in New York at the last minute on Monday (29 April). But Finland read it out anyway at the UNSC meeting,
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Hungary’s Jesuits and Orbán’s attempt to exploit Pope Francis’s visit to Romania 0
- Foreign, Political, Social
- 9 May 2019
Hungary’s Catholic leadership is firmly behind Orbán, in fact, church events often serve as political tools to spread Orbán’s nationalist message in the Carpathian basin. Pope Francis plans to visit Romania and is expected to celebrate an outdoor Mass on June 1, 2019 at the shrine of Our Lady of Csíksomlyó, a pilgrimage site near
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Donald Trump to Meet Viktor Orbán in May 0
- Foreign, Political
- 8 May 2019
US President Donald Trump has invited Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for a working visit in Washington. Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s Foreign Minister, confirmed to pro-government site origo.hu that Donald Trump has invited Viktor Orbán for a working visit in Washington in the early afternoon on 13 May. Szijjártó also revealed that the meeting will focus
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Trump finds anti-immigrant ally in extremist Hungarian Prime Minister 0