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Republicans discover that Orbán is an unreliable US ally0
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 BANK0
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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UDMR leader announces the de facto burial of the autonomy project for Szeklerland0
- Political
- 29 July 2019
István Székely, executive vice president of the UDMR, announced on Friday in a debate with other Hungarian parties that his party will submit a project on the autonomy of the Szeklerland only if another party “provides support for a substantive debate on the issue”, according to the Hungarian MTI agency. The previous two UDMR attempts
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“Hungarian speakers only” summer camp in Wisconsin paid by the Orbán government0
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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DNA Classes A CELEBRATION FILE – Antal Arpad ESCAPES of allegations of abuse of service, traffic of influence and misappropriation of funds0
- Political
- 25 July 2019
The file of the Mayor of Sfantu Gheorghe, Antal Arpad, opened by the DNA of Bucharest in 2015 for abuse of service, trafficking of influence, misappropriation of one million Euro damage, was closed and ranked after four years, according to Mediafax. Antal Arpad said on Wednesday in Sfântu Gheorghe at a press conference that the
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CANDIDATES FOR THE JOB OF EUROPEAN PROSECUTOR: LAURA CODRUŢA-KÖVESI AND JEAN-FRANÇOIS BOHNERT0
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 elections0
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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Hungary’s government finances 73 million euros in projects in Harghita, Covasna and Mures0
- Political
- 18 July 2019
The Government of Hungary finances with 73 million euros 66 projects in Harghita, Covasna and Mures, as part of the economic development program of Szeklerland, according to MTI. Of the declared winning projects 31 come from Harghita, 18 from Covasna and 17 from Mureş County. Applicants whose projects have been rejected have the right to
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Orbán’s friend bought more than 1,000 hectares of land in Romania0
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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