Snubbed Hungary vetoes EU presence at Biden’s Democracy Summit
Budapest, Hungary – The Hungarian government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban will block the EU from being an official participantContinue Reading
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Budapest, Hungary – The Hungarian government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban will block the EU from being an official participantContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Mikulas Bek, the nominee for the post of Minister for European Affairs in the incoming CzechContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Today I will take a look at several opinion pieces that have something worthwhile to say aboutContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – On October 7, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal declared in its ruling the unconstitutionality of several articles ofContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – US President Joe Biden’s much-touted Summit for Democracy is one month away, and the guest list ofContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – Germany has proposed to introduce joint border patrols with Poland to curb the ongoing migration surge, InteriorContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – The mayor of Hódmezővásárhely Péter Márki-Zay comfortably won the second round of Hungary’s opposition primaries against DK’sContinue Reading
Brno, Czech Republic – Among the advertisements of community fundraisers, art exhibitions, and outdoor festivals at the neglected bus stopContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Budapest-mayor Gergely Karácsony withdrew from the Hungarian opposition primaries and will support liberal-conservative Hódmezővásárhely-mayor Péter Márki-Zay. GergelyContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – The two mayors did not manage to decide which one of them should withdraw from the secondContinue Reading
On October 6, 1849, known as the “Thirteen Martyrs of Arad”, thirteen Hungarian rebel generals were executed by Austrian forcesContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – DK’s Klára Dobrev, Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony, and independent liberal-conservative Péter Márki-Zay will progress to the secondContinue Reading
On September 29, 1848, the newly formed Hungarian Revolutionary Army, the Honvéd, repelled the invading Austro-Croatian forces at the pivotalContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Jailed Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kalesnikava has been awarded with the Vaclav Havel Human Rights PrizeContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – On the night of September 12, Hungarian viewers saw an almost forgotten spectacle when they switched toContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Republican senator Mitt Romney slammed Tucker Carlson’s August trip to Budapest and took aim at Hungary’s OrbanContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – The Hungarian opposition’s primary elections were suspended until Monday after a suspected cyber attack, the National PrimaryContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – The Paris-based NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has declared a “press freedom state of emergency” in Poland,Continue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – There are times when I have nagging doubts about the conclusions of other respectable, even wise politicalContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – The Hungarian government has extended the so-called mass immigration state of emergency for the fifth year inContinue Reading