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Budapest, Hungary – “A woman shouldn’t compare herself to a man every second of her life, and shouldn’t believe sheContinue Reading
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Budapest, Hungary – “A woman shouldn’t compare herself to a man every second of her life, and shouldn’t believe sheContinue Reading
Paris, France – In a wide-ranging, 2-hour-long interview with French online media Brut, President Emmanuel Macron rejected accusations his governmentContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Welcome to the second part of our Hungarian interview series on what it looks like to witnessContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Even with the polls not looking so good for the world’s favorite populist authoritarian wanna-be Donald Trump, it’s difficultContinue Reading
On September 21, Viktor Orban published an opinion piece in pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet (also published in English). Prime ministerialContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Viktor Orbán has called a Supreme Court landmark segregation ruling awarding damages to schoolchildren from the RomaContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Dealing with the coronavirus crisis is often presented as a choice between saving the economy and protectingContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Prime Minister Viktor Orban is using the coronavirus crisis to fuel xenophobia and “anti-migrant rhetoric rather thanContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – The Hungarian Interior Ministry announced that two Iranian students infected with the coronavirus would be expelled fromContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Mi Hazánk, the radical far-right party, organized a torchlight march in Budapest on March 1 to celebrate theContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – The V4 prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary held a summit yesterdayContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – In early February, two people were arrested in Hungary, charged with spreading fake news and fueling panic aboutContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – On the first morning of March, an earthquake shook the political landscape in Slovakia following the releaseContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – On Sunday, February 23, thousands of protesters gathered at Nyugati train station in Budapest to protest againstContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia looks all set for major change in the forthcoming general election on 29 February. Robert Fico’sContinue Reading