Obama Relates ‘Republican Deterioration of Democracy’ to Hungary Barack Obama has related the road to a non-democratic America to what he believes was the road that could be... 2021.06.09.
Orbán-Johnson Meeting: Hungary Aims to Map Out post-Brexit Cooperation with UK Hungary's task in its relationship with the United Kingdom is to establish new forms of cooperation with the country following... 2021.05.28.
House Speaker Kövér Attributes Political Division to Loss of Trust Digitalisation and the growing illegitimate influence of private power-holders behind it is a challenge threatening the dignity and individual rights... 2021.05.11.
Orbán: Liberal Democracy Has Become ‘Liberal Non-Democracy’ The concept of liberal democracy has ceased to exist and has become "liberal non-democracy", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in... 2021.05.06.
Opposition Turns to Constitutional Court over Ruling Parties Outsourcing Public Assets and Unis Opposition parties are turning to the Constitutional Court over the controversial law that outsources the operation of several universities and... 2021.04.30.
How a California Tech Company Might Influence Hungary’s Elections On April 8th, many Hungarian politicians noticed that their reach on Facebook had drastically dropped. As Facebook communicated later, this... 2021.04.27.
PMO Head Gulyás: Hungary Model Democracy Hungary will spend the lion's share of the European Union's coronavirus recovery fund on developments in health care, Gergely Gulyás,... 2021.04.26.
Budapest Mayor: Participatory Budget Deepens Democracy The participatory budget, a new form of political engagement, is deepening democracy, Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, said at... 2021.04.19.
Facebook Claims Hungarian Politicians’ Limited Reach ‘Temporary Technical Issue’ Both Hungary's pro-government and opposition politicians reported in the past few days that their posts on Facebook mysteriously reached far... 2021.04.12.
Justice Minister Presents Hungary Upcoming Presidency Priorities, Programmes to CoE SecGen Judit Varga, the justice minister, gave an outline of priorities for Hungary's upcoming Council of Europe (CoE) presidency starting in... 2021.03.31.
Press Roundup: Conflicting Analyses on the Nature of the ‘Orbán Regime’ A renowned liberal economist believes Hungary is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship, while a conservative philosopher thinks that Prime... 2021.03.30.
‘The Commission is Living in a Parallel Reality’ – FUEN President Loránt Vincze on the Rejection of Minority SafePack The European Commission's report, which states that the EU has already done everything in its power to protect Europe's indigenous... 2021.03.11.
Online Referendum on Voting Abilities of Hungarians Working Abroad to be Launched by Former Jobbik Leader Vona It was announced on Tuesday that the Second Reform Age Foundation, founded by Gábor Vona, the former president of right-wing... 2021.03.02.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Opposition Braces for Next Year’s Election As opinion polls put the opposition parties combined at just over 50 per cent of probable voters, pundits in left-liberal... 2021.03.01.
Another Round Between EC Jourová and Orbán Gov’t Over ‘Sick Democracy’ Comment “For me, the situation in Hungary is the most worrying (...) I still believe it is a sick democracy,” European... 2021.02.25.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Dispatches from the Trenches in the Culture War A pro-government commentator finds it justified for the government to have reclaimed national sovereignty from what he calls the ‘post-Communist... 2021.02.23.
Gyurcsány: Joint Opposition Can Win against Orbán’s ‘Autocratic System’ Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition, said in a keynote speech on Saturday that the decision by Hungary's... 2021.02.15.
EU Commission Response to Minority SafePack is an Affront to Democracy and Human Rights in Europe In a great show of hypocrisy, the European Commission rang in the new year by completely disregarding and disrespecting our... 2021.01.22.
Justice Minister: Tech Firms ‘Violate Democratic Norms’ Hungary's Justice minister Judit Varga has called an extraordinary meeting of the Digital Freedom Committee tasked with monitoring online space... 2021.01.18.
Hungarian FM Szijjártó to Obama: Orbán Was Chosen by the People Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó recently addressed a question by RTL news regarding the comments Barrack Obama made towards Hungary... 2021.01.12.
Obama Says Hungarian Gov’t Undemocratic, Likens Orbán to Duterte In an interview with Daily Show host Trevor Noah, former US president Barack Obama referred to Hungary as having a... 2021.01.11.
