Whereas the UK’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, has been able to use his own illness and the birth of his sixth or seventh child (nobody appears to know the exact...
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One of the first acts of Hungary’s government following last week’s power grab that saw Prime Minister Viktor Orbán handed wide and far-reaching powers with...
As western democracies scramble to contain the coronavirus crisis, authoritarian and populist leaders see the pandemic as a political opportunity. In Russia, Vladimir...
The Hungarian parliament adopted controversial legislation late on March 30 granting Viktor Orbán, the country’s authoritarian prime minister, sweeping emergency powers...
After the fall of communism Hungary was enthusiastic to join the European integration project in order to ensure that it did not fall back into the Russian sphere of...
Democracy and pluralism are under assault around the world, with authoritarianism and illiberal populism remaining key challenges to overcome in Europe and Eurasia, the...
Five months have passed since Hungary’s opposition won an unexpected victory in Budapest’s mayoral election. Less surprising has been the way in which the...
Hungary’s leader decides to go green, although critics argue that his climate plan is too little, too late. Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán’s much...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that the restrictions imposed by Hungary on the financing of civil organisations from abroad are not...
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has a long history of avoiding questions from independent media outlets. Using the playbook of US President Donald Trump, he has a...
The companies of Lőrinc Mészáro, a childhood friend of the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, enjoyed another good year in 2019. According to Hungarian business news...
Hungary’s government has announced that it will not establish a separate administrative court structure, in a move that will be welcomed by a number of NGOs and European...
Hungarian opposition party Momentum Movement has condemned a raid carried out by the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV), whose agents searched the party’s...