The governments of Hungary and Azerbaijan have been implicated in the alleged hacking of phones belonging to investigative journalists and opposition-affiliated activists. Hungary’s opposition has even called for ministerial resignations but there...
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Central Europe The European Commission has warned Poland it could face fines if it fails to comply with two decisions by the European Court of Justice over judicial...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has called for a referendum on the controversial “anti-LGBT” law that activists say equates homosexuality with paedophilia. In a...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Central Europe Proposed legislative changes that would ban non-European ownership of Polish media have angered critics who say they target the US company Discovery Inc...
Ukraine’s Hungarian community has become a weapon for nationalists in both countries, and an obstacle on Ukraine’s path towards NATO membership. In November...
Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán finds himself some rather unsavoury company on a new list of rogue leaders clamping down on press freedom. Hungarian Prime Minister...
Hungary’s recent law banning all content aimed at minors which references the LGBT+ community is just the latest in a series that goes against the fundamental laws and...
Central Europe A far-reaching cyberattack in Poland this month hit over 100 email accounts used by current and former government officials, Polish counter-intelligence...
For Hungary’s final group match in Munich against Germany at the European football championship on June 23, the city’s mayor, Dieter Reiter, wants the Allianz Arena to...
Central Europe Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis signed a Washington-backed bill last Friday that effectively bars China and Huawei from taking part in the...
Fudan Budapest would almost certainly need subsidising by Hungarian taxpayers. Factor in questionable academic freedom, and it becomes clear that it is not the answer to...
