More than 500 pro-government media outlets in Hungary are to be brought together in a single umbrella group called the Central European Press and Media Foundation (CEPMF) with the aim of preserving ‘national values.’ According to...
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Nikola Gruevski’s request for asylum on November 13 came as a suprise, if not a shock, to many in the Hungarian public. The former Macedonian PM, who was sentenced to...
A selection of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which are well worth your time. We start with the Guardian, which claims that a new...
Hungary’s largest opposition party, Jobbik, has asked the European Commission to issue an opinion on the rule of law in Macedonia. The request follows the...
With the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Western media have quickly got back into panic mode, lamenting the triumph of illiberalism and the decline of...
Chinese IT giant Huawei has signed a cooperation agreement with the Hungarian government in order to help Hungary improve its broadband services. It is hoped that the...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán adopted a rhinoceros at Nyíregyháza zoo, 230 km east of Budapest. “I have received a special request from the zoo at Nyíregyháza to...
Hungary’s residency bond programme had disastrous consequences for the country, reveals a study published by Transparency International Hungary (TI) and the Fiscal...
According to the Hungarian investigative portal Átlátszó, over the last two weeks the Hungarian government has spent 18.2 million euros of taxpayers money on an...
János Áder, the president of Hungary, has said that the country should place “significant importance” to climate protection efforts in order to diminish the grave impact...
Lech Wałęsa, the former Polish president, has told Deutsche Welle that the current Polish government, lead by the Law and Justice Party (PiS) is unfit for office. “These...
Heads of governments from Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have reacted coldly to the European Commission’s proposal to advance Frontex – the European...
