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Is the Hungarian Diaspora Council Orbán’s illegal lobby organization in North...
On November 30, 2016 the Hungarian Diaspora Council will hold its annual meeting in Budapest at the Parliament building with over 100 invitees. The Council will meet with politicians, among them,...
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Orbán slashes corporate capital gains tax to 9% — Hungary to offer lowest tax...
The Orbán government surprised the business world on Thursday, including the National Alliance of Employees and Employers, when it declared without any prior consultation that the country’s capital...
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Hungary’s Viktor Orbán–the Teflon Man
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party had, by any standards, a terrible last month or so, yet new polling figures suggest that the popularity of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government did not suffer at all....
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Donald Trump: I’m a big fan of Hungary!
American President-elect Donald Trump reportedly told Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that he is a “big fan of Hungary,” after which he promised over the telephone to invite the controversial Hungarian...
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Did Trump really invite pro-China, pro-Putin Orbán to the White House?
Viktor Orbán is one of the first European leader to secure an invitation to the Trump White House. At least this is what Mr. Orbán says. The Hungarian Prime Minister is known for making grandiose...
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Controversial Budapest skyscraper approved by Fidesz with no consultation
Budapest’s historic skyline is about to change dramatically, with the Fidesz-controlled General Assembly of the Hungarian capital approving a 120-meter high skyscraper, even though all opposition...
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Orbán’s Hungary – The Kremlin’s Trojan Horse
In an interesting turn in the saga of the 2016 US presidential election, President Barack Obama has requested an intelligence report on suspected hacking that took place before the election. The CIA...
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Tanks appear on the streets of Budapest following Berlin attack
Many Budapest residents were stunned to see tanks and other armoured vehicles in the streets of the Hungarian capital on Tuesday. The Counter-Terrorism Centre’s (TEK) personnel were instructed to...
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Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s pro-Iranian Hungarian friends
Republican Congresswoman from Tennessee Marsha Blackburn is pleased with President Trump’s executive order to bar Syrian refugees and block citizens of seven countries, among them Iran, from entering...
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Ambassador Szemerkényi claims that she had discussions with President Trump...
One of the tricks used by Hungarian diplomats is to walk up to a prominent US politician, snap a photo as proof of their “close relationship” and distribute it with a misleading caption. A couple of...
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Socialist László Botka is statistically tied with Viktor Orbán in new...
László Botka, the Hungarian Socialist Party’s (MSZP) candidate for prime minister, is statistically tied in popularity with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, according to a poll by the Republikon Intézet....
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A fascism of the affluent
Editor’s note: Joschka Fischer was Germany’s foreign minister and vice chancellor from 1998 to 2005. This article was published about a year ago by Project Syndicate/Institute for Human Sciences....
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Orbán backstabbed Kaczynski
Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki – Poles, Hungarians, two brothers, they fight together, they drink wine together. (Polish proverb) There were few relationships between...
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Geert Wilders loves Hungary and had coffee with Viktor Orbán
Will far-right populist “peroxide-blond crusader” Geert Wilders be the Netherlands’ new prime minister? And why does he spend so much time in Hungary? On March 15th the Netherlands will elect its new...
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The Orbán regime takes Horthy’s Hungary as an example
I have known the dark ages of Hungary. As a child, during World War Two, I experienced first-hand Hungarian ultra-nationalism and anti-Semitism. I managed to avoid deportation and murder in Auschwitz...
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Austrian chancellor in negotiations to move CEU to Vienna
Hungary is replaceable. Budapest is replaceable. While anyone who knows and loves the Hungarian capital would be saddened to see the Central European University forced to go, those of us who have had...
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The Budapest Bridge: Hungary’s Role in the Collusion Between the Trump...
Dr. András Göllner’s essay is the first installment of a two part series in HFP. Introduction It was during the 2016 Presidential election campaign, and for the first time in American electoral...
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The Budapest Bridge: Hungary’s Role in the Collusion Between the Trump...
This is the continuation of Part 1 of Dr. András Göllner’s essay, which appeared in HFP on Thursday. Introduction In the first part of this series, we argued, that the key players in Trump’s electoral...
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Viktor Orbán promises violence against protesters in Easter interview
The contrast between the words uttered by the Hungarian and Canadian prime ministers this Easter could not have been more stark. While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a Catholic, spoke about how “the...
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The enemy within – Orbán’s trouble with his own party
For years Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been able to control his Fidesz party with an iron fist. Sharp exchanges remained within the walls of Fidesz offices while the leadership always...
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