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The fence “matches the brutal policies of Premier Orbán”
One of Viktor Orbán’s most successful political ploys, we often read, is to divert attention from the failings of his administration by bringing up new topics that dominate the news. So, the argument...
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Viktor Orbán’s forays into the Balkans
Yesterday I examined the continuing saga of Russian-Hungarian friendship and its latest fruit, the move of Russia’s International Investment Bank to Budapest. Hungary apparently offered Budapest as the...
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Serbian-Hungarian lovefest is more than a tad suspicious
While reading the transcript of the press conference of Angela Merkel and Viktor Orbán after their short encounter over lunch in Sopron, I was struck by the prime minister’s emphatic reference to the...
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Viktor Orbán offers the EU a deal: Give me the money and keep your mouth shut
I received several e-mails from friends in Hungary urging me to call the attention of readers of Hungarian Spectrum to a rare opportunity to listen to Viktor Orbán, in English, for about 20 minutes. He...
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Orbán’s attachment to things Russian, including Sputnik-V
Yesterday, Telex learned that the Országos Gyógyszerészeti és Élelmezés-egészségügyi Intézet (OGYÉI) issued a temporary permit for the use of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik-V, in spite of the...
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Hungarians on the European Union, the Orbán government, and Russia
The European Commission just published the Winter 2020/2021 Standard Eurobarometer 94, measuring public opinion in the European Union. The study was conducted by Kantar, a large data, insights, and...
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An attempt to redraw the map of the Western Balkans
You may recall that President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted after her meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on April 23 that among the topics covered was “Global Affairs & Western...
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Viktor Orbán in panic mode
I would bet that not too many people are aware that the sixth Serbian-Hungarian Summit, held in Budapest, came to an end today. Of course, people familiar with the Hungarian political scene know that...
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