More: Hungary
The neoliberal project strikes back: Upcoming regime-change in post-pandemic Bulgaria?
In the last few years, Eastern European politics has hit the headlines around the world rather often. However, commentaries on the topic have been...
Hungary: Reforms to raise productivity would strengthen recovery from COVID-19
Hungary’s economy is emerging from the crisis caused by COVID-19, yet sustaining the country’s robust pre-pandemic levels of growth will require reforms to foster...
Israel deprives Central Europeans of moral cover
When Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid recently sparked a war of words with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki he was doing more than resisting...
How a Democracy Can Be Undermined: Some Lessons
Democracies have an inbuilt flaw when their own processes can be employed to undermine them. It is what has happened in Hungary in the...
Quarantining Democracy: Pandemic as a Cover for Orban’s Authoritarianism
Quarantining Democracy: Pandemic as a Cover for Orbán’s Authoritarianism
In the initial days of novel coronavirus outbreak, with it localised to only a few provinces...
Drawing battle lines: Centre-right parties take on civilisationalism
The Centrist Democrat International (CDI), in an attempt to counter
the rise of civilizationalist states and leaders, has called for the creation of an alliance...
The Prisoner of Geography: Orbán’s perception of geographical pragmatism
Between the
beginning of September and the end of November 2019, the Hungarian government
has received an exceptionally high number of foreign officials. Among others,
Viktor Orbán’s...
Journey Through Europe’s Most Charming Winter Markets with Hilton
As temperatures drop and days get shorter,
cities and towns across Europe are stringing outdoor lights and erecting wooden
stalls to prepare city centers and squares...
UNIDO supports Budapest Appeal to prevent and manage looming water crises
LI Yong, the Director General of the United Nations Industrial
Development Organization (UNIDO) acted as a panelist during the opening session
of Budapest Water Summit 2019,...
Hungary and asylum seekers
Throughout the globe, human rights are
being forfeited for the sake of senseless nationalism. This phenomenon is
exemplified in the case of Hungary, which is accepting...