Tamás Orbán is a political journalist for europeanconservative.com, based in Brussels. Born in Transylvania, he studied history and international relations in Kolozsvár, and worked for several political research institutes in Budapest. His interests include current affairs, social movements, geopolitics, and Central European security. On Twitter, he is @TamasOrbanEC.
BRICS Summit: Historic Enlargement To Challenge the G7’s Global Hegemony

BRICS Summit: Historic Enlargement To Challenge the G7’s Global Hegemony

The bloc is facing internal tensions regarding what direction to take once they have the power that puts BRICS on par with the West.

August 22, 2023
Confirmed: Tenerife Wildfire Was Started Deliberately

Confirmed: Tenerife Wildfire Was Started Deliberately

As in Greece, it was arson and not climate change that gave the spark to the five-day inferno that prompted the evacuation of some 12,000 residents.

August 21, 2023
‘Luxury’ Migrant Smugglers Arrested in Italy

‘Luxury’ Migrant Smugglers Arrested in Italy

The traffickers charged €2,400 per person for safe and comfortable travel, and only pretended to have found the migrants in rafts once they reached Italian waters.

August 21, 2023
France Stops Fewer Migrants, Despite Brits Footing the Bill

France Stops Fewer Migrants, Despite Brits Footing the Bill

The British taxpayers pay £480 million for increased French border patrols along the Channel, yet 20% fewer illegal migrants were stopped this year before making their way to the UK.

August 20, 2023
Trudeau Under Fire After Trans Powerlifter Shatters Women’s Records

Trudeau Under Fire After Trans Powerlifter Shatters Women’s Records

“A sick joke to enable mentally ill cheaters to humiliate women,” women’s advocate Riley Gaines said after a biological male—thanks to Canada’s woke policies—bested all female competitors by over 200 kilograms.

August 18, 2023
Air Blunder: Baerbock’s (Least) Green Journey to Nowhere

Air Blunder: Baerbock’s (Least) Green Journey to Nowhere

Instead of ending up in Fiji to discuss environmentalism, the German foreign minister spent 50 hours getting from Berlin to Berlin, dumping 160 tons of jet fuel into the atmosphere in the meantime.

August 18, 2023
White House: U.S. Military Presence in Europe Is Back to Cold War Levels

White House: U.S. Military Presence in Europe Is Back to Cold War Levels

100,000 U.S. troops are now stationed in Europe, Kirby announced, adding that the White House is “watching what’s going on in Belarus very, very closely.”

August 17, 2023
NATO Official: Ukraine Should Consider Giving Up Territory for Membership

NATO Official: Ukraine Should Consider Giving Up Territory for Membership

Kyiv reacted with fury, Moscow with smug glee, while NATO scrambled to correct a statement made by a senior official and reassure Ukraine of its support for territorial integrity.

August 17, 2023
Open Society Scales Back EU Operations, Politicians Remain Skeptical

Open Society Scales Back EU Operations, Politicians Remain Skeptical

OSF might prepare for strategic restructuring and a 40% workforce cutback, but “we only truly believe that the occupying troops are leaving the continent when the last Soros soldier has left,” Balázs Orbán, the Hungarian PM’s political director said.

August 16, 2023
Romanian Navy Deployed After Stray Mine Explodes on Black Sea Beach

Romanian Navy Deployed After Stray Mine Explodes on Black Sea Beach

Authorities suspect the mine broke off from the coast of Odesa by accident, but some believe it could have been part of a Russian intimidation tactic after the collapse of the Ukraine Grain Deal.

August 15, 2023
Germany Considers Sending Curtailed Cruise Missiles to Ukraine

Germany Considers Sending Curtailed Cruise Missiles to Ukraine

The German government is reportedly exploring ways to send long-range weapons to Ukraine, even though the majority of the population is against continued arms exports.

August 15, 2023
Poland Unveils Final Referendum Question

Poland Unveils Final Referendum Question

Along with migrant relocations, voters will decide the fate of the border fence as well.

August 14, 2023