Tamás Orbán

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.
Medvedev Floats Annexing Break-Away Georgian Republics

Medvedev Floats Annexing Break-Away Georgian Republics

“For the U.S. and its henchmen, the territory of the former Union is a ‘country of unlearned lessons,” the former Russian president wrote on the anniversary of the Georgian war, while casually threatening to renew the conflict.

August 23, 2023
U.S. Gives Green Light to $12B Apache Deal With Poland

U.S. Gives Green Light to $12B Apache Deal With Poland

The U.S. State Department believes the Polish purchase of 96 attack helicopters and nearly 3,000 missiles “will not alter the basic military balance in the region.”

August 23, 2023
Borrell Suggests High-Level Peace Talks in September

Borrell Suggests High-Level Peace Talks in September

A follow-up to the inconclusive Jeddah talks could happen during the next UN General Assembly.

August 23, 2023
UN Security Council Condemns Turkish Cypriot Attack on Peacekeepers

UN Security Council Condemns Turkish Cypriot Attack on Peacekeepers

The press statement warned that assaulting UN personnel is a crime under international law and called for both sides to return to formal negotiations in order to put an end to the 50-year conflict.

August 22, 2023
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