Zoltán Kottász is a journalist for europeanconservative.com, based in Budapest. He worked for many years as a journalist and as the editor of the foreign desk at the Hungarian daily, Magyar Nemzet. He focuses primarily on European politics.
Poland: Conservative PiS Party Remains Strongest After Local Elections

Poland: Conservative PiS Party Remains Strongest After Local Elections

Party leader says country “cannot go down the path that Donald Tusk is pushing it on at the moment.”

April 8, 2024
Slovakia: European Liberals Seething as Nationalist Pellegrini Elected President

Slovakia: European Liberals Seething as Nationalist Pellegrini Elected President

Prime Minister Robert Fico expects more EU punishments after the “undesired” election outcome.

April 8, 2024
Hungarian FM: NATO Ukraine Funding Proposal Would Draw Alliance Closer to War

Hungarian FM: NATO Ukraine Funding Proposal Would Draw Alliance Closer to War

Western nations intend to provide more assistance but made no concrete pledges in Brussels.

April 5, 2024
Slovakian Presidential Candidates Neck and Neck in Polls

Slovakian Presidential Candidates Neck and Neck in Polls

PM Robert Fico says Slovaks deserve a head of state who will fight for the interests of the sovereign nation-state.

April 4, 2024
Ukraine Lowers Conscription Age in Preparation for Russian Advance

Ukraine Lowers Conscription Age in Preparation for Russian Advance

Mobilisation is an increasingly contentious issue in the country exhausted by two years of fighting.

April 3, 2024
Turkey: Erdogan’s Party Loses Local Elections in Major Upset

Turkey: Erdogan’s Party Loses Local Elections in Major Upset

Istanbul Mayor-Elect Ekrem İmamoğlu said result “marks the end of democratic erosion in Turkey and the resurgence of democracy.”

April 2, 2024
Poland: Lawfare Continues Against Opposition Conservatives as Former Officials’ Homes Raided

Poland: Lawfare Continues Against Opposition Conservatives as Former Officials’ Homes Raided

Former prime minister called the raids “political revenge.”

March 27, 2024
Germans Fed Up With Greens as Founding Member Resigns

Germans Fed Up With Greens as Founding Member Resigns

Party has abandoned its peaceful foreign policy, founder Ulfried Geuter said.

March 27, 2024
European Countries Issue Terror Warnings Ahead of Easter

European Countries Issue Terror Warnings Ahead of Easter

France has thwarted two attacks by the Islamic State since the beginning of the year.

March 26, 2024
Slovakia: April Run-Off Vote To Determine  Presidential Election

Slovakia: April Run-Off Vote To Determine Presidential Election

Liberal Ivan Korčok had a 5-point advantage over sovereigntist rival Peter Pellegrini in Sunday’s election, but the latter is the favourite in the second round.

March 25, 2024
Putin Implies Ukraine Played Role in Moscow Terrorist Attack

Putin Implies Ukraine Played Role in Moscow Terrorist Attack

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday’s massacre that killed almost 140 people.

March 25, 2024
Slovakia Dismantles Partisan Special Prosecutor’s Office

Slovakia Dismantles Partisan Special Prosecutor’s Office

PM Fico’s nationalist government makes country prime target for Brussels’ weaponisation of EU rule-of-law provision.

March 20, 2024