
Intelligence Row Deepens Rift Between EU and Hungary Ahead of Elections
Western liberal media reports alleging Budapest colluding with Moscow are coming thick and fast over fears of another victory for Viktor Orbán.

Western liberal media reports alleging Budapest colluding with Moscow are coming thick and fast over fears of another victory for Viktor Orbán.

“We are essentially importing political practices that look more at home in Lebanon or Sierra Leone or Pakistan than they do in Britain.”

Not one, but two controversial photos of an opposition Tisza Party candidate have fuelled a fresh political storm—weeks before Hungarians head to the polls.

Speakers at the Budapest Balkans Forum warned that the EU’s enlargement policy lacks credibility and clarity.

Hungarian authorities want to know why two armoured vehicles transported large amounts of cash and gold linked to a Ukrainian state bank through the country.

Political interference? Facebook has suspended Hungarian right-wing outlets weeks before the national election.

Europe’s cultural and political disputes are increasingly being settled by judges in Luxembourg rather than by elected national governments, speakers at the MCC conference said.

A court in Cologne found no clear evidence that the AfD’s overall political direction amounted to an “anti-constitutional tendency.”

Speakers at a Budapest conference argued that former U.S. and current EU funding programmes overtly promote progressive causes instead of traditional development goals.

The Polish president’s veto inflames tensions with Warsaw’s ruling coalition.