EU
An analysis on the outcomes of the European Parliamentary elections....
The more successful populist, Euro-reject parties in the last few years have shifted their platform’s central pillar from anti-immigration in 2009’s EP election to anti-EU in 2014’s EP election....
By now Viktor Orbán has manoeuvred himself into a corner where
his options are limited to bad and even worse political choices....
The foundering of loan negotiations would definitely leave the Hungarian economy in a catastrophic state with potentially serious domestic political consequences....
The debate on the social integration of the Muslim minority totalling 5 to 8 per cent of the population has risen to the highest political level in the large receiving countries in Europe. ...
Hungary has prepared for the EU Presidency diligently and succeeded in putting its own topics on the agenda, such as the European Roma Strategy. No one had expected it to be a light run....
The analysis examines the Media Law, explores the arguments for and against the legislation, and summarizes the legislation's most important points....
2011 is the year Central Europe took over Brussels. Hungary will be at the helm of EU's rotating presidency for the next six months, to be followed by Poland in the second half of the year....
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who steamrollered over virtually all obstacles to his rule in 2010, will spend the first part of 2011 navigating the pitfalls of power....
As Hungary packs up its Bermuda shorts for a six-month stay at the Brussels beach, it might be fair to ask: What exactly do we expect to get out of this?...
Eastern Europe’s Roma, also known as Gypsies, are desperate to break out of the grinding poverty in which many of them live - but they frequently see little hope of doing so in their home countries....
Key Political Trends: Half-success: Budget deficit aims 3%; Restricting the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court; Ferenc Gyurcsány’s two-front battle against Fidesz and the MSZP leadership...
While currently it appears to be a success story from an economic and political point alike, the introduction of the bank tax presents significant risks already in the medium term....
GCC airlines feel threatened as Air France KLM accuse them of unfair competition and Canada refuses to grant UAE carriers further landing rights....
Fidesz’s changes to the election law have made it hard for politicians to run for Budapest mayor. ...
New Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radičová met August 25 with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to discuss – among other things – the Slovak Parliament’s decision to withhold its €800 million co...
Although Hungary currently has no urgent need for outside financing, the IMF loan served as a safety net should the country find itself in a tight spot....
Bulgarian prosecutors charged opposition leader and former Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev with mishandling seven classified reports that went missing during his term in power....
Lajos Kósa, managing vice-president of Hungarian governing party Fidesz made the classical mistake which revealed that good governance presupposes good communication....
Bulgaria’s hopes for joining the Eurozone may be dashed after officials discovered a "hidden deficit" of BGN 2.12 billion that stems from public-works contracts that the previous government signed....
Criticism of 'xenophobic' Hungary mounts after border clashes (September 17)
Austrumeiropiešu noskaņojums pret bēgļiem (September 12)
Flüchtlinge in Ungarn: Sind unsere Nachbarn wirklich so böse? (September 12)
Hungary's Orban plays for high stakes with tough stance on migrants (September 8)
Ungarns Flüchtlingschaos: Willkommenskultur à la Guantanamo (September 7)
VISEGRAD: Orban's cynical game may yet backfire (September 7)
Unabashed Viktor Orban stands firm on migrants (September 4)
Hungary’s prime minister becomes Europe’s Donald Trump (September 4)
„Fără politici coerente, criza refugiaţilor poate exploda“ (September 3)
RTL Nieuws - 19:30 uur (September 2)
Węgry.Ekspert: rząd zabiega o korzyści polityczne w związku z imigracją (September 2)
