Viktor Orban
Hungary’s Clampdown on Independent Media Is Almost Complete
Klubrádió, one of the last media outlets in Hungary willing to criticise the government, is being taken off air. Press freedom experts are warning that this is an issue the EU “can no longer afford to ignore.”
How an Interview With Politico Made This Man Public Enemy No. 1 in Hungary
An innocuous quote by political scientist Péter Krekó has led to a hate campaign of hundreds of articles in pro-government media, and a bunch of death threats.
Hungary Just Passed a Law Effectively Banning Gay Couples From Adopting
Rights groups accused Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of scapegoating Hungary’s LGBTQ community for political gain, and to distract from the government’s handling of the COVID pandemic.
Hungary's Prime Minister Says Gay Fairytale Characters Are a Threat to Children
The country's LGBTQ community fears backlash after Viktor Orbán said of the fairytale book, "Leave our children alone."
The Cold War Is Over, But Radio Free Europe Is Back in Hungary
The U.S. government-funded station has resumed service after a steep drop in media freedom under nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
It Looks Like Hungary's Authoritarian Leader Just Got Away with a ‘Coronavirus Coup’
When the EU tried to censure Viktor Orbán, he trolled them.
Trump's Love Affair with Strongman Leaders Continues with Hungary's Viktor Orban
“He’s a tough man, but he’s a respected man,” Trump said Monday.
Is Authoritarian Europe Becoming the New Hope of the Religious Right?
Starting with the rise of the Christian right during the Cold War, the movement’s leaders mythologized America as a “city on a hill”—a nation with a divine mission to be a beacon of freedom and democracy to the world. Is that dream now crumbling?
Prime minister makes offer to Hungarian women: Have 4 kids and never pay income tax
“In all of Europe, there are fewer and fewer children, and the answer of the West to this is migration. We Hungarians have a different way of thinking."
How Hungary's Orban is winning support by out-socializing the socialists
“Social policy and family policy are important in terms of legitimizing the illiberal road Orban is building for us in Hungary.”
Hungary is trying to dismiss massive protests with conspiracy theories about George Soros
An estimated 15,000 demonstrators braved sub-zero temperatures Sunday in a rare show of opposition to Viktor Orban’s government
Hungary’s war on Soros just killed this university
“It is a dark day for Europe and a dark day for Hungary.”