Viktor Orbán encounters Jürgen Habermas
Viktor Orbán is on his way to China from where no appreciable news has yet reached Budapest. Nonetheless, the prime minister’s name is prominent on practically all online news sites today on account of...
View ArticleViktor Orbán’s latest foray against European values
Yesterday Fidesz held its twenty-sixth congress. Almost 2,000 delegates gathered, and they voted almost unanimously to reelect Viktor Orbán as chairman. They also elected four deputy chairmen: the...
View ArticleA new year: roll back the clock
László Kövér, president of the Hungarian Parliament, has a unique ability. Even if he utters only a couple of sentences he manages to squeeze several outrageous comments into them. Can you imagine when...
View ArticleHungary is unique after all: Pew research on terrorism and refugees
A couple of days ago the Pew Research Center published a survey taken between February 16 and May 8 in 38 countries, asking about the respondents’ sense of threats to national security. People were...
View ArticleLászló Kövér on the “culture of guilt”
One of László Kövér’s favorite pastimes is to visit Hungarian areas of the neighboring countries. This August he was especially busy. On August 4, he was in Slovakia unveiling a memorial created to...
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