News in Brief Governmentinfo 101: PM Orbán's "successful, fruitful and useful" meeting with Juncker, the Soros plan and CEU Oct 20, 2017 Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had a "successful, fruitful and useful" working dinner with Jean-Claude Juncker and V4 leaders on Wednesday
Blog Myths and Facts about Hungary and George Soros (Part 2) May 30, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács Democracy means first and foremost accountability and the people’s right to participate in the decision making of their lives and futures. Governments, including the Hungarian government, are held accountable and can be voted out of power. The shadowy power networks of the “open society” are accountable to no one.
Blog That’s exactly what we’re talking about Mar 29, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács Crackdown it's not. Considering how these organizations are using foreign funding to engage in political activities in Hungary, any government in the world would call for greater transparency.
Blog Transparency can be bought? Mar 06, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács Something strange is happening with Transparency International. The international NGO that made a name for itself for its “global coalition against corruption” has remained rather tight-lipped about why it decided in January to strip accreditation from its US affiliate, denying it the use of the TI name and logo.
News in Brief WATCH VIDEO: Hungary's foreign minister says people should know if NGOs are funded from abroad Jan 31, 2017 The foreign minister said there was a clear demand for politics to be transparent. He argued that in this case transparency should be demanded of all organizations that influence public affairs, including NGOs, “because the people have a right to know whom these NGOs, whom these organizations actually represent”
Blog Civil society: not always what it’s cracked up to be Jan 25, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács The international press has been reporting that the Hungarian government is ‘coming down on Hungary’s civil society’, and once again they don’t have their story right.
News in Brief PM Orbán: Interests of NGOs must be made public Jan 16, 2017 The Hungarian government has said there must be transparency of civil society organizations and everyone has the right to know who is trying to influence public discourse