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EU Commissioner: EC could block funds to Hungary again
“Blockage of money always comes when the country does not fulfil something,” Vera Jourová said.
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Mass immigration is the problem, not the solution
There’s no one-size-fits-all policy on immigration. What might seem to work in Britain doesn’t automatically work on the continent.
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Justice Minister says Europe should focus on terrorism threat
Justice Minister Judit Varga said Europe needed to “wake up from hypocrisy and start to talk about real problems: anti-Semitism, murders and terrorist attacks in western Europe”.
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Letter to the FT: Hungary's universities row has never been political
State Secretary says Hungary’s 2017 amendment of its higher education bill has never been about politics, or even about George Soros.
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Wie man die Financial Times hereinlegt, Falschnachrichten zu veröffentlichen
Mitten in der Coronavirus-Pandemie wurden die Wähler möglicherweise mit einem der unangenehmsten Versuche der ungarischen linken Opposition konfrontiert, falsche Nachrichten zu produzieren. Natürlich konnte die Opposition niemanden täuschen, außer vielleicht der Financial Times, aber es zeigt, dass es Leute gibt, die alles tun würden, um der Orbán-Regierung zu schaden.
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Duping the Financial Times into publishing fake news
In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, voters may have faced one of the most unpleasant attempts to produce fake news by Hungary’s left-wing opposition. Of course they couldn’t fool anyone, except maybe the Financial Times, but it does show that there are people who would do anything to damage the Orbán government.
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Budapest resident writes letter to FT pointing out that whatever PM Orbán’s government does, it never receives a positive headline
As it stands today in Hungary, the pandemic is well under control, the fatality numbers are well below any in western Europe. So what was the fuss all about?
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Jewish life in Budapest is enjoying a renaissance
Writer Adam LeBor has penned a compelling piece for The Financial Times where he highlights how Jewish life in Hungary is enjoying a revival, where it’s extremely safe and secure
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Seven Hungarian firms among top 1,000 fastest-growing companies in Europe
According to The Financial Times list of Europe’s 1,000 fastest-growing companies, Hungary did particularly well this year with seven entries
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To the Financial Times, he’s Person of the Year, but to many ordinary citizens, Soros is an enemy of their democracy
The man that the Financial Times calls the “standard bearer for liberal democracy” devotes untold treasure to undermining popular democracy.
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FT likens Trump’s presidency to the way PM Orbán successfully runs Hungary
The Financial Times in the UK discusses the emergence of billionaire George Soros and the affect his actions have had on both the United States and Europe
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How Fantastic
This newspaper, apparently the authoritative daily of the business world, set out to decipher Orbán’s secret with the intent of revealing to its readers Viktor Orbán’s real nature and his “illiberal democracy”.
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Here’s how the Financial Times missed the story – again
Yesterday, the Financial Times published a long feature entitled, “The rise and rise of Viktor Orbán.”