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    • PM Orbán: Hungarians have the right to know what’s going on in Brussels

    “In the run-up to any election, we should clarify the facts,” PM Orbán said

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    Tourism in Hungary broke more records in 2018

    Hungary drew a record number of foreign visitors in 2018, up by 650,000 from the previous year.

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    The Left and the far-right want to convince the world that Jobbik is now ‘kosher,’ but they’ve got a serious problem

    Another story that the international media continues to ignore...

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    With his visit this weekend to Budapest, Commissioner Timmermans is giving his seal of approval to the Left’s alliance with the extremist, far-right

    It’s a deeply disturbing political deal and it seems Commissioner Timmermans is ok with that

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    Hungarian NGO activists lobby MPs in the Dutch Parliament to put more pressure on Hungary

    These activists have no democratic mandate, so why do the Dutch even bother?

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    Dear Guardian columnist: No, Hungary’s family policy is not about “controlling women’s bodies”

    Whale preservation good. Human preservation not so much

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    World Jewish Congress “deeply troubled” by “dangerous” alliance between Hungary’s opposition and “extremist Jobbik”

    Why is the media ignoring this story?

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    US Sec State Pompeo in Budapest: “Americans and Hungarians have always stood together in the pursuit of freedom, and that tradition continues today”

    Although the general direction of US and Hungarian policy is important, cooperation is clear in specific areas as well

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    Illegal immigration

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    A stronger, more rigorous Stop Soros bill is now in front of the Parliament: here’s a look at the details

    May 31, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

    On election day nearly two months ago, the voters of Hungary sent a clear message. They made it clear that they don’t want Hungary to become an immigrant country and that the country’s security comes first. To serve the will of the people and meet this obligation, the Orbán Government has put forth the Stop Soros legislative package. What’s in the new package? Let’s take a look at the details.

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    PM Orbán addresses crowd of unprecedented numbers: “Our biggest battle is about to begin”

    Mar 15, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

    “They want to take our country away. Not with the stroke of a pen like they did a hundred years ago in Trianon,” said Prime Minister Orbán in his March 15th address before a crowd estimated in the hundreds of thousands to commemorate the 170th anniversary of Hungary’s 1848 Revolution and War of Independence, “but that we voluntarily hand it over to others in the decades to come.”

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    The amendment gives voice to the people’s will

    Oct 19, 2016 - Zoltán Kovács

    “In 2015, a migratory wave of unforeseen proportions reached the borders of Europe,” according to the text presenting the proposed amendments to the Fundamental Law of Hungary. “One and a half million people crossed Schengen borders illegally. The cultural and economic integration of the masses of newcomers has made Europe face an unsolvable task, and uncontrolled border-crossings have significantly increased the danger of terror.

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