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That moment when a US diplomat wonders if there is press freedom in Hungary, and an RTL Klub producer has the answer

Really, what reasonable, Hungarian-speaking person would look at the media landscape in Hungary and seriously wonder about the freedom of the media?

The corruption of news reporting on ‘corruption’

If it doesn’t fit within the Hungary-bashing narrative, it won’t be reported.

Brussels shoots itself in the foot with crackdown on Hungarian NGO transparency

Their credibility just took another blow. It’s difficult to take seriously this latest move by the European Commission.

PM Orbán: Policy on Hungarian communities beyond the borders must help lower and middle classes

PM Orbán said that members of the highly-qualified intellectual classes with solid family backgrounds are already succeeding in finding their own path as Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin.

Hungary’s economy gathers steam as the CDS premium falls below the 100 point-mark

Hungary has surpassed another benchmark: the five-year, CDS premium fell below the 100 point-mark, to 98 points, at the end of September in another sign that investors are upbeat about the economic outlook.

The Financial Times has become completely unhinged

They've gone off their meds

Want to belong to Europe? Act like it!

In the European Union, we don’t take away the rights of children of historic minorities. Ukraine, by doing so, is taking a detour from its path into the EU and turning its back on European neighbors who stood by them in some of the most difficult times.