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Ukraine and discrimination against Hungarians: When will we see real progress?

“Hungary’s ambition is to guarantee that around 150,000 Hungarians can live in security in the Transcarpathia region and exercise their rights”

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Hungary's FM: It's in the interests of both Central Europe and the EU for cooperation to be tighter with China

“It is extremely bad news for the EU that we are in a period preceding a general global trade war," the foreign minister said

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A new chapter in Hungary-US political relations

Mr. Cornstein’s arrival comes at a time when relations between Hungary and the US seem to be entering a new era

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Hungarians ask: What’s wrong with ‘Hungary first’?

Jun 04, 2018

A Hungarian native asks the editor of The Washington Post, What’s wrong with ‘Hungary first’?

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Government Spokesperson responds to Hungary's critics, slams Washington Post

Apr 24, 2018

Voter turnout in Hungary’s April 8th elections reached 70.2 percent, the highest it’s been since 2002 and more than eight points higher than it was in 2014, Zoltán Kovács highlighted

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Language isn’t the problem. Your bias is the problem

Jan 10, 2018 - Zoltán Kovács

The first days of January offer a good time to take stock and consider some life improvements for the twelve months to come. Many are making New Year’s resolutions, including, it seems, the Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum.

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When the Washington Post, and its anti-Hungary echo chamber, refuses to run my response

Nov 13, 2017

Echo chambers – the lack of different opinions on a certain issue – are threatening people’s right to information in the modern age. In today’s world of social media saturated with fake news and sensational, online media fighting for page views, the echo chamber effect is growing, and those media outlets that pride themselves on professional journalism have a special obligation to restore a little reason to the discourse.

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The irrational Orbanophobia of Anne Applebaum

Nov 08, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Under Soviet occupation, November 7 was a compulsory holiday in Hungary. Since the end of communism and the re-birth of a free Hungary, we remember the one hundred million victims of communism. In her recent piece in the Washington Post, Anne Applebaum uses November 7 as an opportunity to disparage democratic political parties and leaders – including Prime Minister Orbán – whom she dislikes, bizarrely comparing them to Bolsheviks.

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Hungary, says Washington Post, has unleashed a “xenophobic attack” on a “beacon of freedom”

Apr 07, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Professional media outlets who fail to ask critical questions or consult a balance of sources, who favor a hysterical narrative over rational discourse, are simply not professional

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Hungary's civilian border patrol force are not 'hunters'

Oct 18, 2016

Border patrols provide additional protection on what has become one of Europe’s most sensitive frontiers in the struggle against illegal immigration and human trafficking

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Washington Post reporter lost in translation and bias

Oct 11, 2016 - Zoltán Kovács

Earlier this month, the Washington Post published an article on page one with the enticing, clickable title, “Hungary intends to stop migrants with ‘hunters’ near border wall,” by their Berlin-based correspondent, Anthony Faiola. Unfortunately, he got a few things wrong.

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