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Election results are now official, so what happens next?

More information regarding the expected setup of the new government can be expected by the beginning of May

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Another Orbán Government means economic stability and growth and that makes markets happy

If you had a chance to look at the market reaction last week, it seems they’re pleased to see Prime Minister Orbán elected to another term in Hungary

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Stop playing the anti-Semitism card. It’s cynical and insulting

To those who keep playing the anti-Semitism card: enough already

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Five surprising takeaways from Sunday’s parliamentary elections

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán won in a landslide where Fidesz-KDNP gained more votes than all of the opposition combined

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PM Orbán: ‘Hungarians have stood up for Hungary’s sovereignty’

"We won’t just prolong the previous term, but we will open a new chapter," he said

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PM Orbán: Landslide victory proves people want honest and clear speech and to highlight migration problem plaguing Europe

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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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