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The last gasps of the ‘concerned about Hungary’ clique

Thomas Melia became a name in Hungary back in 2011 when, as a State Department official, he expressed in testimony before a subcommittee of the US Congress “concern about Hungary‘s democratic trajectory.”

Dec 7, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács
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Rules surrounding NGOs are much stricter in the USA

"The most recent statement by the US Department of State is another stark example of double standards, since the regulation in force in the USA is much stricter than that in Hungary. In the United States, Soros organizations could never do what they are doing in Europe," Hungary's International Communications Office said

Jun 20, 2017
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The US State Department takes one more swipe at Hungary for migration policy

The US State Department recently published its annual human rights report, a relic of the Cold War era. With that familiar “we know better” approach, the chapter on Hungary takes aim at our government’s actions responding to the migration crisis and reflects the previous US administration’s lax policy toward illegal immigration, a policy position on the verge of extinction.

Mar 12, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács