Hungary accused of illegal subsidies for pro-government media

found 2025 › Apr › 28 (Mon) @ 04:20 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

Viktor Orbán faces scrutiny over his tightening grip on critical voices

The Guardian view on Trump v universities: essential institutions must defend themselves | Editorial

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 17:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Harvard is leading the pushback because it can afford to fight. Others are realising that they can’t afford not to

Enfeebling universities or seizing control is an early chapter in the authoritarian p…

Péter Erdő is a strong candidate to be the next pope – and that’s reason to be fearful | Alex Faludy

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 04:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The archbishop is traditionalists’ preferred candidate for a reason: his papacy would wind back the progress made under Pope Francis

Who might be the next pope? The question is famously difficult to a…

Hungary on EU watchlist over surveillance at Pride

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 02:45 UTC

a story from Politico EU › Politico EU

Budapest has opened the door to using AI facial recognition to identify LGBTQ+ protestors.

Hungary could suspend citizenship to silence dissent

found 2025 › Apr › 23 (Wed) @ 02:45 UTC

a story from Politico EU › Politico EU

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The ambitions of the proposed bill are clear: It’s about targeting civil society, journalists and activists — within Hungary and the diaspora — who refuse to fall in line.

Who will be the next pope after Francis? The selection process, what’s next

found 2025 › Apr › 21 (Mon) @ 10:40 UTC

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Potential successors to Pope Francis are Ghana’s Peter Turkson, Luis Tagle of the Philippines and Hungary's Peter Erdo.

Who will be the next pope? The selection process and what happens next

found 2025 › Apr › 21 (Mon) @ 09:25 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Potential successors are Ghana’s Peter Turkson, Luis Tagle of the Philippines and Hungary's Peter Erdo.

Anti-Trump protesters in the US might look to the Czech Republic: ‘We are an example’

found 2025 › Apr › 20 (Sun) @ 10:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Massive, sustained protests led to the 2021 downfall of billionaire oligarch Andrej Babiš, dubbed ‘the Czech Trump’

A former cold war communist dictatorship and component part of the Habsburg empire s…

Gruesome details of 'fire seat' death said to be 'the most horrific known in human history'

found 2025 › Apr › 20 (Sun) @ 07:45 UTC

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Historians have identified one specific execution in Hungary that they say stands out from the crowd for its complexity, cruelty as well as its sheer barbarity.

Hungary would hurt EU taxpayers by lifting Russia sanctions, warns Estonia

found 2025 › Apr › 20 (Sun) @ 04:45 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

Foreign minister says unfreezing €210bn of Russian assets would leave Europe footing the bill for loans to Kyiv