Prime minister Viktor Orbán is quite open about his goal to build an ‘illiberal state’.
Protestors hold banners saying ‘No to the stigmatisation of civilians’ at a meeting of the Hungarian parliament’s justice committee, prior to the bill’s approval.
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FROM OUR ARCHIVES (UPDATED) Hungary has passed a law monitoring the finances of foreign-funded NGOs, another blow to civil society in Viktor Orban’s increasingly “illiberal democracy”.
People protest against the bill that would undermine Central European University in Budapest.
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The Central European University will challenge a law just passed by the Hungarian parliament that could force the closure of the school founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
A second line of fencing being constructed on the Serbian/Hungarian border in early March 2017.
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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has caught referendum fever. He is giving his public a vote on refugee policy in what is being seen as a two-fingered salute to the EU.
The UK’s decision to leave the European Union has baffled many in Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania, where nostalgia for life before the EU is virtually non-existent.
Austrian Freedom Party presidential candidate Norbert Hofer took the far right to the brink of victory in the recent election.
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Radical right populists are on the brink of power in Austria and making gains across the region. And the European leaders who once were willing to publicly condemn them are silent now.
Hungary isn’t in a welcoming mood.
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In the wake of Paris and the Russian jet incident, Europe is facing the mother of all challenges over security and refugees. Where does it go from here?
Viktor Orbán says Muslim refugees are a threat to his Christian country.
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In his hostility towards refugees, Hungary’s prime minister has forgotten that nearly 2,000 years ago, Syrians lived on the land that now makes up his country.
Friendly relations: refugees and the Croatian police.
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