“Today it is not the big fish that eat the small ones, but the fast ones who eat the slow ones.” — Viktor Orbán, prime minister, Hungary Translation of article “Money is no object” appearing in the April 27th, 2017 edition of print weekly hvg (pp. 15-16). There is no sacrifice we will not make […]
Fidesz likely to win 2018 election unless it makes a huge blunder says election expert László Róbert
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Translation of Szilárd Teczár’s interview with László Róbert, election specialist at Hungarian think-tank Political Capital, appearing in the May 4th, 2017 edition of print weekly Magyar Narancs under the title “From Minority to Majority: Election specialist Róbert László on the idea of a proportional representation electoral system”. The electoral rules play a part in the weakness […]
Hungary’s Roma self-government falls on hard times
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Roma councils in towns and villages are unable to promote the interests of their communities, while the country as a whole is preoccupied with other things. The system that is supposed to represent Roma citizens has failed, and what remains of it is exploited to fleece Hungary’s most disadvantaged citizens. How did it come to this?
György Matolcsy’s cousin, lieutenant buy shares on credit in bank recapitalized at taxpayer expense
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Translation of Éva Várhegyi’s article appearing in the May 4th, 2017 edition of Magyar Narancs under the title “Matolcsy’s people among the new owners of MKB Bank: It became Hungarian in all respects” (pp. 14-15) Turning Hungarian in every way The ill-fated MKB Bank has two new owners, both of them Hungarian, and both of them from […]
Where are Hungarian-Russian relations heading?
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In Hungary, Russians can operate freely, maintain contacts with the far right without interference, blithely build their secret service channels – and the government even gives them the occasional state contract. They can do what they want, except jeopardise Fidesz’s power in the short-term, writes Hungarian economist and foreign policy analyst, György András Deák.
Fidesz takeover of radio market in full swing
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Translation of Ferenc M. László’s article “Fidesz puts pressure on the airwaves: ‘His strident voice soared’,” appearing in the April 13th, 2017 edition of liberal print weekly Magyar Narancs (pp. 19-21) The Fidesz takeover of the radio market is in full swing. While Andy Vajna has netted half the country using a loophole in the law, […]