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Ungarn, Griechenland, Moldau: Söders Mission in Südosteuropa

31. Juli 2026 um 11:58

Bayerns Ministerpräsident präsentiert sich auf seiner Reise als Anwalt Südosteuropas – und als seriöser Staatsmann. Es geht um Autos, Hightech und Europa. Und natürlich um ihn.

Democracy Digest: Danube Falls to Lowest Levels in 30 Years

31. Juli 2026 um 07:06
Elsewhere, suspected Russian missile crashes in Poland; Hungary sets up agency to recover assets stolen under Orban government; Slovak president calls for more use of Chinese tech on visit to Beijing; Czech government warns of rising online youth radicalisation.

Hungary Enters Post-Print Age as Political Dailies Disappear

30. Juli 2026 um 07:06
Hungary will become the only country in Europe without a printed political daily when Magyar Nemzet switches to a weekly publication on August 1. Other smaller European media markets are likely to go down the same path.

Democracy Digest: Russian Hackers Linked to FSB Target Slovakia

24. Juli 2026 um 07:04
Elsewhere, Hungary’s chief prosecutor resigns amid mounting pressure from new government; President Nawrocki vetoes civil partnerships in Poland; political rift deepens as Czech president overrules government’s budget amendment.

The Biggest Question Is Not Hungary’s Next President but Its Next Constitution

24. Juli 2026 um 07:00
Hungary’s PM fired the president, fulfilling a campaign pledge to remove ‘Fidesz puppets’ from public office. A shambolic attempt to nominate a successor grabbed the headlines, but the focus should be on the government’s drafting of an entirely new constitution.

  • ✇The Guardian
  • Hungary’s chess queen declines Péter Magyar’s offer of role as president
    Judit Polgár says she does not ‘feel enough strength within me’ to take on the responsibility of uniting a divided nationThe Hungarian chess ⁠legend Judit Polgár has said she will not accept the nomination for president, only a day after the ⁠prime minister, Péter Magyar, ⁠said he ​would ask her to take up the largely ceremonial role.Magyar had said he would meet Polgár on Monday to discuss the matter. “Our country needs unity, peace and a president that all Hungarians can be proud of,” he wrote
     

Hungary’s chess queen declines Péter Magyar’s offer of role as president

20. Juli 2026 um 19:44

Judit Polgár says she does not ‘feel enough strength within me’ to take on the responsibility of uniting a divided nation

The Hungarian chess ⁠legend Judit Polgár has said she will not accept the nomination for president, only a day after the ⁠prime minister, Péter Magyar, ⁠said he ​would ask her to take up the largely ceremonial role.

Magyar had said he would meet Polgár on Monday to discuss the matter. “Our country needs unity, peace and a president that all Hungarians can be proud of,” he wrote on social media. “Judit Polgár’s name has been synonymous with talent and perseverance for decades.”

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© Photograph: Peter Kohalmi/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Peter Kohalmi/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Peter Kohalmi/AFP/Getty Images

Ungarn: Die Schach-Großmeisterin soll für den politischen Neustart stehen

20. Juli 2026 um 12:47

Premier Magyar will die Schach-Olympiasiegerin Judit Polgár zum Staatsoberhaupt machen. Den bisherigen Präsidenten hat er per Verfassungsänderung und mit einer Drohung aus dem Amt gedrängt.

Democracy Digest: Revolving Door Politics in Hungary as Szijjarto Joins China’s BYD

17. Juli 2026 um 06:49
Elsewhere, Russia’s FSB links alleged Moscow drone plot to Slovakia; leader of Czech coalition party Motorists under fire after Prague car crash; Poland not among founding members of new European coalition to develop ballistic missile defence.

Interview mit Anne Applebaum: „Zu hoffen, dass der amerikanische Präsident gute Laune hat, ist keine Lösung“

10. Juli 2026 um 10:07

Wie überlebensfähig sind Europas Demokratien unter dem Druck autokratischer Weltmächte? Pulitzer-Preisträgerin Anne Applebaum über Trumps Emotionen, Putins Wahnhaftigkeit und die Stärke der Europäer.

  • ✇ZDFheute
  • Ungarns Staatssender stellen Programme ein
    Ungarns Ministerpräsident Peter Magyar hat die staatlichen Fernseh- und Rundfunksender angewiesen, Nachrichtensendungen vorläufig einzustellen. Die Chefredaktionen sollen neu aufgestellt werden.
     
  • ✇The Guardian
  • Hungarian public media outlets halt broadcasting in post-Orbán shake-up
    Péter Magyar hails ‘end of propaganda broadcasts’ as Kossuth radio and M1 TV channels suspend transmissionHungarian public media outlets close to Viktor Orbán have suspended broadcasting, the country’s prime minister said as he hailed efforts to dismantle the longtime nationalist leader’s control over information.Péter Magyar, who ousted Orbán in a landslide election victory in April, wrote on Facebook: “A historic day. Today marks the end of propaganda broadcasts on public media platforms. They
     

Hungarian public media outlets halt broadcasting in post-Orbán shake-up

07. Juli 2026 um 18:19

Péter Magyar hails ‘end of propaganda broadcasts’ as Kossuth radio and M1 TV channels suspend transmission

Hungarian public media outlets close to Viktor Orbán have suspended broadcasting, the country’s prime minister said as he hailed efforts to dismantle the longtime nationalist leader’s control over information.

Péter Magyar, who ousted Orbán in a landslide election victory in April, wrote on Facebook: “A historic day. Today marks the end of propaganda broadcasts on public media platforms. They lied at night, they lied during the day, they lied on every wavelength. That is now over.”

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© Photograph: Márton Mónus/Reuters

© Photograph: Márton Mónus/Reuters

© Photograph: Márton Mónus/Reuters

Ungarn nach dem Regierungswechsel: „Ein ganzes Land wurde aus 200 Metern an die Oberfläche gerissen“

Haben die Ungarn wirklich die Populisten besiegt? Márton Gergely, Chefredakteur des unabhängigen Magazins HVG, über die Widersprüche Péter Magyars und sein Fremdeln damit, dass ein Teil der Gesellschaft jetzt so heiter jubelt.

  • ✇The Guardian
  • ‘Attack on civil society’: why Viktor Orbán’s favourite thinktank is in crisis
    MCC Brussels received lavish funding from Budapest, but Hungary’s new PM is launching an investigationUnder glittering chandeliers in a neoclassical ballroom, guests took their seats. It was 10am and scores of people had gathered at a private members’ club in Brussels for a conference to mark 250 years of American independence, organised by Viktor Orbán’s favourite thinktank in the EU capital, MCC Brussels.Opening the one-day event, the MCC director, Frank Furedi, said the 250th anniversary had
     

‘Attack on civil society’: why Viktor Orbán’s favourite thinktank is in crisis

05. Juli 2026 um 09:20

MCC Brussels received lavish funding from Budapest, but Hungary’s new PM is launching an investigation

Under glittering chandeliers in a neoclassical ballroom, guests took their seats. It was 10am and scores of people had gathered at a private members’ club in Brussels for a conference to mark 250 years of American independence, organised by Viktor Orbán’s favourite thinktank in the EU capital, MCC Brussels.

Opening the one-day event, the MCC director, Frank Furedi, said the 250th anniversary had “really escaped the attention of a European audience” in a speech that lauded the founding fathers before launching a sweeping attack on Europe’s “incompetent political class”.

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© Photograph: Jennifer Rankin

© Photograph: Jennifer Rankin

© Photograph: Jennifer Rankin

  • ✇Politik - SZ.de
  • Budapest: Eine Stadt atmet auf
    Das liberale Budapest wurde lange von Orbán drangsaliert. Besonders stark war der ultrakonservative Druck auf die LGBTQ-Community. Jetzt schöpfen viele Hoffnung. Doch auch mit der neuen Regierung könnte es Konflikte geben.
     

Budapest: Eine Stadt atmet auf

26. Juni 2026 um 09:38

Das liberale Budapest wurde lange von Orbán drangsaliert. Besonders stark war der ultrakonservative Druck auf die LGBTQ-Community. Jetzt schöpfen viele Hoffnung. Doch auch mit der neuen Regierung könnte es Konflikte geben.

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