Jeroen van Drunen, PhD
@jklunen.bsky.social
Hotelier in Hungary, historian, author, Central- Eastern Europe - currently working on a monograph on Western travel to Stalinist Romania. Living in Padova, Italy.
Het enige noemenswaardige wapenfeit van de domrechtse Schoofprutsers is het laten vallen van een demissionair kabinet. Chapeau.
August 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Het enige noemenswaardige wapenfeit van de domrechtse Schoofprutsers is het laten vallen van een demissionair kabinet. Chapeau.
If voters are unimpressed with the moral implications of voting for populists, they should opt for checking their wallets: with the exception of the crooks on top, they will leave you penniless. dailynewshungary.com/hungary-offi...
Hungary now officially the poorest country in the EU - DailyNewsHungary
Hungary has officially become the European Union’s poorest member state based on actual individual consumption, with economic hardship triggering a potential political shake-up.
dailynewshungary.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
If voters are unimpressed with the moral implications of voting for populists, they should opt for checking their wallets: with the exception of the crooks on top, they will leave you penniless. dailynewshungary.com/hungary-offi...
nos.nl/l/2572816 Oh, er is een risico aan verbonden? Dan maar liever niet. De labbekakkerigheid kent weer geen grenzen. Ik loop wel voor twee vandaag. Wel fijn ook, zonder de aanwezigheid van het Nederlandse schertskabinet.
Staatssecretaris Paul loopt toch niet mee in Budapest Pride
Met haar keuze is de Nederlandse regering niet vertegenwoordigd bij het evenement dat verboden werd door de Hongaarse regering.
nos.nl
June 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
nos.nl/l/2572816 Oh, er is een risico aan verbonden? Dan maar liever niet. De labbekakkerigheid kent weer geen grenzen. Ik loop wel voor twee vandaag. Wel fijn ook, zonder de aanwezigheid van het Nederlandse schertskabinet.
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Mir egal wie der neue Papst heißt, der ZDF-Reporter am Vatikan heißt A. Postel 😭
May 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mir egal wie der neue Papst heißt, der ZDF-Reporter am Vatikan heißt A. Postel 😭
1/Stuart Whatley in The New Statesman: “American greatness has produced a society whose members know not what to do with the freedom and abundance that earlier generations secured.
April 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
1/Stuart Whatley in The New Statesman: “American greatness has produced a society whose members know not what to do with the freedom and abundance that earlier generations secured.
Anne Applebaum in The Atlantic: “(…) America is spinning quickly in the direction of Hungarian populism, Hungarian politics, and Hungarian justice. But that means Hungarian stagnation, Hungarian corruption, and Hungarian poverty lie in our future too.”
March 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Anne Applebaum in The Atlantic: “(…) America is spinning quickly in the direction of Hungarian populism, Hungarian politics, and Hungarian justice. But that means Hungarian stagnation, Hungarian corruption, and Hungarian poverty lie in our future too.”
1/Marina Hyde in today’s Guardian: “Now we have this Signal chat – yet another sweet memorial to all the European service personnel who gave their lives in the US Republican party’s endlessly stupid 9/11 wars.
March 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
1/Marina Hyde in today’s Guardian: “Now we have this Signal chat – yet another sweet memorial to all the European service personnel who gave their lives in the US Republican party’s endlessly stupid 9/11 wars.
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-... Et à quelques mètres de la ligne d'arrivée, Josiane tente une remontée spectaculaire sur la gauche et passe Monique qui a tout donné lors du dernier virage et ne peut pas lutter. Mais c'est finalement Solange qui termine première et garde son titre ! Une course magnifique, à vous les studios !
March 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
-... Et à quelques mètres de la ligne d'arrivée, Josiane tente une remontée spectaculaire sur la gauche et passe Monique qui a tout donné lors du dernier virage et ne peut pas lutter. Mais c'est finalement Solange qui termine première et garde son titre ! Une course magnifique, à vous les studios !
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Memo to my American friends: maybe you should stop focusing your energy on Democratic Senate leadership or Tesla dealerships and actually start going out into the streets to save your republic? This is not a drill folks, if you don’t stand up now there is not going to be a republic anymore.
March 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Memo to my American friends: maybe you should stop focusing your energy on Democratic Senate leadership or Tesla dealerships and actually start going out into the streets to save your republic? This is not a drill folks, if you don’t stand up now there is not going to be a republic anymore.
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As European leaders rally around Zelensky in support, the head of the EU's most Kremlin-infiltrated government is, as usual, siding with the other side.
The EU must not only take the threats posed by Putin and Trump seriously—it must also finally confront the danger within.
The EU must not only take the threats posed by Putin and Trump seriously—it must also finally confront the danger within.
March 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
As European leaders rally around Zelensky in support, the head of the EU's most Kremlin-infiltrated government is, as usual, siding with the other side.
The EU must not only take the threats posed by Putin and Trump seriously—it must also finally confront the danger within.
The EU must not only take the threats posed by Putin and Trump seriously—it must also finally confront the danger within.
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If you still believe, after today‘s UN resolution, that Trump will change his mind, just as soon as the Europeans finally spend more on defence, I can‘t help you.
Of course Europe must spend more on defence. But not as a gesture to please Trump. To protect ourselves & stand on our own 2 feet.
Of course Europe must spend more on defence. But not as a gesture to please Trump. To protect ourselves & stand on our own 2 feet.
February 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If you still believe, after today‘s UN resolution, that Trump will change his mind, just as soon as the Europeans finally spend more on defence, I can‘t help you.
Of course Europe must spend more on defence. But not as a gesture to please Trump. To protect ourselves & stand on our own 2 feet.
Of course Europe must spend more on defence. But not as a gesture to please Trump. To protect ourselves & stand on our own 2 feet.
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Hey US, anyone paying attention? A country’s future is on the line, and, quick giveaway, it’s not Ukraine’s.
Forget NATO. Forget the EU.
A new coalition of nations is emerging to deal with the greatest security crisis to hit Europe in decades.
A new coalition of nations is emerging to deal with the greatest security crisis to hit Europe in decades.
West’s ‘crisis’ coalition grows as Trump rails against Zelenskyy
Forget about NATO and the EU. Western leaders are building a new diplomatic framework to deal with Trump’s alignment with Moscow.
www.politico.eu
February 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Hey US, anyone paying attention? A country’s future is on the line, and, quick giveaway, it’s not Ukraine’s.
www.spiegel.de/geschichte/u...
Timothy Snyder, as usual, tells it like it is.
Timothy Snyder, as usual, tells it like it is.
(S+) USA: Historiker Timothy Snyder über die US-Regierung - »Elon Musk will Europa kolonialisieren«
Donald Trump und Elon Musk treiben die Weltpolitik vor sich her. Yale-Historiker Timothy Snyder erklärt, wie man dem modernen Imperialismus begegnen kann, welche Ziele die Populisten mit ihrem AfD-Fli...
www.spiegel.de
February 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
www.spiegel.de/geschichte/u...
Timothy Snyder, as usual, tells it like it is.
Timothy Snyder, as usual, tells it like it is.
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🔥🎬 "The Dynasty - How The Orbán Family’s Economic Empire Was Born" dropped this morning and is blowing up the Hungarian internet, nearing 400K views!
Let’s push it to 1M—please share @direkt36.bsky.social's documentary!
You can turn on English subtitles.
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Let’s push it to 1M—please share @direkt36.bsky.social's documentary!
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A dinasztia (The Dynasty) - így született az Orbán család gazdasági birodalma
„A dinasztia” – Így született az Orbán család gazdasági birodalma /// The Dynasty - How the Orbán family’s economic empire was born
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Az Orbán-rezsim 15. évére a miniszterelnök veje lett Magyarország egyik leggazdagabb embere. Tiborcz István egy luxusingatlanokból, pé
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February 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🔥🎬 "The Dynasty - How The Orbán Family’s Economic Empire Was Born" dropped this morning and is blowing up the Hungarian internet, nearing 400K views!
Let’s push it to 1M—please share @direkt36.bsky.social's documentary!
You can turn on English subtitles.
www.youtube.com/watc...
Let’s push it to 1M—please share @direkt36.bsky.social's documentary!
You can turn on English subtitles.
www.youtube.com/watc...