Ákos Keller-Alánt
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Ahead of #Hungarian Elections, Report Analyzes Playbook to Repress Independent Media and Offers Recommendations for Reform - by @mertekmonitor.bsky.social and Rule of Law Lab at @nyulaw.bsky.social
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Ahead of Hungarian Elections, Report Analyzes Playbook to Repress Independent Media and Offers Recommendations for Reform - Mérték
Mertek Media Monitor in collaboration with the Rule of Law Lab at New York University School of Law, issued a report documenting the Hungarian government’s systematic efforts to repress independent me...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Ahead of #Hungarian Elections, Report Analyzes Playbook to Repress Independent Media and Offers Recommendations for Reform - by @mertekmonitor.bsky.social and Rule of Law Lab at @nyulaw.bsky.social
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US Secretary of State Marco #Rubio is heading to Hungary just days after President #Trump’s public endorsement of Viktor #Orbán, ahead of #Hungary’s high-stakes April 12 election www.politico.eu/article/marc...
Rubio to visit Hungary as it speeds toward closely fought election
The top U.S. diplomat’s visit to Budapest has added significance with populist-nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán struggling in pre-election polls.
www.politico.eu
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 AM
US Secretary of State Marco #Rubio is heading to Hungary just days after President #Trump’s public endorsement of Viktor #Orbán, ahead of #Hungary’s high-stakes April 12 election www.politico.eu/article/marc...
#Hungary is the most corrupt country in the EU, it has scored its lowest pont ever in @transparency-eu.bsky.social Transparency International's Corruption Preception Index, rankinkg at 84 of 182 444.hu/2026/02/10/a...
A „NER és a jogállam összeegyeztethetlen egymással” – negyedik éve Magyarország az EU legkorruptabb országa
Soha ilyen rossz nem volt a korrupciós helyzet Magyarországon, mint most – derül ki a Transparency International felméréséből. Ennek fő oka szerintük, hogy a kormány elsődleges célja a hatalmának fenn...
444.hu
February 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
#Hungary is the most corrupt country in the EU, it has scored its lowest pont ever in @transparency-eu.bsky.social Transparency International's Corruption Preception Index, rankinkg at 84 of 182 444.hu/2026/02/10/a...
#Hungary's economy eked out a meager 0.3% GDP growth for 2025, Q4 saw just 0.5%. Govt hoped for 3.2%, analysts nailed the dismal reality.
Services (finance, trade), construction boosted it, but industry plunged to 5-year lows, dragging performance.
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Services (finance, trade), construction boosted it, but industry plunged to 5-year lows, dragging performance.
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Még tovább tudott lassulni, pocsék évet zárt a magyar gazdaság
A repülőrajtból csupán 0,3 százalékos éves növekedés lett, ami jócskán elmaradt a kormányzati várakozásoktól és az előző évitől is. Az ipar rettenetes állapotban van. A ma közölt GDP-adat azt jelenti,...
444.hu
January 30, 2026 at 9:51 AM
#Hungary's economy eked out a meager 0.3% GDP growth for 2025, Q4 saw just 0.5%. Govt hoped for 3.2%, analysts nailed the dismal reality.
Services (finance, trade), construction boosted it, but industry plunged to 5-year lows, dragging performance.
444.hu/2026/01/30/g...
Services (finance, trade), construction boosted it, but industry plunged to 5-year lows, dragging performance.
444.hu/2026/01/30/g...
Budapest mayor charged over his calls for people to defy Hungary’s Pride ban - Ruling Fidesz party, led by Viktor Orbán, backed legislation that created a legal basis for Pride to be banned, citing a widely criticised need to protect children. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Budapest mayor charged over his calls for people to defy Hungary’s Pride ban
Gergely Karácsony urged people to take to streets in June in pushback against Orbán government’s attack on rights
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Budapest mayor charged over his calls for people to defy Hungary’s Pride ban - Ruling Fidesz party, led by Viktor Orbán, backed legislation that created a legal basis for Pride to be banned, citing a widely criticised need to protect children. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Deal to sell stake in Serbia's NIS to #Hungary's MOL would benefit #Russia, Lavrov says
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Deal to sell stake in Serbia's NIS to Hungary's MOL would benefit Russia, Lavrov says
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that a deal for Hungary's MOL to acquire a stake in Serbian oil refiner NIS would be beneficial for Russia.
www.reuters.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Deal to sell stake in Serbia's NIS to #Hungary's MOL would benefit #Russia, Lavrov says
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
BREAKING: #Hungary’s MOL is taking over #Russia’s 56% stake in #Serbian oil company NIS. Serbia ups its shares, part of the ownership heading to the #UAE
US sanctions pressure on Russian energy assets forced Moscow’s exit
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US sanctions pressure on Russian energy assets forced Moscow’s exit
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A szerbek bejelentették, hogy a Mol veszi meg a NIS-t az oroszoktól
A tulajdon egy része az Egyesült Arab Emírségekbe kerül, és Szerbia is növelte a részesedését.
444.hu
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
BREAKING: #Hungary’s MOL is taking over #Russia’s 56% stake in #Serbian oil company NIS. Serbia ups its shares, part of the ownership heading to the #UAE
US sanctions pressure on Russian energy assets forced Moscow’s exit
444.hu/2026/01/19/a...
US sanctions pressure on Russian energy assets forced Moscow’s exit
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#Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban has received an invitation from US President Donald Trump to sit on the Board of Peace for Gaza. Orban commented “We have, of course, accepted this honourable invitation"
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Orbán invited to Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza
The Hungarian PM said that they have of course, accepted "this honourable invitation".
telex.hu
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
#Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban has received an invitation from US President Donald Trump to sit on the Board of Peace for Gaza. Orban commented “We have, of course, accepted this honourable invitation"
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#Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar unveiled a former top Shell Plc manager, Istvan Kapitany as his chief economic adviser, who promised to reorient the economy away from assembly plants and diversify energy supplies away from Russia. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Orban Challenger Taps Former Shell Manager as Economic Adviser
Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar unveiled a former top Shell Plc manager as his chief economic adviser, who promised to reorient the economy away from assembly plants and diversify energy supp...
www.bloomberg.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
#Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar unveiled a former top Shell Plc manager, Istvan Kapitany as his chief economic adviser, who promised to reorient the economy away from assembly plants and diversify energy supplies away from Russia. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI-driven fake profiles in the #Hungarian campaign - Young, attractive, fans of football, #Orbán and relationship drama: inside the most sophisticated pro-Fidesz fake-profile network on Facebook
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Young, attractive, fans of football, Orbán and relationship drama: inside the most sophisticated pro-Fidesz fake-profile network on Facebook
We identified a network of nearly one hundred Facebook profiles whose members live in an AI generated reality and systematically spread content that supports the governing party.
lakmusz.hu
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
AI-driven fake profiles in the #Hungarian campaign - Young, attractive, fans of football, #Orbán and relationship drama: inside the most sophisticated pro-Fidesz fake-profile network on Facebook
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USAGM wants to terminate the financing of
@rferl.org.web.brid.gy RFE's Hungarian Service, Szabad Europa - Just a day before Viktor Orbán's meeting with Donald Trump @realdonaldtrumppar.bsky.social - ahead the elections x.com/ConradsonJor...
@rferl.org.web.brid.gy RFE's Hungarian Service, Szabad Europa - Just a day before Viktor Orbán's meeting with Donald Trump @realdonaldtrumppar.bsky.social - ahead the elections x.com/ConradsonJor...
Jordan Conradson🇺🇸 on X: "BREAKING: @KariLake put Congress on notice today that she is ending the tax-funded European Union and globalist mouthpiece Szabad Europa, the Hungarian Language Service at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is attacking and trying to destabilize Hungary’s nationalist https://t.co/6zh1WQyZ1T" / X
BREAKING: @KariLake put Congress on notice today that she is ending the tax-funded European Union and globalist mouthpiece Szabad Europa, the Hungarian Language Service at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is attacking and trying to destabilize Hungary’s nationalist https://t.co/6zh1WQyZ1T
x.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
USAGM wants to terminate the financing of
@rferl.org.web.brid.gy RFE's Hungarian Service, Szabad Europa - Just a day before Viktor Orbán's meeting with Donald Trump @realdonaldtrumppar.bsky.social - ahead the elections x.com/ConradsonJor...
@rferl.org.web.brid.gy RFE's Hungarian Service, Szabad Europa - Just a day before Viktor Orbán's meeting with Donald Trump @realdonaldtrumppar.bsky.social - ahead the elections x.com/ConradsonJor...
Viktor Orbán to visit US to try to broker another Putin summit but questions raised over motives
Hungarian PM also seeking exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil as he faces domestic challenge before elections
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Hungarian PM also seeking exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil as he faces domestic challenge before elections
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Orbán to visit US to try to broker another Putin summit but questions raised over motives
Hungarian PM also seeking exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil as he faces domestic challenge before elections
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Viktor Orbán to visit US to try to broker another Putin summit but questions raised over motives
Hungarian PM also seeking exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil as he faces domestic challenge before elections
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Hungarian PM also seeking exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil as he faces domestic challenge before elections
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the #Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai,
“for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.
#nobelprize2025
“for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.
#nobelprize2025
October 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the #Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai,
“for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.
#nobelprize2025
“for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.
#nobelprize2025
#Hungary blocks 12 #Ukrainian media outlets in response to Kyiv's earlier ban on several foreign, including Hungarian, publications over Russian narratives, Hungarian Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas said kyivindependent.com/hungary-bans...
Hungary bans 12 Ukrainian media outlets
Hungary blocked 12 Ukrainian media outlets in response to Kyiv's earlier ban on several foreign, including Hungarian, publications over Russian narratives, Hungarian Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas sa...
kyivindependent.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#Hungary blocks 12 #Ukrainian media outlets in response to Kyiv's earlier ban on several foreign, including Hungarian, publications over Russian narratives, Hungarian Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas said kyivindependent.com/hungary-bans...
🇭🇺 Hungary will not wean itself off 🇷🇺 Russian energy supplies, MFA Szijjarto says, despite the White House’s demand for Nato allies to stop buying Russian oil.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Hungary refuses to stop buying Russian oil despite Trump’s Nato demand
Foreign minister says getting energy supplies elsewhere is a ‘nice dream’ while describing western European officials as ‘fanatics’
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🇭🇺 Hungary will not wean itself off 🇷🇺 Russian energy supplies, MFA Szijjarto says, despite the White House’s demand for Nato allies to stop buying Russian oil.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
#Hungary and #Slovakia must quit #Russian gas and nuclear, Trump envoy warns - “The more we can strangle Russia’s ability to fund this murderous war, the better for all of us,” says U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright. www.politico.eu/article/hung...
Hungary and Slovakia must quit Russian gas and nuclear, Trump envoy warns
“The more we can strangle Russia’s ability to fund this murderous war, the better for all of us,” says U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
www.politico.eu
September 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#Hungary and #Slovakia must quit #Russian gas and nuclear, Trump envoy warns - “The more we can strangle Russia’s ability to fund this murderous war, the better for all of us,” says U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright. www.politico.eu/article/hung...
#Hungarian government has banned the commander of the #Ukrainian military unit that carried out the latest attack on the Friendship (Druzhba) oil pipeline from Hungary and the Schengen area, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday morning
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Hungary bans Ukrainian commander who led attack on Friendship oil pipeline from entering Hungary and Schengen area
The announcement was made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on his social media page.
telex.hu
August 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#Hungarian government has banned the commander of the #Ukrainian military unit that carried out the latest attack on the Friendship (Druzhba) oil pipeline from Hungary and the Schengen area, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday morning
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#Hungarian govt banned KNEECAP from entering Hungary because of their "antisemitic hate speech". Tha band would have performed at one of Europe's biggest festival, Sziget www.reuters.com/en/hungary-b...
Hungary bans rap group Kneecap ahead of Sziget Festival show
Hungarian authorities have banned Irish rap group Kneecap from entering the country to perform at the Sziget Festival, accusing the band of using antisemitic hate speech and praising the Hamas militant group, a government spokesperson said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#Hungarian govt banned KNEECAP from entering Hungary because of their "antisemitic hate speech". Tha band would have performed at one of Europe's biggest festival, Sziget www.reuters.com/en/hungary-b...
🇷🇺 Lavrov says Russia is open to a diplomatic solution in 🇺🇦 Ukraine — but only on its terms: Ukraine must be neutral
This message was delivered in an interview to Hungary’s pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet.
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This message was delivered in an interview to Hungary’s pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet.
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Szergej Lavrov: Oroszország nyitott a konfliktus diplomáciai megoldására
Szergej Lavrov orosz külügyminiszter exkluzív interjút adott a Magyar Nemzetnek
magyarnemzet.hu
July 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🇷🇺 Lavrov says Russia is open to a diplomatic solution in 🇺🇦 Ukraine — but only on its terms: Ukraine must be neutral
This message was delivered in an interview to Hungary’s pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet.
magyarnemzet.hu/kulfold/2025...
This message was delivered in an interview to Hungary’s pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet.
magyarnemzet.hu/kulfold/2025...
#Denmark pushes to suspend #Hungary’s #EU voting rights
Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.
www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.
www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Denmark pushes to suspend Hungary’s EU voting rights
Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.
www.politico.eu
July 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#Denmark pushes to suspend #Hungary’s #EU voting rights
Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.
www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.
www.politico.eu/article/denm...
#EU Taxpayers’ Contribution to Building the #Orbán
Kleptocracy: Between 2011 and 2023, 13 well-connected businesses close to Hungary’s ruling system pocketed €3.3–5.5 billion in EU-funded public contracts.
That’s nearly 14% of all EU-backed tenders in #Hungary
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Kleptocracy: Between 2011 and 2023, 13 well-connected businesses close to Hungary’s ruling system pocketed €3.3–5.5 billion in EU-funded public contracts.
That’s nearly 14% of all EU-backed tenders in #Hungary
www.crcb.eu/wp-content/u...
July 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#EU Taxpayers’ Contribution to Building the #Orbán
Kleptocracy: Between 2011 and 2023, 13 well-connected businesses close to Hungary’s ruling system pocketed €3.3–5.5 billion in EU-funded public contracts.
That’s nearly 14% of all EU-backed tenders in #Hungary
www.crcb.eu/wp-content/u...
Kleptocracy: Between 2011 and 2023, 13 well-connected businesses close to Hungary’s ruling system pocketed €3.3–5.5 billion in EU-funded public contracts.
That’s nearly 14% of all EU-backed tenders in #Hungary
www.crcb.eu/wp-content/u...
🚨 Trouble at one of Hungary's biggest employers: Audi Hungaria is laying off hundreds as German carmakers fall behind in the EV race.
What’s next for the Győr factory and Hungary’s auto industry?
#Audi #Hungaria #EVcrisis #Germany #Hungary #AutoIndustry
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What’s next for the Győr factory and Hungary’s auto industry?
#Audi #Hungaria #EVcrisis #Germany #Hungary #AutoIndustry
444.hu/2025/07/01/a...
A győri Audit is utolérte a német autóipar válsága, több száz ember munkahelye szűnhet meg
Nagy a bizonytalanság, százak távoztak már a gyárból, és nem ők voltak az utolsók, akiknek menniük kellett. Ahogy csökken a motorgyártás volumene, teljes gyártósorok állhatnak le.
444.hu
July 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨 Trouble at one of Hungary's biggest employers: Audi Hungaria is laying off hundreds as German carmakers fall behind in the EV race.
What’s next for the Győr factory and Hungary’s auto industry?
#Audi #Hungaria #EVcrisis #Germany #Hungary #AutoIndustry
444.hu/2025/07/01/a...
What’s next for the Győr factory and Hungary’s auto industry?
#Audi #Hungaria #EVcrisis #Germany #Hungary #AutoIndustry
444.hu/2025/07/01/a...
🏳️🌈 🇭🇺 LGBT and Human rights in #Hungary: Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Orbán’s Ban - at least 200 thousand people on the streets, on ef the biggest demos ever in Hungary
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Orban’s Ban
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🏳️🌈 🇭🇺 LGBT and Human rights in #Hungary: Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Orbán’s Ban - at least 200 thousand people on the streets, on ef the biggest demos ever in Hungary
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
#Hungarian state may obtain a right of first refusal on ANY Hungarian company that is up for sale and could be bought by a foreign buyer.
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Mostantól az állam elővásárlási jogot kaphat minden eladó magyar cégre, amit külföldi venne meg - Forbes.hu
Módosították a külföldiek részesedésszerzésére vonatkozó rendeletet, ami teljes bizonytalanságot hozhat a magyar cégpiacra.
forbes.hu
June 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#Hungarian state may obtain a right of first refusal on ANY Hungarian company that is up for sale and could be bought by a foreign buyer.
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forbes.hu/uzlet/fevasa...
#Hungary #poll: 51% - 36%: Opposition Tisza party leads well ahead of ruling Fidesz party, recent poll shows. Fidesz lost its advantage even in small villages, and a majority of voters now believe Tisza will win in 2026 in Hungary
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June 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#Hungary #poll: 51% - 36%: Opposition Tisza party leads well ahead of ruling Fidesz party, recent poll shows. Fidesz lost its advantage even in small villages, and a majority of voters now believe Tisza will win in 2026 in Hungary
hvg.hu/360/20250618...
hvg.hu/360/20250618...