Ákos Keller-Alánt
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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.
magyarnemzet.hu/kulfold/2025...
This message was delivered in an interview to Hungary’s pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet.
magyarnemzet.hu/kulfold/2025...
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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forbes.hu/uzlet/fevasa...
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.
forbes.hu/uzlet/fevasa...
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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hvg.hu/360/20250618...
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
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🏳️🌈 Police cancel Budapest #Pride, mayor says the ban is 'irrelevant' : “There is currently no law that could ban a municipal event,” he said. “Obviously, anything can happen in Hungary. But we will come up with a plan C.”
71 MEPs to attend Budapest Pride insighthungary.444.hu/2025/06/20/p...
71 MEPs to attend Budapest Pride insighthungary.444.hu/2025/06/20/p...
Police cancel Budapest Pride, mayor says the ban is 'irrelevant' - InsightHungary
Gergely Karacsony says there is currently no law that could ban a municipal event.
insighthungary.444.hu
June 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🏳️🌈 Police cancel Budapest #Pride, mayor says the ban is 'irrelevant' : “There is currently no law that could ban a municipal event,” he said. “Obviously, anything can happen in Hungary. But we will come up with a plan C.”
71 MEPs to attend Budapest Pride insighthungary.444.hu/2025/06/20/p...
71 MEPs to attend Budapest Pride insighthungary.444.hu/2025/06/20/p...
🇷🇺 🇭🇺 #Russian spy links in Fidesz circles
#Hungarian pro-government propagandist was found to have ties to Russian intelligence during a national security screening. Spöttle has good relations with govt officials, inculding MFA Szijjártó @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social
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#Hungarian pro-government propagandist was found to have ties to Russian intelligence during a national security screening. Spöttle has good relations with govt officials, inculding MFA Szijjártó @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social
🔗 telex.hu/direkt36/202...
Fideszes propagandista orosz titkosszolgálati kapcsolatai buktak ki egy nemzetbiztonsági ellenőrzésen
A kormányközeli médiában gyakran szereplő Georg Spöttlének egyik közeli ismerőse akadt fenn egy átvilágításon a propagandista orosz kapcsolatai miatt. A Direkt36 birtokába jutott információk szerint S...
telex.hu
June 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🇷🇺 🇭🇺 #Russian spy links in Fidesz circles
#Hungarian pro-government propagandist was found to have ties to Russian intelligence during a national security screening. Spöttle has good relations with govt officials, inculding MFA Szijjártó @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social
🔗 telex.hu/direkt36/202...
#Hungarian pro-government propagandist was found to have ties to Russian intelligence during a national security screening. Spöttle has good relations with govt officials, inculding MFA Szijjártó @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social
🔗 telex.hu/direkt36/202...
President #Zelenskyy gave his first-ever interview to the #Hungarian press after the full-scale war. He calls out Viktor Orbán’s “historic mistake,” discusses the Ukraine-Hungary spy scandal, and warns how Orbán's policies play into Putin’s hands -
www.valaszonline.hu/2025/06/10/v...
www.valaszonline.hu/2025/06/10/v...
“Viktor is making a historic mistake.” An exclusive interview with President Zelenskyy | Válasz Online
www.valaszonline.hu
June 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
President #Zelenskyy gave his first-ever interview to the #Hungarian press after the full-scale war. He calls out Viktor Orbán’s “historic mistake,” discusses the Ukraine-Hungary spy scandal, and warns how Orbán's policies play into Putin’s hands -
www.valaszonline.hu/2025/06/10/v...
www.valaszonline.hu/2025/06/10/v...
#Hungarian police move to ban Budapest Pride, citing new laws that claim seeing same-sex couples could violate children's rights. The government says visibility alone is harmful. 444.hu/2025/06/03/a...
A rendőrség tiltó határozatot hozott a Pride napjára és tervezett útvonalára
Fellebbezésnek helye nincs, a Kúriához lehet fordulni.
444.hu
June 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#Hungarian police move to ban Budapest Pride, citing new laws that claim seeing same-sex couples could violate children's rights. The government says visibility alone is harmful. 444.hu/2025/06/03/a...
🏳️🌈 🇭🇺 At least 70 members of the European Parliament are planning on attending this year’s Pride in Budapest, #Hungary, despite the ban against #LGBTQ gatherings. The new legislation allows to use facial recognition technology to identify those attending edition.cnn.com/2025/05/29/e...
Dozens of European politicians vow to attend Budapest Pride despite ban on LGBTQ gatherings in Hungary | CNN
At least 70 members of the European Parliament are planning on attending this year’s Pride celebrations in Budapest, Hungary, despite the nation’s ban against LGBTQ gatherings, officials have told CNN...
edition.cnn.com
May 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🏳️🌈 🇭🇺 At least 70 members of the European Parliament are planning on attending this year’s Pride in Budapest, #Hungary, despite the ban against #LGBTQ gatherings. The new legislation allows to use facial recognition technology to identify those attending edition.cnn.com/2025/05/29/e...
Reposted by Ákos Keller-Alánt
The so-called “Transparency Law”, currently pending approval, significantly undermines freedom of expression in Hungary — and its impacts are unlikely stop at the country’s borders.
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May 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The so-called “Transparency Law”, currently pending approval, significantly undermines freedom of expression in Hungary — and its impacts are unlikely stop at the country’s borders.
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
Hungarian govt. proposes Russia-style crackdown on civil society - The bill would allow the Sovereignty Protection Office to blacklist organizations receiving foreign funding, including from EU grants, if it deems them a “threat” to national sovereignty.
www.politico.eu/article/vikt...
www.politico.eu/article/vikt...
Orbán’s Fidesz party proposes Russia-style crackdown on Hungary’s civil society
The new bill fits into a pattern of democratic backsliding for the Central European country.
www.politico.eu
May 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Hungarian govt. proposes Russia-style crackdown on civil society - The bill would allow the Sovereignty Protection Office to blacklist organizations receiving foreign funding, including from EU grants, if it deems them a “threat” to national sovereignty.
www.politico.eu/article/vikt...
www.politico.eu/article/vikt...
#Hungary to pass a #Russian -style law to list and restrict NGOs and media receiving foreign funds (including EU), blocking their tax donations and freezing assets if deemed a "threat to sovereignty" 444.hu/2025/05/14/i...
Itt van Orbán nagytakarítása: listázással, pénzek zárolásával és az 1 százalékos támogatás elvesztésével büntetne a kormány
Aki a Szuverenitásvédelmi Hivatal feketelistájára kerül, azt már a banktitok sem védi, ha elfogadják a javaslatot. Akit megbüntetnek, azt a támogatás 25-szörösére bírságolhatják.
444.hu
May 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
#Hungary to pass a #Russian -style law to list and restrict NGOs and media receiving foreign funds (including EU), blocking their tax donations and freezing assets if deemed a "threat to sovereignty" 444.hu/2025/05/14/i...
Ukraine’s Security Service has uncovered a Hungarian military intelligence network spying in western Ukraine
The agents gathered data on Zakarpattia’s military defenses, looked for vulnerabilities, and analyzed how locals might react if Hungarian troops entered the region
ssu.gov.ua/novyny/sbu-v...
The agents gathered data on Zakarpattia’s military defenses, looked for vulnerabilities, and analyzed how locals might react if Hungarian troops entered the region
ssu.gov.ua/novyny/sbu-v...
ssu.gov.ua
May 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Ukraine’s Security Service has uncovered a Hungarian military intelligence network spying in western Ukraine
The agents gathered data on Zakarpattia’s military defenses, looked for vulnerabilities, and analyzed how locals might react if Hungarian troops entered the region
ssu.gov.ua/novyny/sbu-v...
The agents gathered data on Zakarpattia’s military defenses, looked for vulnerabilities, and analyzed how locals might react if Hungarian troops entered the region
ssu.gov.ua/novyny/sbu-v...
Former #Polish deputy Minister of Justice, Marcin #Romanowski, who is European Arrest Warrant and escaped to #Hungary, now works for the Hungarian pro-government GONGO, Center for Fundamental Rights
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444.hu/2025/04/25/a...
Az Alapjogokért Központnál dolgozik az európai elfogatóparanccsal Budapesten bujkáló volt lengyel miniszterhelyettes
Menedékjog után munkát is talált Magyarországon a korrupcióval vádolt politikus.
444.hu
April 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Former #Polish deputy Minister of Justice, Marcin #Romanowski, who is European Arrest Warrant and escaped to #Hungary, now works for the Hungarian pro-government GONGO, Center for Fundamental Rights
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