hungary
"After Victor Orbán’s Fidesz party took power in 2010, Hungary became a role model for those who admired corruption, fascism, and loyalty to Vladimir Putin. Orbán’s regime brought widespread crony capitalism, captured Hungarian media outlets, and installed corrupt judges. He actively undermined solidarity within the European Union and worked to block aid to Ukraine. Sound familiar?"
~ Paul Krugman
#Orbán #Trump #Putin #JDVance #MAGA #Hungary
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-axis-of-autocracy-loses-a-wheel
⛔️🇭🇺FM Sybiha publishes evidence involving flight path of attacking Hungarian reconnaissance drone over Ukraine, after Orban government denials (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4041214-sybiha-publishes-flight-path-of-hungarian-drone-over-ukraine.html #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #Hungary #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine
"Fun" fact about #Hungary:
While most Western countries are concerned with extrajudicial security personnel from #China going after Chinese dissidents and other interference via secret police stations, Hungary just went and signed a deal with China: "lol, police from a totalitarian country officially patrolling our streets? sure thing"
And these "police" are tearing down #Tibet flags
And #EU flags
Hungarians WTF? Your government is a joke
https://dailynewshungary.com/chinese-volunteer-gendarmes-flags/
Make believe you're 12 years old again. Mean kids, edgelords, drama mavens, etc
Some people never grow out of it. For some it's a cringe social identity as, an, uh, "adult"
Luckily, the leaders of entire countries are more mature, right? Right?
It's not like powerful people act like grade school dipshits going full whiny insecure brat, right?
"‘We were never friends’: #Kremlin plays down loss of ally following #Orbán’s election defeat"
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⛔️🇮🇳Trump’s tariffs working: Russian oil tankers idle off India as US and EU increase sanctions pressure – Bloomberg (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/08/1/7524384/ #Ukraine #Brussels #Denmark #EC #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#India #Brazil #Slovakia #Hungary #Turkey #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
On October 23 1956 the #HungarianRevolution ignited
It lasted 15 days
It was crushed by #Soviet Tanks
On the anniversary Thursday, there were protests against #Orban
Peter Lakits, holding a sign reading "Russians Go Home":
“One thing we have learned from #history is that we have learned nothing from history. Sometimes the tanks that crushed #freedom in #Budapest are the very same ones that are now crushing freedom in #Ukraine"
https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-rally-orban-magyar-uprising-budapest-ukraine/33568791.html
#Hezbollah exploding #pager trail runs from #Taiwan to #Hungary
A snr Lebanese #security source identified a photograph of the model of the pager, an AR-924.
The source said the #pagers had been modified by #Israel's spy service, #Mossad, "at the production level."
"The Mossad injected a board inside of the device that has explosive material that receives a code. It's very hard to detect it through any means.”
#lebanon #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-planted-explosives-hezbollahs-taiwan-made-pagers-say-sources-2024-09-18/
Most major #media and #socialMedia in the #USA is now right wing controlled
The #techbro angle is well understood, but traditional media, that used to be more balanced, being capitalist entities that were dying, plutocrats merely purchased them and put their goons on the managing editor desks
Watch this video of Peter #Magyar going on #Hungary's version of #FoxNews (their state media) and announcing he is shutting them down
Now dream of that in the #US
To get there, you fucking #vote, idiots
An excellent article that details how Orbán funded right-wing organisations in Britain and further afield. Naturally there is an Epstein connection among the various people who receive funding from Orbán.
"As Hungary’s Prime Minister suffers a historic electoral defeat, Byline Times maps out how his government’s funding arm channelled hundreds of thousands of pounds into organisations at the heart of Britain’s hard right."
Edit:Added article summary
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/14/exposed-how-viktor-orban-bankrolled-the-network-around-reform-uk/
Dear friends in #Hungary that vote tomorrow: Send Orbán and his cronies to Moscow or Washington or even better to the court in The Hague with your vote. You have been gaslighted for too long. Do the right thing. Vote for your people. As part of the European family. We are ready to help. We want to help.
An #Orban transformation of the #EU would put #Europe under the thumb of the criminal Putin regime
https://mastodon.social/@hanse_mina/114593989406765859
hanse_mina@mastodon.social - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban championed Polish nationalist presidential candidate Karol #Nawrocki at the CPAC Hungary conference on Thursday and announced a "patriotic plan" that he said should "transform" the European Union.
Viktor Orbán has turned Hungary into a Trojan horse inside the European Union. And the problem is - our current rules allow this to keep happening 🤯
Orbán’s foreign minister was calling Moscow during breaks in EU meetings to give his Russian counterpart “live updates” on what we were discussing.
Think about that for a second.
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Hungarian PM Péter Magyar said that the international community "didn't really do its job" and failed to "guarantee Ukraine’s territorial integrity and independence" under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.
"Now we need a peace agreement with real guarantees, security guarantees. I think it's crucial for Ukraine as well," he added.
#AureFreePress #News #NATO #hungary #BreakingNews
An election where both Russia and the USA support the same candidate. We live in weird times.
Líra, the bookstore chain that Fidesz tried to bully out of existence, has just moved all Orbán books to the "History" section.
LOL
#EU eyes approval for €90B #Ukraine loan on Wednesday
🖊️ Gregorio Sorgi and Koen Verhelst
#Hungary has said it will lift its veto on the loan if oil flows resume through the Druzhba pipeline.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-approval-90-billion-euro-ukraine-loan-wednesday
🇭🇺 #Hungary picks of the day:
(All are in Hungarian language unless otherwise stated)
➡️ @filmtro - Film & TV blog exploring selected films and series
➡️ @TarkabarkaHolgy - Author from Hungary on folk tales, folklore, mythology etc (in English)
➡️ @szifon - Tech site about iPhone & other Apple products
➡️ @linuxmint_hun - Hungarian forum for Linux Mint users
➡️ @techconf - Bot posting about tech conferences in Hungary
➡️ @www.jtechlog.hu - News feed of Hungarian Java blog
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Paris and Berlin join #EU calls for crackdown on #Hungary over pride ban
The move comes as EU diplomats warn the bloc is inching closer to deploying its "nuclear option" against Hungary.
By Nicholas Vinocur
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-urge-crackdown-hungary-lgbtq-pride-ban-homophobia
#Hungary’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court is an insult to victims and survivors of the world’s worst crimes.
“After refusing to arrest Netanyahu, an ICC fugitive, when he visited the country, Hungary is now doubling down on impunity...”
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/16/hungary-orban-government-withdraws-from-icc
Hungary has banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which essentially means Pride. Today over 500,000 people in Budapest turned up for a Pride march and told the government to: 'Fuck off!'.
🛑🇪🇺Russian war criminals violate international law sending two Ukrainian POWs to Hungary where they are being held hostage by an EU member state (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4098197-russias-transfer-of-two-ukrainian-pows-to-hungary-considered-as-provocation-coordination-headquarters.html #Ukraine #Poland #Netherlands #Norway #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #ICC #Hague #Press #News #Media #Japan #US #UK #EU #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Czechia #Romania #Mastodon
#Article7Hungary #Hungary
The European Court of Justice just declared that Hungary's book ban law violates EU rules and fundamental rights.
No more wrapping queer books in plastic and banning them from book shops!
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