Hungarian right’s racism: The French World Cup team that wasn’t really French
Yesterday’s victory of the French national team over the Croatians has roiled certain segments of Hungarian society. The large number of black players on the French side inevitably became a topic of...
View ArticleThe Hungarian government media’s portraits of Macron
Two days ago, when I wrote a post about Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election and its reception by the Hungarian government, I had rely on the relatively few analyses that...
View ArticleViktor Orbán’s vision of a new world order is fading
I was all set to ignore Viktor Orbán’s nineteenth yearly “assessment,” to skip the whole rigmarole. After all, there is absolutely nothing new to be found in his ramblings sprinkled with archaic and...
View ArticleThe deadly embrace of Hungarian television propaganda
Yesterday, while waiting for the results of the anti-refugee referendum, I decided to take a look at Channel M1, one of Magyar Televízió’s four or five channels. This particular channel is devoted to...
View ArticleFact checking Viktor Orbán’s latest speech
I know that some readers found Viktor Orbán’s speech more worthy of analysis than I did. To me, it was just more of the same. I did, however, decide to do some fact checking. Orbán’s assertions about...
View ArticleMass exodus from villages in Baranya County, Hungary
Hungary is witnessing a steady flow of emigrants. Admittedly, one could counter that it is incorrect to call those who seek work abroad emigrants because “to emigrate” means “to leave one country or...
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