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Joakim Scheffer

Joakim Scheffer graduated from the University of Szeged with a Master's degree in International Relations. Before joining Hungarian Conservative, he worked as an editor at the foreign policy desk of Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet. In addition to his role at Hungarian Conservative, he serves as the editor of Eurasia magazine.
Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić, convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, died in UN custody in The Hague on Thursday, aged 83. Central to his conviction
Parliament’s justice committee has chosen political scientist Anna Róza Unger as its nominee to lead the National Asset Recovery and Protection Office, favouring the candidate with the strongest systemic accountability
Ceuta residents moved on migrant encampments at Playa del Trampolín on Wednesday night after more than 2,000 people marched against Madrid’s handling of the crisis. Footage showed crowds tearing down
A motorboat carrying 14 Algerian illegal migrants struck a 17-year-old girl swimming off Sardinia, leaving her critically injured before continuing towards shore and trying to evade police. A teenage witness
Hungary’s parliament will elect the first president of the powerful NVVH anti-corruption and asset-recovery office on Friday, choosing between Nicholas Sárvári, Miklós Ligeti and Anna Róza Unger. The process, initially
Ákos Hadházy has published emails he says expose a manipulated tender behind Hungary’s St Stephen’s Day celebrations, placing Tisza vice-president Márk Radnai in talks with the eventual winner weeks before
Ceuta saw its most violent day in weeks on Tuesday as illegal migrants clashed with riot police during a Red Cross food distribution, prompting officers to charge the crowd and
Hungary’s government has withdrawn €84.6 million in EU funding from turkey processor Gallicoop, a company linked to Lőrinc Mészáros, after ruling that its ownership structure failed statutory transparency requirements. The
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret visit to Moscow on Tuesday, becoming the first American intelligence chief to travel there since William Burns warned the Kremlin against invading Ukraine
Germany’s establishment celebrated Péter Magyar’s defeat of Viktor Orbán as a lesson in how to beat right-wing populism. Four months later, the comparison looks less comfortable: AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund

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