Poles will head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president for a five-year term. The stakes are exceptionally high: should Donald Tusk’s candidate, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, secure victory, there will be no remaining institutional counterweight to…
Hungary and Egypt are cooperating to promote peace in Europe and stop illegal migration. Under their current agreement, Hungary can contribute to bringing internet access to millions of Egyptian homes….
After self-described ‘anti-fascists’ attempted to block an MCC Brussels event on Tuesday, Balázs Orbán, political director to the Hungarian prime minister and chairman of the board of MCC, urged Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever in an open letter to…
What is China: an enemy of Europe and America, or just a competitor, or maybe a friend or ally? Is it a real threat to the Western economy and security? What new world order does China want, and why is…
‘The defence of Ukraine is not the defence of the alliance, not the community, not NATO. Ukraine is currently the threat,’ Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó warned on Thursday. The minister firmly rejected accusations from his…
A recent survey by Századvég Foundation reveals that most Hungarians reject foreign influence in domestic politics and media, supporting new legislation that would restrict foreign-funded organizations seen as threats to national sovereignty….
The agreement is not just a matter for Ukraine and the US. There is a geopolitical realignment of the world’s raw materials markets, in which Europe’s interests are strongly involved. If US companies are, in practice, given priority access to…
Budapest-based Danube Institute and the Israeli SIGNAL Group co-organized a conference on the India–Middle East–Europe Corridor (IMEC)—an alternative transport route proposed in 2023 by G20 countries to link Asia to Europe while countering China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Experts and…
The EU’s General Court has delivered a major blow to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, annulling Brussels’ refusal to release her COVID-era text messages with Pfizer’s CEO. The ruling exposes deep flaws in EU transparency and intensifies scrutiny over…
Despite their advocacy for increasingly stringent green policies, EU leaders—including Commission President Ursula von der Leyen—took a private jet last week from Brussels to Luxembourg, a journey that would have taken just over two hours by car. The scandal has…
