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The first convicted Hungarian terrorist: György Budaházy
Sympathizers of the extreme right are outraged. György Budaházy and 15 of his co-conspirators were found guilty of terrorist activities committed during 2006 and 2007. Yes, ten years ago, and this is...
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Hot topics of the day: Budaházy and Ráhel Orbán
The Hungarian media was preoccupied with two topics today. The first was the reaction to the stiff sentences handed out in the case of György Budaházy and his co-conspirators, who were convicted of...
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Explosion in Budapest: Skeptical Hungarians suspect foul play
Last night around 10:30 there was an explosion in front of an empty storefront at 2-4 Teréz körút. Two policemen, a man and a woman, both in their twenties, were seriously injured. According to early...
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Terrorists in Hungary? Three days to the referendum
Who would have thought that almost a year after the Paris terrorist attacks the Hungarian media would be full of the old story of Salah Abdeslam, who made several trips to Hungary to pick up fellow...
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Viktor Orbán is back: his views on migrants, NGOs, and the Trump administration
In the last two days Viktor Orbán gave a short speech and a longer interview. He delivered his speech at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly recruited “border hunters.” It was exclusively about the...
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Viktor Orbán stood alone at the EPP congress
Viktor Orbán has been headline news in the last few days. One reason for this sudden interest in the pocket dictator of Hungary is his determination to close Hungary’s best institution of higher...
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Justice in Orbán’s Hungary: The Ahmed H. case
As I was looking through my old posts to see my coverage of Ahmed H.’s trial for terrorism, which took place in 2016, I found to my astonishment that I hadn’t even mentioned the name of this Syrian man...
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Justin Spike: Hungarian village vents its hatred of refugees
Justin Spike’s article on the recent upheaval in the village of Őcsény first appeared in The Budapest Beacon under the title “Hatred of refugees has fundamentally changed the town–Hungarian village...
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Launching a new action plan, “Stop Soros”
In an article that was written yesterday but appeared only today in the early morning edition of Magyar Idők, the well-informed government paper reported that “an action plan is being formulated...
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The Hungarian media quickly decided on the guilt of an alleged terrorist
Last December officials at the Ferenc Liszt International Airport challenged a Syrian couple because the woman’s documents looked suspicious. The man turned out to be Farhoud Hassan, who had left Syria...
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