Georgia Today16h
From Western Polarization to Eastern Autocracy: How the Western Liberal-Conservative Divide Fuels Georgia’s Illiberal Turn
One peculiarity of contemporary liberalism is that, despite its claims to embrace pluralism, free speech, and tolerance, it ...
The News Minute23h
Trust in politics is in long-term decline around the world – new research
Citizens’ trust in their political institutions has been falling around the world. This may not come as a shock to many.British politics has been in chaos since ...
Slovakia’s Fico secures more ministries in a deal with coalition partners
Slovakia's ruling coalition partners will each give a ministry to populist Prime Minister Robert Fico's party in a government ...
Slovakia's Fico agrees deal with partners for control of government ministries to bolster coalition
Slovakia's ruling coalition partners have agreed a deal with populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to give up one ministry each ...
Censorship, abortion and the ‘threat within’: what a free speech expert thinks of J.D. Vance’s remarks to Europe
One of Vance’s key claims for the decline of free speech in Europe left many UK observers dumbfounded. He rebuked the ...
Orban Orders Media and NGOs Crackdown Over Foreign Funding
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called on lawmakers to pass legislation that would make it possible to expel media and ...
Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe
A well-functioning bureaucracy is an organization of highly qualified civil servants who follow established rules to prevent abuses of power. Bureaucracies, in this way, are an important part of ...
Daily News Hungary3d
Huge protests in Serbia, Vucic honoured in Budapest
Friendly help? Many are calling for the resignation of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, while he is in Budapest for talks ...
Daily News Hungary3d
Orbán cabinet: Paris summit ‘a meeting of losers’
Once a friend, now a loser? Members of the Orbán government attack European leaders with incredible vehemence: ...
Former Charity Worker and Activist Faces an Unlikely Accusation: Coup Plotter
A woman who runs a pro-Ukraine group has been accused by Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia of plotting to topple him as ...
Hungary opposition leader vows to boost the economy and tackle cost-of-living crisis
Peter Magyar, the opposition challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said on Saturday he would focus on tackling ...
Hungary's transformation into an 'electoral autocracy' has parallels to Trump's second term
After becoming prime minister in 1998, Orbán suffered an unexpected electoral defeat four years later. He then swore he ...