RSF World Press Freedom Index 2022: Widening divide
Situation in Visegrad Four countries reflects broader trends – as Reporters Without Borders (RSF) note in World Press Freedom Index 2022, whole European Union is caught between two extremes.
IPI Mission Report: Media Freedom in Hungary Ahead of 2022 Election
International Press Institute released a new report assessing challenges for independent journalism in Hungary. We are publishing its key findings.
Putin’s propagandists: How Russian information warfare succeeded in Hungary
Despite Hungary backing the EU’s punitive sanctions regime against Russia and the humanitarian aid the cabinet provided to Ukraine, the government continues its foreign policy balancing act between the West and Russia.
The Orbán split: siding with both, simultaneously
For three terms, the Hungarian prime minister has fought with Brussels and moved closer to Moscow. Then came the Russian invasion of Ukraine — a painful reality check. But it seems that Orbán still does not want to fall out of Putin’s good graces.
Open to refugees, open to the EU: The week that turned the tables in Poland
The Russian assault on Ukraine has allowed the Polish government to present itself as a pro-EU state, even as it remains an illiberal regime.