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Orbán’s „mixed race speech”: Nazi talk or a badly phrased political diversion?

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gives a speech at the 31st Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp in Tusnádfürdő, Transylvania, on 23 July 2022. Source: MTI/Prime Minister’s Press Office/Benko Vivien Cher.

Hate-mongering, unacceptable words reminiscent of fascism and nazi ideology – these are some of the comments on the speech given by Viktor Orbán in Băile Tuşnad, Romania in July, at this year’s event of the annual “Tusványos Festival”.

Gabriella Horn

16.09.2022

Source: Visegrad Insight, https://visegradinsight.eu

In the next years to come, Europe will be tormented by overlapping conflicts of varying nature, that will put additional pressure on the democratic setup of the Union and its immediate neighbourhood – writes Wojciech Przybylski, Editor-in-Chief of Visegrad Insight, in the Executive Summary of new report: War and the Future of Europe.

VSquare

16.09.2022

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66% of respondents perceive Volodymyr Zelensky positively, compared to only 15% viewing Putin favourably. Source: Rokas Tenys / Shutterstock

New GLOBSEC report, GLOBSEC Trends 2022, shows that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is four times more popular than Vladimir Putin. On average, 66% of respondents perceive Volodymyr Zelensky positively, compared to only 15% viewing Putin favourably and 78% unfavourably.

VSquare

13.06.2022

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Source: PHOTOCREO Michal Bednarek / Shitterstock

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has activated a broad media and movement network in support of the war effort in Central-Eastern Europe, which not many people are aware of.

VSquare

02.06.2022

Source: rsf.org/en/index

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.

VSquare

05.05.2022