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Visegrad at the crossroads

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Visegrad group. Source: michal812 / Shutterstock

How has the war in Ukraine changed the V4 and relations between its members? How have these countries managed the refugee crisis and what can we expect in the near future?

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22.09.2022

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

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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

Four Scenarios for Europe

War in Ukraine

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.

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16.09.2022

GLOBSEC: Volodymyr Zelensky four times more popular than Putin in CEE

War in Ukraine

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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.

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13.06.2022

Shadow soldiers: who is supporting the Kremlin’s war in CEE

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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.

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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.

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05.05.2022

IPI Mission Report: Media Freedom in Hungary Ahead of 2022 Election

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View on front of Parliament of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary. Source: Karelj / Wikimedia

International Press Institute released a new report assessing challenges for independent journalism in Hungary. We are publishing its key findings.

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23.03.2022

Putin’s propagandists: How Russian information warfare succeeded in Hungary

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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.

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17.03.2022

The Orbán split: siding with both, simultaneously

War in Ukraine

People demonstrate against Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Budapest

Anti-war protest in Budapest, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine. February 26, 2022. Source: MARTON MONUS / Reuters / Forum

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.

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04.03.2022