NiemanLab: A Hungarian investigative news site finds YouTube success with an “old-fashioned” documentary. “Mixing records and information from previous investigations and new hidden camera footage, ‘The Dynasty’ documentary chronicles how Orbán’s family and friends have grown wildly wealthy as his political star has risen. In its first month, the hour-long documentary has earned more […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/niemanlab-a-hungarian-investigative-news-site-finds-youtube-success-with-an-old-fashioned-documentary/

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America’s Future Is Hungary

MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.

By Anne Applebaum

Happy #TransDayOfVisiblity everyone and #ViktorOrban especially. - To him, to #MarineLePen and to #DonaldTrump who cloud their efforts in "Christian Values" I say: Psalm 109, 7-19.

America’s Future Is Hungary

MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/viktor-orban-hungary-maga-corruption/682111/

Revolut°Permanente Offensive LGBTphobe : Viktor Orbán veut interdire les Prides dans la Constitution hongroise: Viktor Orbán a annoncé il y a une semaine vouloir interdire les Marches des fiertés qui avaient lieu chaque année en Hongrie. Face à cette attaque LGBTphobe, qui s'inscrit dans l'offensive réactionnaire internationale, faisons front !Genre et Sexualités / Répression / LGBTQI / Hongrie / LGBT / LGBTphobie /… https://www.revolutionpermanente.fr/Offensive-LGBTphobe-Viktor-Orban-veut-interdire-les-Prides-dans-la-Constitution-hongroise?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon RP #LGBT #Pride #Hongrie #LGBTphobie #ViktorOrban

glané sur le net Viktor Orbán et le conflit ukrainien : un « non-alignement » pragmatique ?: Plus que jamais, Viktor Orbán donne de l'urticaire à Bruxelles et à Washington. L'été dernier, il a profité de sa présidence tournante de l'Union européenne pour promouvoir une fin négociée de la guerre en Ukraine, à la faveur d'une large tournée internationale (Kiev et Washington, mais aussi (…)
-- Pays… https://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article73860&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ViktorOrbán #Ukraine #UnionEuropéenne #ConflitUkrainien #NonAlignement

Orbán and Fico look to derail European unity on Ukraine ahead of a London summit.

Hungary and Slovakia call for direct talks with Russia and energy concessions, pushing a stance that could weaken EU support for Kyiv and legitimise Russian gains.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250301-orban-and-fico-look-to-derail-european-unity-on-ukraine-ahead-of-a-london-summit?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

A documentary describing how PM Orban's family became so wealthy attracts millions of viewers in Hungary.

'The Dynasty' effectively traces how those close to the Hungarian prime minister have become miraculously wealthy alongside his political career for at least 15 years.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250222-a-documentary-describing-how-pm-orbans-family-became-so-wealthy-attracts-millions-of-viewers-in-hungary?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

NPArevolutionnaires Liberté pour Rexino « Gino » Abazaj: Rexino Abazaj, dit Gino, est un jeune militant antifasciste albanais arrêté en région parisienne à l’automne dernier. Il faisait l’objet d’un mandat d’arrêt lancé par la Hongrie de l’ultra droitier Viktor Orbán qui l’accuse de violence en marge des heurts qui avaient perturbé une manifestation néo-nazie en février 2023 dans la… https://npa-revolutionnaires.org/liberte-pour-rexino-gino-abazaj/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon NPA-R #LibertéPourGino #Antifascisme #Néonazisme #ViktorOrban #JusticePourGino

Thousands of people took part in an annual WWII-linked commemoration held by far-right groups in Budapest Saturday, as anti-fascist activists gathered nearby. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/09/world/far-right-rally-hungary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #viktororban #hungary #eu #hitler #wwii #nazis

Far-right leaders, including Hungary’s Viktor Orban and France’s Marine Le Pen, gathered in Madrid to rally behind Patriots for Europe as it seeks greater influence in the EU. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/09/world/far-right-spain-rally/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #hungary #viktororban #france #marinelepen #eu

Authoritarian regimes around the world cheer on dismantling of USAid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/authoritarian-usaid-elon-musk #Trumpadministration #AlexanderLukashenko #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #ViktorOrbán #Azerbaijan #ElSalvador #USpolitics #Venezuela #Worldnews #Nicaragua #ElonMusk #Americas #Belarus #Hungary #Russia #Europe #Uganda #Africa #USnews #China

I think Elon Musk is playing out the Viktor Orban plan, which removed funding for all the parts of civil society that could be used to oppose Orban's party.

#USPol #elonmusk #ViktorOrban

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/musk-federal-government.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU4.2HPP.RpHAKPqbKG8W&smid=url-share

Volby se blíží a je stále poučnější sledovat, co se děje na Slovensku a v Maďarsku, kde vládnou spřízněnci Andreje Babiše. Robert Fico a Viktor Orbán po nástupu Donalda Trumpa ještě přitvrzují v prokremelské linii, ale narážejí.

Tón: mierne negatívny
#slovakia #gdelt #robertFico #viktorOrbán #protest
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It should be reassuring that democracy is not facing a global extinction event but more a patchwork of storms — and that democracies have usually found a way to weather them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/01/19/world/liberal-democracy-does-not-face-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #europe #israel #democracy #donaldtrump #viktororban #justintrudeau #marinelepen #emmanuelmacron #olafscholz #giorgiameloni #benjaminnetanyahu #narendramodi #yoonsukyeol

As the year-end expiry of Ukraine and Russia's gas transit deal looms, Slovakia and a group of central European companies are putting pressure on Kyiv to keep Russian gas flowing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/30/world/politics/ukraine-russia-gas-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #robertfico #slovakia #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #budapest #gas #gazprom #eu #europe #hungary #viktororban #oil

Eastern Europe has embraced Trump the way it’s embraced its own strongmen over the years and the conservative backlash against "liberal elites.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/17/world/politics/trump-friends-in-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #hungary #viktororban #poland #bosnia #slovakia #robertfico #czechrepublic #andrejbabis #bulgaria #boykoborissov #andrzejduda #serbia #aleksandarvucic #nato #eu #europe #us #2024uspresidentialelection #republicans #donaldtrump