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A look at life, politics, culture in Budapest and Hungary, from a different perspective.
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First Tucker, then the Pope, now CPAC. It’s been a busy few weeks and CPAC is coming up.
Starting with Tucker Carlson, his exit from Fox News - his firing or his resignation - basically their parting of ways, means that the most high visibility voice telling the United States about Hungary, that the country is an exciting success story is no longer on the air.
As journalist Alexander Faludy tweeted, “sanctions work.” Ok, perhaps that’s pushing it a little far, but last week AMerica announced sanctions against the IIB, the International Investment Bank, a Russian institution based in Hungary, as well as 3 executives at the company. And less than 24 hours later, Hungary had withdrawn from the Bank and the institution is likely to be shuttered.
So the press conference just went down, and after all the excitement of yesterday, when I listed a bunch of possible things David Pressman could say, what actually happened was a comparative letdown...
After a peaceful and happy Easter, news broke this morning - it’s Tuesday April 11th - that the United States Ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman, will be holding a Press Conference tomorrow. While a US Ambassador Press Conference is usually Must miss TV, tomorrows looks, if Hungarian Twitter is correct, to be quite spicy.
Last weekend saw Orbán give his annual State of the Nation address. He reiterated Hungary's stance on war, inflation, sanctions, ties with Russia, and hinted at the strengthening of Hungarian laws to protect children.
USAID Head Administrator Samantha Power arrives in Budapest. She is here to "start programs" in Hungary to help with democracy, independent media, human rights. Considering how appalling America is doing domestically, Hungary shouldn't accept any advice and interference from a country that has let its citizens down so badly and continues to do so.
Hungary PM Viktor Orbán was noticeably the only European leader not trying to get an autograph from Zelensky in Brussels yesterday. Why the frosty meeting? And how did the Hungarian Twitter-sphere react?
As each day goes by the death toll rises due to the earthquakes striking Turkey and Syria. Hungary is doing its bit with Hungary Helps.
Szabadság Tér in Budapest, or Freedom Square, is home to the Hungarian National Bank, a Ferrari dealership, the American Embassy, and continuous controversy regarding public monuments.
Two of the larger political parties held their annual congresses this past week, Demokratikus Koalicio and Momentum.
Less than two weeks ago Hungary announced it would be decommissioning hundreds of soldiers. Media calls this an anti-NATO move? Is it? And US Ambassador Pressman continues to cause diplomatic friction in Budapest through actions government officials have labelled "meddling."
Yesterday the European Parliament held a vote on whether to enforce more transparency on NGOs operating within the bloc. Also, with bugs not allowed as a food additive what will the shelves look like in Hungary?
Over recent years Hungary has invested lots of money into building and rebuilding the infrastructure behind Hungarian football. What's the goal behind all of this?
Over the last few days Budapest has played host to the PM of Azerbaijan. Today also marked the continuation of the teachers strike across Hungary, and a battery factory to do with BMW is set to break ground soon
Orbán calls Ukraine "a no man's land" and the people clutch their pearls, Mi Hazánk leader László Toroczkai calls for segregated schools, where white Hungarian and Roma Hungarians would be taught separately.
Hungarian Prime Minister can be heard on most Friday mornings. He spoke today. Also Telex was the most recent cause-celebre as a news group fighting for its independence. It turns out Telex is funded, and will soon be trained, by the US Department of State.
Over the past few months, DK has started calling itself the shadow government, reinforcing their view of being "the" opposition party in Hungary.
Hungary has turned to its voters several times with "national consultations," short questionnaires on the pressing issue of the day. The most recent was regarding sanctions. I discuss the results and turnout, and how it might help Hungary as it tries to enlarge its national nuclear energy production capacity.
News of illegal funding from abroad of Hungary's opposition, Veszprém is the capital of culture.
In this first episode of Hunbiased I discuss my opinion on how life is in Hungary today. There's a small overview about Hungary, the standard of living, Ukraine, playgrounds, Russia and a bit about the EU. It's my first attempt, so it's a little rough around the edges.
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