Orbán’s all-time record election giveaway – The list
Orbán is resorting to something he had never done before.
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Another 15 billion transferred to unnamed asset management entity 4 days before elections
Orbán’s coup-like outsourcing of public assets put on an interactive map. Continue reading
28% of working age Hungarians would rather leave the country if Orbán wins again
According to a poll by Republikon that asked about attitudes to emigration as well as voting preferences. Continue reading
The last opinion polls before the election: Orbán 39% – Opposition 36%
We simply do not know – and this is why: Continue reading
Foreign ministry fully penetrated by Russian hackers
The government regarded cyber-defense as an obstacle to closer Russian-Hungarian ties. Continue reading
5 signs of a classic dictatorship in Hungary
I don’t believe Hungary is a classic dictatorship, neither that it is becoming one. But there are certain elements in Orbán’s Hungary that can be found in old school dictatorships and are inconceivable in a genuine democracy. They were also unimaginable in Hungary (at least for me) twelve years ago. Continue reading
What feminist filmmakers and Marilyn Manson have in common
Commentary on sexism is indistinguishable from actual sexism. So why keep showing it if you want it to end? Continue reading
Could Orbán be dreaming about a border revision with Ukraine?
There are only two kinds of reactions to this theory: 1) those who can imagine Orbán planning to get a piece of Ukraine and 2) those who say he better be. Continue reading
1549 secret government decrees and a few more billions to loyalists
It is difficult to follow exactly how much has been sent to loyalists in various forms during Orbán’s reign for a number of reasons: Continue reading
What online health gurus don’t want you to know
Now that we know that they make more from AdSense than the biggest commercial TV channel in a year it is time to look at online health gurus and what motivates them. (Spoiler: it is not the goodness of their hearts) Continue reading
The Putin-regime must have made a fortune placing ads next to their propaganda
Misinformation campaigns aren’t just cheap – they are profitable. Continue reading
Meanwhile in Budapest 