Szabolcs Panyi
investigative journalist & editor @VSquare_Project | @direkt36 I get my 'Goulash' newsletter: https://t.co/xiy7Dmj5EM I email: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
vsquare.org | Szabolcs Panyi
HungaryHungary ranks second in terms of public warmth toward authoritarian powers. However, despite Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s overtures to Moscow, 61% of Hungarian respondents view Russia negatively, and only 21% hold a positive view of the country. Supporters of Orbán’s ruling Fidesz party are the most pro-Russian (42%), closely followed by voters of the far-right Our Homeland party (40%).
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3 weeks ago |
vsquare.org | Szabolcs Panyi
Welcome back to Goulash, where we dish out the hottest bites from Central Europe’s political kitchen. Donald Trump’s latest moves are once again shaking up global alliances and markets — and our region is feeling the heat. Central Europe is in a vulnerable spot, just as Russian meddling ramps up, with our new analysis explaining all the recent cyber campaigns in Germany and beyond.
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1 month ago |
vsquare.org | Szabolcs Panyi
Welcome back to Goulash, where we keep stirring the pot on Central Europe’s bubbling political landscape. The far-right is rising in Poland, while Viktor Orbán has been turning up the heat on his own radical agenda in Hungary—seasoning his rule with yet another alarming far-right shift. Our main scoop this week is particularly spicy: Orbán’s intelligence agency is now cooking up a blacklist of so-called foreign agents, whom he has labeled stink bugs and vowed to “eliminate by Easter”.
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1 month ago |
vsquare.org | Szabolcs Panyi
Szabolcs Panyi (VSquare) Photo: Zoltán Fischer (Hungarian PM's Office) 2025-03-10 The Trump administration’s most influential think tank, The Heritage Foundation, is receiving proposals from illiberal forces in Poland and Hungary on how to shape the future of the European Union. The proposals, obtained by VSquare, include dismantling key EU institutions and renaming the entire bloc.
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1 month ago |
vsquare.org | Szabolcs Panyi
Greetings from Budapest! As once-unimaginable events continue to unfold, we’re continuing to cover them. We’ve just published a fresh investigation revealing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s secret plan to ensure his chief bodyguard and elite commando could help Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik escape to Hungary if he faced arrest (he didn’t). A bold move that nearly set diplomatic tensions boiling.
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