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Zoltan Simon

Budapest

Bureau Chief at Bloomberg News

Bloomberg, Budapest Bureau Chief

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  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Zoltan Simon |Lauren Dezenski

    “The delisting of Antal Rogan from the sanctions list is proof that the winds are blowing from a different direction in Washington,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a statement late Tuesday. (Bloomberg) -- The US lifted sanctions it had imposed over alleged corruption on a senior minister in Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, underscoring the stark shift in bilateral ties under President Donald Trump.

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Zoltan Simon

    Welcome to Balance of Power, bringing you the latest in global politics. If you haven’t yet, sign up here. Things aren’t going to plan for Viktor Orban, with Hungarians showing their disdain by blocking bridges over the River Danube in protests that have taken place every Tuesday for the past month.

  • 1 week ago | japantimes.co.jp | Zoltan Simon

    Hungary’s parliament passed a constitutional amendment to enable a potential clampdown championed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban before next year’s election, including through banning the annual Pride parade. Orban, who has been in office since 2010 but whose party is now trailing in the polls, last month vowed an "Easter clean-out” of perceived dissenters against his rule.

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Zoltan Simon

    Viktor Orban(Bloomberg) -- Hungary’s parliament passed a constitutional amendment to enable a potential clampdown championed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban before next year’s election, including through banning the annual Pride parade. Orban, who has been in office since 2010 but whose party is now trailing in the polls, last month vowed an “Easter clean-out” of perceived dissenters against his rule.

  • 1 week ago | tandfonline.com | Zoltan Simon

    ABSTRACTThis article explores how historical understanding imposes limits on imaginaries of the future. The article fleshes out the ‘anticipation paradox’ to capture how this happens even in the most imaginative approaches of contemporary film and television. On the one hand, multiple futures – sociopolitical, ecological, technological, economic – take place simultaneously in highly complex interactions.

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Zoltan Simon
Zoltan Simon @ZoltanSimon10
27 Mar 25

Bombshell reports in Hungary detail the alleged mismanagement of public funds at the central bank and its foundation. Question now is what to do about it. https://t.co/OZpdkv5BX3

Zoltan Simon
Zoltan Simon @ZoltanSimon10
19 Mar 25

Hungary’s central bank foundation was controversial from the outset. A decade later it’s on the brink of insolvency after years of mismanagement, with hundreds of millons of dollars in losses. https://t.co/b5BGPUcUt3

Zoltan Simon
Zoltan Simon @ZoltanSimon10
15 Mar 25

Dueling street rallies in Budapest today and plenty to talk about for those trying to read the tea leaves of Hungarian politics! https://t.co/auHQlvhaFs