Balazs Csekö

@balazscseko

Journalist & pol scientist. Contributions to Austrian media, BBC, Telegraph. Author of: Cuban Exile Lobby in the US & Its Influence on US Foreign Policy.

Vienna, Budapest, CEE
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Joined March 2013
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    16 Dec 2018

    "The TV is lying"

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  2. Dec 11

    source: portfolio

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  3. Dec 11

    Hungarian Defence Forces purchasing EL/M-2084 Multi-Mission Radars ("Iron Dome") from Rheinmetall Canada. The radars, of Israeli technology, include C-RAM (counter rockets, artillery and mortars) and air-surveillance capabilities.

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  4. Dec 11

    "The deal that Germany made with the EU’s two rogue member states constitutes the worst of all possible worlds."

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  5. Dec 9

    Pro-Govt paper: "Hungarian-Polish victory" "Major win" "The Left suffered a heavy loss" "Orbán: We have the trump card" "MEP Deutsch: You see, we won" "MFA: We succeeded, 'cuz we fought for the national interest" "Victory in the rule of law debate"

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  6. Dec 9

    2/ Should the rule of law mechanism cause one day serious problems for Orbán, no question he will pull the card. Conclusion: gets the short-term win, long-term questionable. Loosers are Hungary and the Hungarian people. Both short- and long-term. ENDS.

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  7. Dec 9

    1/ Orbán has just won another 'battle' vs Brussels: HUN PMs condition on rule of law was met, mechanism will not be applied by the EU until ECJ decision in 2022. Hence, Hungary will not lose a penny until the upcoming parliamentary election.

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  8. Dec 9

    Hungarian intel agency claims to have no information on scandal. IH Director says agency wasn't aware of risks of József Szájer's private life. Are these guys amateurs or do they just want to fool the whole country?

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  9. Dec 8

    Update: It didn't take long. Last night the recently erected town sign was sprayed over with the original name of the village. Pic: Scharinger

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  10. Dec 8

    Picture credit (sorry, i missed it): Manfred Fesl, Kurier

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  11. Dec 8

    Sad days in .

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  12. Dec 7

    Another step towards ? Orbán proposing Manfred Weber a “new form of cooperation” between and , similar to the cooperation between EPP and the British Conservative Party between 1999 and 2009.

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  13. Dec 7

    How AUR, a Romanian nationalist party, went from establishment to 8% of the vote in the parl. election in 12 months, becoming with 26% the No. 2 choice in ROM diaspora ( 29%). deems Democratic Alliance of Hungarians an „extremist group”.

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  14. Dec 7

    First time a piece of a drain pipe makes it to the Hungarian Parliament as opposition politician L. Varga tells Govt-party MPs: „God, homeland, family, right? Stop messing around. You are the govt of public money, cocaine & prostitutes. This is your reality”

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  15. Dec 6

    “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. ” - Pericles

    Romania: National parliament election: Final Turnout 1990: 86.19% 1992: 76.29% 1996: 76.01% 2000: 65.31% 2004: 58.5% 2008: 39.20% 2012: 41.76% 2016: 39.42% 2020: 31.84%
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  16. Dec 6

    "Media supportive of nationalist leaders in Europe — especially in , and — are either repeating the false [US election] claims or suggesting President-elect Joe Biden is part of a vast liberal conspiracy."

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  17. Dec 5

    Looks like certain MEPs are simply fed up with communication, some of them calling it "propaganda" as internal email shows.

    It seems to me that I’m not the only one fed up with Fidesz propaganda. Letter from Dutch MEP from EPP to . The mail was sent to basically everyone in the EP. Panscher...whatever that means.
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  18. Dec 4

    Question of the day.

    What is a ?
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  19. Dec 4

    In his response to Manfred Weber, PM uses the word "" which is quite unknown even for many German native speakers. Was he just trolled by someone in his PR team or is this already Newspeak?

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  20. Dec 4

    A great read on how the 'Hungarian media' is spreading the Orbán narrative re and in Slovenia & North Macedonia while making growing profits.

    Media companies linked to Hungarian PM in Southeast Europe have recorded rising revenues but generate less engagement than their local counterparts on most of the topics, with two exceptions: & .
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  21. Dec 4

    War rhetoric vs President-elect Biden in continues: Indep. MP often cooperating w Orbán Govt explains what "Fidesz awaits under the Biden Admin": There will be "more violence and pressure practices" & "still not used material collected by US intel agencies will come up".

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