Marton Dunai
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Financial Times South-East Europe correspondent. Views my own. Tips: [email protected]
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Hungary’s Orbán Viktor faces a quickly growing challenger he can’t quite shut down, threatening his popularity and party cohesion via Financial Times
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Thanks Anne Applebaum -- Indeed a timely one to pinpoint a perennial problem, Russian influence ops exploiting corrupt regimes.
Orbán Viktor proves he is one of the best dramatists in politics today, grabbing “historic” headlines as Sweden overcomes final Nato hurdle in historic shift via Financial Times Richard Milne
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Spend more, align strategically and flatter him - how Nato allies prepare for Trump. Hungary and Orbán Viktor already do two of those. W/ Henry Foy Amy Kazmin via Financial Times
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Today is Orbán Viktor day in Europe. What is the endgame for Europe’s chief disrupter? W/ Ben Hall Henry Foy Andrew Bounds via Financial Times
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If license plates were contentious, wait until the currency issue boils over in Kosovo, which has defied western pressure and will ban the cash use of Serbian currency as of tomorrow via Financial Times
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No veto offered to Orbán Viktor so EU olive branch may be short lived on.ft.com/47SMTGJ w/ Henry Foy & Paola Tamma via @financialtimes
EU prepared to het nasty unless Hungary’s Orbán Viktor OK’s Ukraine aid — never seen the likes of it Henry Foy Andrew Bounds
#EU gets tough. Brussels threatens to hit #Hungary economy if Orbán Viktor vetoes #Ukraine aid via Financial Times w/ Henry Foy Andrew Bounds on.ft.com/3vQUVCJ
All eyes on #Hungary — and that means Orbán Viktor — as #Turkey close to OK on #Sweden #Nato bid ft.com/content/ce8e47… w/Adam Samson and Richard Milne via @ft
Serbia: Александар Вучић wins, reinforcing autocratic rule, electoral fraud allegations abound, opposition crushed and calling for protests. When the dust settles, the West may still like the outcome. on.ft.com/3RMJPHs via @financialtimes
Focus on the question: Why did Hungary relent on EU membership for Ukraine? Orbán Viktor said the rest of the EU ganged up on him so he would 'stay away' from the vote. But for weeks, he had guaranteed a NO vote. HU Parliament practically ordered him to vote NO. So what gives?
Orbán Viktor says he voices a sub-surface European opposition to Ukraine’s EU aid and membership as #EU budget dispute threatens €50bn war lifeline for Ukraine via Financial Times w/ Henry Foy Ben Hall
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West has no ‘backbone’ in Kosovo-Serbia dispute, should not abandon option of full recognition for Pristina, says British MP via Financial Times
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