Yesterday and today, we are again on the road with the entire refugee team at Hungarian Helsinki Committee to monitor the situation of thousands of evicted refugees from #Ukraine. As of 21 Aug, ~75% of state-funded shelter places are terminated. 🧵 euronews.com/my-europe/2024…

🇺🇦🇭🇺Morning in the #Hungarian village of Kocs. Ukrainian refugees sleeping rough as they are no longer entitled to state social housing because they come from an area of Ukraine “not affected directly by war operations”. Photo: Hungarian Helsinki Committee

The 🇭🇺 gov’t is known for using polls to gauge public opinion. This was confirmed once again by a public data request revealing that Zelenskyy’s image was removed from national consultation posters after a 20-year-old in a focus group felt he didn’t belong there.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling party is reviewing a plan to boost the importance of the Hungarian diaspora vote in upcoming elections, which would significantly improve his chances of winning a fifth consecutive term. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Just one day after the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, #Hungarian FM Péter Szijjártó is already in Russia to "talk about energy security".

"Some politicians inside our Union blame the war not on the invader but on the invaded; not on Putin’s lust for power but on Ukraine’s thirst for freedom. So I want to ask them: Would you ever blame Hungarians for the Soviet invasion of 1956?" Ursula von der Leyen GLOBSEC 2/1

Seeing his tweet drinking my morning coffee at home in Budapest, instantly knowing this tweet was about Vass shoes. ❤️

Segíts, hogy megosszzuk másokkal is, milyen volt az első nap az iskolában. 📵

Foreign minister Péter Szijjártó's official visit to Bahrain. Is this a job for derek guy?

Been a journalist in Hungary for 20 years. Believe me, this phenomenon is not about trust in the media, but trust in the government.

These stories make me utterly sad. Maintaining a long-term. consensual gay relationship, appearing in porn, while serving as a "star priest" consecrating Viktor Orban's office, preaching traditional values, chastity and attacking the LGBTQ community. I will never understand.

Not kidding.