BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will soon release tens of thousands of records previously restricted to broad public access that identify people listed by the Communist-era state security services…

Judita Laššáková sa podľa Smeru rozhodla odstúpiť v záujme „zreálniť voľby“ župana.

Washington, D.C., December 18, 2024 – A now-legendary but long-secret 70-paragraph telegram written by the top political analyst at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow in March 1994, E. Wayne Merry, criticizin...

Elsewhere, Poland and Russia trade threats after drone strike on Ukrainian train bound for Warsaw; Slovak Defence Minister under pressure to explain dealings with Czech arms tycoon; and Czech PM float...

Vše o Romech na jednom místě

A rights expert on Roma in Germany says the AfD win is a clear sign that anti-Roma hatred has been normalised and legitimised.

The top diplomat was found dead on March 10, 1948, in the courtyard beneath his bathroom window, supposedly after a fall. Police said their probe aims to settle questions that have surrounded the deat...

He was 20 years old, photographing occupied Prague in August 1968, when a Soviet soldier tried to confiscate his camera, which he refused to let him have. The soldier pointed his machine gun right at ...

Poetic justice: A judge once purged by Viktor Orbán will be the new head of state as the country works to dismantle the authoritarian system Orbán left behind.

MTI journalists spent 10 years collecting evidence of orders from above instructing them to withhold or rewrite news stories. MTVA’s new leadership has launched an investigation into the matter.

New exhibition uses original video recordings of Securitate interrogations to reconstruct communist regime’s mechanisms of repression – and counter growing nostalgia for the communist period.

Now the plan was poorly received by the opposition, „Back to the Middle Ages!”, they say.

Please join us for a conversation with Political Capital’s Róbert László, Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s András Léderer, HVG’s Viktória Serdült, De! Action Community’s Áron Tímár, and moderator Zsuzsa...

Late last year, it seemed that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's cabinet would not be "throwing a wrench in the works" of the planned Sudeten German congress in Brno - or at least, not officially. T...

Firsthand Lessons from Hungary

So-called ‘good behaviour’ legislation fiercely criticised by opposition politicians and rights groups

Szakmailag semmi nem indokolta, hogy az ukrán pénzszállítókon rajtaüssenek, az ukáz a legmagasabb szintről jött: Orbán Viktor rendelte meg március elején – árulták el a Telexnek az „aranykonvoj” ellen...

This AAPI month, the Law Library reflects on the legacy of the Chinese Exclusion Act from a legal perspective through a new Story Map. Surrounding laws and events, along with a map of anti-Chinese inc...

On April 29, 2026, the Swedish parliament voted to amend the Citizenship Act by introducing required language and knowledge tests for the first time and increasing residency requirements for applicant...

Viktor Orbán’s iron bed, his chair engraved with a crown and a coat of arms, the palace-like interior of the Ministry of Interior, and the posh design of the Cabinet Office—we toured the former Hungar...

Kíváncsi, korrekt, kritikus. Pontos és friss hírek a nap 24 órájában a politikától a kiscicákig. Riportok, interjúk, elemzések, tényfeltárások és szórakoztató apróságok egy helyen.

On April 29, 2026, the Swedish parliament voted to amend the Citizenship Act by introducing required language and knowledge tests for the first time and increasing residency requirements for applicant...

Democracy wins big

A nemzetiségi névjegyzékbe egyetlen módon lehetett úgy felvenni embereket, hogy arról ők ne értesüljenek, és éppen ilyen beadványok érkeztek tömegesen az NVI-hez a választás előtt.

The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...

It's a lesser-known chapter of the Holocaust, the murder of some 500,000 Roma and Sinti people, members of a long-marginalized and often persecuted minority in Europe. One way into that history is thr...