Head of Hungary’s anti-graft body says €160bn may have been siphoned off during ex-PM’s 16 years in power

Russian plan puts majority of German city’s supplies of petrol, kerosene and heating fuel at risk

Electoral logic is driving a shift as polls lay bare European disgust at the US administration

How the leader of a small, poor country held such sway over the bloc

The country's current leader has put loyalists in key public institutions who will be able to thwart the budgets and legislation of any new prime minister.

Musings on the politics & political economy of Orbánism ahead of the April 12 election

Robert Golob and Gibanje Svoboda won the 2026 election in Slovenia. But this time the victory is less clear cut and Janez Janša will play a big role.

Podcast-Folge · DATUM · 19. März · 27 Min.

Vladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under western sanctions

Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...

After nearly 16 years of Fidesz rule, the centre-right Tisza party stands a chance of winning Hungary’s April election. Under their rule, Budapest would work wi

Zselyke Csaky on the foreign-policy impact of Hungary's election

The case of Hungary shows how autocrats can rig elections legally, using legislative majorities to change the law and neutralize the opposition at every turn, no matter what strategy they adopt.