Poland was once a model democracy in eastern Europe. Yet since 2015 when the populist Law and Justice party (PiS) won both the presidency and lower house of parliament, there have been big changes. Law…
Back in 2015, the immigration crisis in Europe was in headlines worldwide. Since then the numbers of people crossing the by sea to the continent has declined from more than 1 million annually to just 126,000 through…
Mass resignations from one of Hungary's top news sites led to the creation of a new investigative outlet In 2014, Hungarian investigative journalist András Pethő wrote an exposé about a series of expensive overseas business trips…
As Orban speaks of an "attack" on Christianity; other Hungarians are more welcoming Szeged, Hungary -- Hungary’s international reputation is again taking a bruising, as images of Hungarian police shooting water cannons and tear-gassing migrants…
Seven journalists traveling with migrants to Hungary from Serbia were beaten or arrested in separate incidents by Hungarian police on a single day near the border. A three-person TV crew from Serbia, two photographers from Australia and…
In June 2013, the Hungarian parliament approved changes to the country’s freedom of information act that restricts the public from accessing certain types of government information that were previously accessible. One of these restrictions prevents…
