Democracy

Myanmar’s State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting the Czech Republic and Hungary – her first visit to Europe since the mass expulsion of the Rohingya. This could be a first step to reopen dialogue between Myanmar and the West – but tough questions need to be posed about her handling of the Rohingya question and other human rights concerns.

Political Capital’s analysis of the relationship between the European People’s Party (EPP) and Fidesz, Fidesz’s suspension, and its consequences in Hungary.

The Hungarian government is about to form a parallel judiciary system where politically sensitive cases could be moved.

The Hungarian government is about to form a parallel judiciary system where politically sensitive cases could be moved.

The Hungarian government has been heavily attacking the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in the past few months, to destroy it's autonomy.

During the winter of 2018-19, a new type of demonstration wave spread across Hungary. These events turned around many trends in Hungarian politics.

The question keeps returning: What's next with Brexit? If the UK would like to opt for an Art. 50 extension, it will first have to ask the European Council where all 27 Member States would have to agree unanimously. The British Government undertook and takes a long walk from fantasy to reality...

Journalism is in a serious crisis. Nevertheless, alternative left-wing media are still out there in Europe, providing quality news and analysis with financial backing not from oligarchs or big business but from their readers. An exchange between the makers of merce.hu (Hungary), republik.ch (Switzerland), oko.press (Poland), and taz.de (Germany).