Ligeti: Private foundations serve the goal to perpetuate PM Orbán’s personal leverage
Miklós Ligeti, Legal Director of Transparency International Hungary, explains the legal scheme enabling the Hungarian government to channel billions of euros to private foundations. He reveals
Civitas Poll: Sympathy Index of Foreign Politicians
The latest Civitas Institute poll measured the sympathy index of foreign politicians in Hungary. The results give a great overview of the ideological differences between
Amb. Fried: Lukashenko’s assault on the rules-based international order
Former US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried explains how Belarusian “air piracy” means more than a simple hijacking and
Dzurinda: The EU needs to become a global power
Slovakia’s former head of government Mikuláš Dzurinda delivers an answer to his Hungarian colleague Viktor Orbán, who recently suggested him the creation of a “new
Buldioski: EU Commissioner Várhelyi’s behavior is against the European Commission
OSF Berlin office chief Goran Buldioski talks about the EU Commission’s proposal to exclude North Macedonia from accession talks, Viktor Orbán’s growing influence in the
Hoping to Exceed Low Expectations
Israel has been bombarded by a barrage of rocket fire by Hamas and other Jihadi groups emanating from Gaza this week causing it to recalibrate
Cullinane: Hungary is one of Biden’s major issues
US-European relations expert Scott Cullinane shares his thoughts on the differences between the Trump and the Biden administrations, the new president’s first international trip leading
Benner: Angela Merkel is the weakest link on China
Political scientist Thorsten Benner speaks about the EU-China investment deal, why EU-Chinese relations will have a discontinuation after the September election in Germany, how Aleksandar
‘Trust’ Is Never a Given
Cybersecurity is one of the most critical elements in a digitalized world. In order to highlight the importance of protecting networks, devices and data from
Stulík: Putin’s arch enemy is NATO
David Stulík, a senior analyst at the European Values Center for Security Policy , was the latest guest of CEA Talk. He spoke about the expulsion
Unhack Democracy: Make Ballot Counting Great Again
The Central European Magazine talked to the founders of the Belgium-based NGO Unhack Democracy. Zsófia Banuta and Garvan Walshe spoke about their report on anomalies
Combating Antisemitism
Free access to information comes at a price. Fake news, conspiracy theories, disinformation and antisemitism can rapidly spread today through various platforms. Fanatics, political extremists
Martin: Corruption performs better in Hungary
Anti-corruption expert József Péter Martin talks about widespread corruption in Hungary, why the European Union could do more about breaching of rule of law in
Hungarian democracy 30 years after the transition
Within the framework of “Democracy is Europe”, a pan-European project organised by the Union of European Federalists, Eszter Kirs, Zoltán Fleck, and András Pulai talked
Civitas Press Watch
The latest Civitas Institute public opinion poll has received heavy media coverage in Hungary. Here is how the findings of our poll have been received
