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Ireland's Government Sends in the Military to a Farmers' Protest
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (376+ words) Trucks and tractors continued to block access to vital fuel depots and a major port, and vehicles clogging traffic led to closures of part of the main highway around Dublin, the capital, as well as sections of other major roadways....
The EU has developed tools capable of shaping national elections'Democracy Interference Observatory head Richard Schenk
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (1368+ words) Richard Schenk heads the Democracy Interference Observatory (DIO) at MCC Brussels, a project dedicated to tracking the ways in which European institutions, Brussels-funded networks and certain political actors intervene in national campaigns across the European Union. In recent months, the…...
Hungarians vote in record numbers as Trump-ally Viktor Orb'n faces biggest electoral threat since 2010
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (437+ words) The U. S. and Europe are watching closely as Hungarians turned out in record numbers to vote Sunday in a high-stakes election that sets up Prime Minister Viktor Orb'n, supported by President Donald Trump, against his former political ally, P'ter Magyar. Trailing…...
NATO and the Bar Fight: A Bar Tab Europe Expects America To Pay Forever | The Gateway Pundit | by Guest Contributor
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (519+ words) I've been in bar fights. Real ones. The kind where you find out very quickly who your friends actually are. Europe, now, has largely watched from the barstool. He was trying to shame them off the barstool. A four-star Marine…...
Post-Orban Hungary would not expose Israel to more EU pain, though support may ebb
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (1064+ words) Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent. Sunday's elections in Hungary, which could end longtime premier Viktor Orban's hold on power, have raised concerns in Israel about what a new government in Budapest could mean for its…...
The Hungarian Election is Today - Results Links and Open Discussion Thread
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (900+ words) One of the most critical European elections is happening today as Hungarian nationalists face down the influence of the European Union." The stakes are exceptionally high for the entire continent and every control mechanism from the EU has been deployed…...
Polls Open in Hungary as PM Orban Faces Major Electoral Challenge
8+ hour, 49+ min ago (341+ words) Hungarian voters started casting their ballots from 6 AM on Sunday morning'as Prime Minister Viktor Orb'n, an ally of U. S. President Donald Trump, seeks to build on his 16 years in power. It's a key moment for Orb'n, the European Union's longest-serving head…...
Orb'n offered help to Putin 'in any way that I can,' reports say
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (336+ words) Orb'n offered his support to Putin, likening his assistance to that of a mouse helping a lion in a well-known Hungarian fable, according to a phone conversation transcript obtained by news agency Bloomberg. Prime Minister Viktor Orb'n reportedly offered Russian…...
Despite war cancellations, Holocaust survivors from Israel to join March of the Living
5+ hour, 38+ min ago (513+ words) A small group of around a dozen Holocaust survivors from Israel will join this year's March of the Living memorial event in Poland, after the war with Iran forced organizers to cancel the Israeli delegation, which numbered some 1, 500 people. The…...
Hungary's Future is at Stake, Orb'n Says at Campaign Rally
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (640+ words) Prime Minister Viktor Orb'n, leader of Fidesz, said at the governing parties" campaign-closing rally in Budapest on Saturday that a country, a community, and a future cannot be built on anger, hatred, or resentment. He stressed that only those who…...