Anikó B. Nagy
@anikoka.bsky.social
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Even if he wins Hungary's April 12 election, opposition leader Péter Magyar will need to find a way to break PM Viktor Orbán’s ubiquitous grip on state institutions.
But he has a strategy: recruit top business leaders to to form his Cabinet.
www.politico.eu/article/hung...
But he has a strategy: recruit top business leaders to to form his Cabinet.
www.politico.eu/article/hung...
March 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Even if he wins Hungary's April 12 election, opposition leader Péter Magyar will need to find a way to break PM Viktor Orbán’s ubiquitous grip on state institutions.
But he has a strategy: recruit top business leaders to to form his Cabinet.
www.politico.eu/article/hung...
But he has a strategy: recruit top business leaders to to form his Cabinet.
www.politico.eu/article/hung...
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The Trump administration says it will dismantle a key climate-science center, while salvaging its forecasting capabilities. “Today, predicting the weather without considering the climate would be meteorological malpractice," Michelle Nijhuis argues.
The U.S. Is on the Verge of Meteorological Malpractice
The Trump administration says it will dismantle a premier climate center, while somehow keeping weather forecasting intact.
bit.ly
December 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The Trump administration says it will dismantle a key climate-science center, while salvaging its forecasting capabilities. “Today, predicting the weather without considering the climate would be meteorological malpractice," Michelle Nijhuis argues.
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‘All stories of Holocaust survival are in their way absurd: a Jew who is a duly convicted prisoner doesn’t count as a Jew for purposes of murder; Primo Levi survived Auschwitz because someone needed a chemist, and Lasker-Wallfisch because Rosé needed a cellist.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Laqueur · A Different Life: Can cellos remember?
Cellists and violinists in particular are haunted by the musicians who played their instruments before them and those...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
‘All stories of Holocaust survival are in their way absurd: a Jew who is a duly convicted prisoner doesn’t count as a Jew for purposes of murder; Primo Levi survived Auschwitz because someone needed a chemist, and Lasker-Wallfisch because Rosé needed a cellist.’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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András Schiff, an eminent concert pianist who has boycotted strongman rule in Russia and his native Hungary, said on Wednesday that he would no longer perform in the U.S. because of concerns about President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying” on the world stage.
Dismayed by Trump, the Star Pianist András Schiff Boycotts the U.S.
Mr. Schiff, who has refused to play in Russia and his native Hungary because of strongman rule, said he was alarmed by President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying.”
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
András Schiff, an eminent concert pianist who has boycotted strongman rule in Russia and his native Hungary, said on Wednesday that he would no longer perform in the U.S. because of concerns about President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying” on the world stage.
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In @verfassungsblog.de Tamás Matusik, a senior judge and the former President of the National Judicial Council 🇭🇺, warns how judges' recent outrage over planned structural reforms may have created the political opportunity to silence dissenting voices further. verfassungsblog.de/targeting-di...
Targeting Disciplinary Courts: Why Hungary is on the verge of a full-scale judicial capture
Hungary has faced significant challenges to judicial independence in recent years. The incumbent Chief Justice appears to have been working for some time to take control over disciplinary proceedings....
verfassungsblog.de
January 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In @verfassungsblog.de Tamás Matusik, a senior judge and the former President of the National Judicial Council 🇭🇺, warns how judges' recent outrage over planned structural reforms may have created the political opportunity to silence dissenting voices further. verfassungsblog.de/targeting-di...
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Hungary’s intelligence agency spied on EU officials visiting the country, searching their hotel rooms and recording their phone conversations, according to a bombshell report.
Hungarian CIA reportedly spied on EU officials
Officials from EU anti-fraud office were allegedly followed, wiretapped and had their laptops hacked by Hungary’s intelligence agency.
www.politico.eu
December 6, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Hungary’s intelligence agency spied on EU officials visiting the country, searching their hotel rooms and recording their phone conversations, according to a bombshell report.
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As the left flees and X loses broader relevance, it becomes a more overtly right-wing site, @alibreland.bsky.social writes. But the right needs liberals on X in order to push conservative perspectives into the mainstream.
The Right Has a Bluesky Problem
The X exodus is weakening a way for conservatives to speak to the masses.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:55 PM
As the left flees and X loses broader relevance, it becomes a more overtly right-wing site, @alibreland.bsky.social writes. But the right needs liberals on X in order to push conservative perspectives into the mainstream.
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Trump’s new National Director for Counterterrorism. And his wig.
November 23, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Trump’s new National Director for Counterterrorism. And his wig.
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Seb Gorka. Trump’s new National Director for Counterterrorism. God help us.
November 23, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Seb Gorka. Trump’s new National Director for Counterterrorism. God help us.
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If RFK Jr. does in fact “go wild” on American health, experts tell @olgakhazan.bsky.social that “heart attacks might increase, dental infections might spike, and children might needlessly die of completely preventable diseases.”
The World According to RFK Jr.
What would happen if Kennedy really went “wild on health”?
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:49 PM
If RFK Jr. does in fact “go wild” on American health, experts tell @olgakhazan.bsky.social that “heart attacks might increase, dental infections might spike, and children might needlessly die of completely preventable diseases.”