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As the war in Afghanistan has progressed and the costs of international assistance have increased, pessimism about nation-building has grown. In many respects Afghanistan is a better place, but is it likely to remain so?
By retaining no meaningful distinction between public and private life, Hungary’s Basic Law has erected a statist social democratic legal structure.
Freedom House this week released its yearly rankings on Freedom of the Press, in which Hungary was downgraded from “free” to “partly free”. While there is room for improvement in the current Hungarian media law, Freedom House’s published report on Hungary is factually incorrect on several counts…
In comparing Hungary to Kazakhstan and Belarus Mr. Cohen has not only misrepresented the facts, he has insulted free Hungarians and the government they fairly elected.
János Áder was elected Hungary’s new President today. It promises to be a welcome change at Sándor Palota.
