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Zsolt Borkai attends a press conference on July 4, 2018 in Gyor, Hungary.

Hungarian Mayor Resigns Amid 'Yacht Orgy' Scandal

Mayor Zsolt Borkai's resignation is effective Friday

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on February 11, 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.

Hungary's Far-Right Government Has Been Getting a Boost from President Trump Ahead of E.U. Elections

For months, the European Union's leaders have waged a fierce battle against...

For months, the European Union's leaders have waged a fierce battle against Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. They have accused him of targeting minorities and opposition media, and threatened to withdraw Hungary's voting rights in...

Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks at the Hungarian parliament in Budapest on Sept. 17.

Hungary’s Viktor Orban Widens the Division Between E.U. Liberals and Hard-Liners

Addressing Hungary's parliament on Sept. 17, Prime Minister Viktor Orban ac...

Addressing Hungary's parliament on Sept. 17, Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused E.U. leaders of seeking to undermine the rights of member states to control their own borders, after the E.U. revealed plans to create a...

Democracy Isn't Perfect, But It Will Still Prevail

Mass migration, terrorism and economic woes are fueling authoritarians arou...

Mass migration, terrorism and economic woes are fueling authoritarians around the world. NATO's former Supreme Allied Commander on why government of, by and for the people will win again

Polish demographers say, that due the child benefit launched in 2016 by the ruling conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) number of births is expected to rise, but the trend will not offset the overall fall in the population in the long term. Agnieszka Gessela and her newborn daughter Helena are seen in maternity hospital delivery room in Gdansk, Poland on December 20, 2017

The Far-Right Has Capitalized on the West’s Population Problem. These Policies Could Help

The EU's average birth rate is well below what's needed to sustain a popula...

The EU's average birth rate is well below what's needed to sustain a population

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses supporters in Budapest, Hungary as preliminary voting results saw him win a third consecutive term and his Fidesz party seize on a parliamentary supermajority on April 8, 2018.

Hungary's Far Right Leader Is Going Nowhere—and Europe Should Be Worried

Viktor Orban and Fidesz, his party, won a landslide victory on April 8 that...

Viktor Orban and Fidesz, his party, won a landslide victory on April 8 that gives them a supermajority of seats in the country’s parliament. Polls underestimated the party’s support and turnout was higher than many...

President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, makes a statement about changes in the judicial law and Supreme Court at Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland on July 18, 2017.

Liberal Democracy Is Eroding Right In Europe's Backyard

Poland's president Andrzej Duda vetoed a bid on July 24 by the ruling Law a...

Poland's president Andrzej Duda vetoed a bid on July 24 by the ruling Law and Justice Party that would have crippled rule of law in that country by stripping its highest court of its independence....