Balint Domotor
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✍️ Intl. affairs journo for @Telexhu in 🇬🇧; written for @AP & @AFP in 🇭🇺; appeared in @axios, @dagensnyheter, @weukrainetv • 📚 KCL
London / Budapest
Joined November 2018
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is visiting Moscow for energy talks with Vladimir Putin, a rare step from a European leader amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. The trip is Orbán's second since last year.
apnews.com
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has met Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks at the Kremlin.
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“Sources at the US state department and in Congress have told the Guardian that no steps have been taken yet to codify the deal.” https://t.co/PL1XflHcRQ
theguardian.com
Embattled Hungarian leader says he won an indefinite reprieve from sanctions on oil and gas from Russia, but the US has since disputed this
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Marco Rubio refutes @PM_ViktorOrban's claim and says that 🇭🇺 only got a one-year exemption from the 🇺🇸 sanctions on 🇷🇺 energy. However, at a press conference minutes ago Orbán's chief of staff insisted that Rubio is wrong and the exemption 🇭🇺 received from Trump is indefinite.
There seems to be a misunderstanding between @PM_ViktorOrban and the @WhiteHouse regarding the exemption Trump gave 🇭🇺 from 🇷🇺 energy sanctions. Orbán says he shook hands with Trump on an indefinite exemption, while the White House tells @Telexhu that it's only for 1 year.
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There seems to be a misunderstanding between @PM_ViktorOrban and the @WhiteHouse regarding the exemption Trump gave 🇭🇺 from 🇷🇺 energy sanctions. Orbán says he shook hands with Trump on an indefinite exemption, while the White House tells @Telexhu that it's only for 1 year.
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🇭🇺🥇 Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, known for his philosophical, bleakly funny novels, won the @NobelPrize in literature for his “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.” https://t.co/WmeQQITUQY
apnews.com
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize in literature for work that upholds the power of art in the midst of “apocalyptic terror.”
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[Q]: Mr. President, Orbán is refusing to stop buying Russian oil. [President Trump]: Well, he's a friend of mine. I have not spoken to him. But I have a feeling if I did, he might stop. And I think I'll be doing that.
Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy are meeting in New York.
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Insane moments in Hungarian politics: President Tamás Sulyok removes the word "Russian" from "Russian missile attack" when describing that Mukachevo, an historically Hungarian town in Zakarpattia, was hit for the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion in Ukraine.
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New: After Trump phoned Putin yesterday, he made another call: to Orban, sources tell Bloomberg Trump wanted to discuss why he was blocking Ukraine’s accession talks with the EU, after European leaders pressed him on the matter With @catherine_lucey >>>
bloomberg.com
US President Donald Trump called Viktor Orban on Monday following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders to discuss why the Hungarian prime minister was blocking...
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Donald Trump: I asked a question to a very, very smart man, Viktor Orban from Hungary. I said, "So can Russia be beaten by Ukraine?" He looked at me like, "What a stupid question."
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KNEECAP statement after the 🇭🇺 banned them from the country: "The authoritarian government of Viktor Orban say we 'pose a national security threat.' Which is fucking outrageous coming from a man who welcomed Netanyahu, a wanted war criminal, like a hero just a few weeks ago."
A message for all who'd hoped to see us on stage at Sziget in 2 weeks👇❤️
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Hungary govt spoks 👇 Kneecap “banned from entering Hungary”. The band was due to play the huge Sziget festival in Budapest Aug 11, festival organisers had resisted pressure from protestors and govt to cancel their gig
🚫 @KneecapCEOL are officially banned from entering Hungary—for antisemitism and glorifying terror. When hate ignores the mail, we put it on a wall. 📢 This is what we call "service by public notice." In plain English: if you won’t read the letter, you’ll see it on the poster.
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‼️🇮🇪 The Orbán govt bans @KNEECAPCEOL members Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí from entering 🇭🇺 for the next 3 years, claiming they are a threat to national security. They were scheduled to perform at @szigetofficial festival on 11 August.
🛑 Hungary’s government has moved to ban @KneecapCEOL from entering the country and performing at @szigetofficial—citing antisemitic hate speech and open praise for Hamas and Hezbollah as justification. ⚠️ The official message: “zero tolerance for antisemitism” and a duty to
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Depuis que l’AFP a été fondée en août 1944, nous avons perdu des journalistes dans des conflits, nous avons eu des blessés et des prisonniers dans nos rangs, mais aucun de nous n’a le souvenir d’avoir vu un collaborateur mourir de faim. Nous refusons de les voir mourir.
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AP — Around 100,000 people defied a government ban and police orders Saturday to march in what organizers called the largest LGBTQ+ Pride event in Hungary’s history in an open rebuke of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government. (Photos: Balazs Ivandi-Szabo / @Telexhu )
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In some more positive news, @Telexhu is the most popular online news source in Hungary for the first time, according to the report. https://t.co/MSzlFRHsgI
telex.hu
Another important insight from the annual report of the research institute at Oxford University is that the already low level of trust in public media in Hungary has fallen sharply over the past year.
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What happens if the govt hijacks state media? I dug deep into the underlying data from the new @risj_oxford Digital News Report and found some striking figures. In 🇭🇺, trust in the openly pro-Orban public broadcaster plummeted to 23% this year.
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