Journalist Veronika Munk reviews Hungary’s political developments on the road to the April election, from the latest opinion polls and Fidesz’s reshuffled slate of 106 candidates, to campaign mishaps over a hijacked slogan domain, a growing diplomatic row between Péter Magyar and Slovakia, and fresh regional tensions after Hungary granted political asylum to former Polish government officials.

A US decision to unleash trade war against EU and Nato allies over Greenland has struck another blow inside the Western family, delighting Russia.

EU states mostly kept quiet on US military threats against Iran, while China voiced outrage, at emotional UN talks in New York.  

Across Europe, mayors and local councillors are facing a disturbing rise in harassment, threats, disinformation, and even physical violence. These aren’t isolated incidents — they are a growing pattern. And they’re not 'just politics'. They are deliberate attempts to silence, intimidate, and push people out of public life, warns the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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