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Nikola Gruevski led a right-wing party in Macedonia that is part of the centre-right EPP - before fleeing after a conviction for corruption, to Hungary (Photo: epp.eu)

Asylum for Macedonia's ex-PM puts Orban on spot

Hungary's government on Wednesday (14 November) confirmed that Macedonia's convicted former prime minister, Nikola Gruevski, has submitted an asylum request with authorities there, with a hearing to be granted for "security reasons."

The issue has put the spotlight again on hardline prime minister Viktor Orban, who has championed an anti-immigration policy - but has now allowed a convicted politician, and pro-Kremlin ally, to seek refuge in the country.

It is also another indicat...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Nikola Gruevski led a right-wing party in Macedonia that is part of the centre-right EPP - before fleeing after a conviction for corruption, to Hungary (Photo: epp.eu)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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