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Hungary's Viktor Orban (left, with Jean-Claude Juncker) is still a respected member of the European Peoples Party group, despite his attacks on the free press, NGOs, and human rights activists (Photo: European People's Party - Flickr)

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Hungary activists defiant after 'Soros Mercenaries' attack

Hungary's Viktor Orban (left, with Jean-Claude Juncker) is still a respected member of the European Peoples Party group, despite his attacks on the free press, NGOs, and human rights activists (Photo: European People's Party - Flickr)

Nora Koves takes her phone outside the room we sit in when she starts discussing her future plans. She does not want the Hungarian state security services to have a chance of listening in. She suspects her phone is being monitored. 

The 31-year-old works for the Eotvos Karoly Institute, a think tank focusing on public affairs in Budapest. It is partly funded by US billionaire philanthropist George Soros' Open Society foundation.

A few days after the 8 April election, where the Fi...

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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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