folks, /(c) ms/,
sorry for just fwding articles again with no personal comments,
Please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of very early-blooming
/(c) jds/ links.
cheers,
j
It's Getting Ugly in Hungary
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Together with Greece, Hungary has experienced the biggest decline in
press freedom in Europe in the period between 2010 and 2014.
/.../
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/20/its-getting-ugly-in-hungary/
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The New Dictators Rule by Velvet Fist
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The new autocrats use propaganda, censorship and other
information-based tricks to inflate their ratings and to convince
citizens of their superiority over available alternatives. They
peddle an amorphous anti-Western resentment: Mr. Orban mocked
Europe's political correctness and declining competitiveness while
soliciting European Union development aid.
/.../
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/opinion/the-new-dictators-rule-by-velvet-fist.html?ref=opinion&_r=1
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Hungary's Challenge to European Values
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hungarys-challenge-to-european-values-1432492960
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further reading :)
http://budapestbeacon.com/
http://www.criticatac.ro/lefteast/the-illiberal-democracy-in-budapest/
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