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Bulgaria’s state administration salary reached 3,088 leva (€1,580) in Q3 2025, up 417 leva from 2024. It ranks 5th among economic sectors, with the highest pay in IT/telecom, finance, energy, and scientific professions; and the lowest in hospitality, agriculture…
Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry plans to request a postponement of €361 million from its 2026 installment for the second batch of F-16 fighter jets, citing major funding shortages.
Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov told Parliament that the army’s modernization program is strained by a €210 million shortfall in capital spending under existing contracts.
Bulgaria is scheduled to pay about €653 million in 2026 under a payment plan proposed by the U.S. when the deal was agreed in 2022. Zapryanov said Bulgaria will seek to renegotiate and reschedule these obligations but did not confirm whether the final payment deadline of 2031 will still be met.
He added that planned defence spending under a European loan for 2026 totals €151 million, also below expectations. Bulgaria has already received several of its ordered F-16s, with aircraft arriving in April, June, and October 2025.
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Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov told Parliament that the army’s modernization program is strained by a €210 million shortfall in capital spending under existing contracts.
Bulgaria is scheduled to pay about €653 million in 2026 under a payment plan proposed by the U.S. when the deal was agreed in 2022. Zapryanov said Bulgaria will seek to renegotiate and reschedule these obligations but did not confirm whether the final payment deadline of 2031 will still be met.
He added that planned defence spending under a European loan for 2026 totals €151 million, also below expectations. Bulgaria has already received several of its ordered F-16s, with aircraft arriving in April, June, and October 2025.
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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced plans to sue the EU over its decision to phase out Russian gas imports by 2027.
Orbán stated, “We do not accept this obviously unlawful solution contrary to European values, which was chosen by Brussels to shut down a national government that disagrees with it,” adding, “We are turning to the European Court of Justice.” He argued that sanctions require unanimous EU approval, whereas this decision was made by a majority vote, calling it “a trade policy measure” rather than a sanction.
Orbán also revealed ongoing negotiations with the US to secure a sanction waiver on Russian oil, which he discussed with US President Donald Trump. He claimed the exemption would last “as long as Donald Trump is the president of the United States and there is a national government in Hungary.”
Hungary remains at odds with the EU over Ukraine, refusing to send military aid or support Kyiv’s EU membership, arguing that such moves would draw Hungary into the war.
The European Commission is reportedly proposing to change unanimous voting on sanctions and foreign policy related matters to a qualified majority vote.
This would mean two things.
1. The EU could disregard Hungary and Slovakia's veto of Ukraine arms shipments
2. The EU could create new sanctions against Hungary separate from the US sanctions for buying Russian oil.
Orbán stated, “We do not accept this obviously unlawful solution contrary to European values, which was chosen by Brussels to shut down a national government that disagrees with it,” adding, “We are turning to the European Court of Justice.” He argued that sanctions require unanimous EU approval, whereas this decision was made by a majority vote, calling it “a trade policy measure” rather than a sanction.
Orbán also revealed ongoing negotiations with the US to secure a sanction waiver on Russian oil, which he discussed with US President Donald Trump. He claimed the exemption would last “as long as Donald Trump is the president of the United States and there is a national government in Hungary.”
Hungary remains at odds with the EU over Ukraine, refusing to send military aid or support Kyiv’s EU membership, arguing that such moves would draw Hungary into the war.
The European Commission is reportedly proposing to change unanimous voting on sanctions and foreign policy related matters to a qualified majority vote.
This would mean two things.
1. The EU could disregard Hungary and Slovakia's veto of Ukraine arms shipments
2. The EU could create new sanctions against Hungary separate from the US sanctions for buying Russian oil.
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Q. In your statement, in paragraphs 47 and 48 — if you could kindly turn to those paragraphs in your statement. Please have a look at this.
In your statement you talk about tourist shooters. After that, you talk about “burgermeisters” who would pay money to go to Sarajevo to shoot people from the Serb side.
Mr. Jordan, do you remember having said that in your statement in August of last year? And could you tell us where you got this information from at the time?
A. Yes, ma’am.
Q. And could you tell us where you got this information from at the time?
A. I had witnessed on more than one occasion personnel who did not appear to me to be locals — by their dress, by the weapons they carried, by the way they were being handled, i.e., guided around by the locals. I saw this in Sarajevo on a number of occasions. Some of my other personnel had seen it in the Mostar area.
The term “burgermeisters” is a slang term that refers to the fact that Croatia, being allied, friendly — i.e., Germany — that’s where the tourists came from on that side. Up by us, it was kind of hard to get a tourist into Sarajevo to shoot uphill, so the tourists shot downhill.
Q. I understand that you established a visual distinction between the locals and the foreigners in Sarajevo. This is what I can conclude on the basis of your statement. Is this true? Did you actually establish this distinction?
A. You can assume from my statement that I am a trained observer and can tell when one guy, who is obviously not familiar with an area, is being led — literally almost by the hand — around an area by people who are familiar with it. This is where the term “tourist shooter” came from. The guy was not from the neighborhood. He did not carry arms that were typical of the neighborhood.
Q. Precisely. You saw these people doing the job.
A. I saw— I never saw one of these tourist shooters take a shot. I just saw them being handled and moved around known sniper positions. I never actually saw one take a shot. But again, it was clearly obvious that the person being led by men who were familiar with the ground was completely unfamiliar with the ground, and his manner of dress and the weapons they carried led me to believe they were tourist shooters. It was an expression that I ran into for the first time in Beirut, where we saw the same thing happening around the Green Line.
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Q. In your statement, in paragraphs 47 and 48 — if you could kindly turn to those paragraphs in your statement. Please have a look at this.
In your statement you talk about tourist shooters. After that, you talk about “burgermeisters” who would pay money to go to Sarajevo to shoot people from the Serb side.
Mr. Jordan, do you remember having said that in your statement in August of last year? And could you tell us where you got this information from at the time?
A. Yes, ma’am.
Q. And could you tell us where you got this information from at the time?
A. I had witnessed on more than one occasion personnel who did not appear to me to be locals — by their dress, by the weapons they carried, by the way they were being handled, i.e., guided around by the locals. I saw this in Sarajevo on a number of occasions. Some of my other personnel had seen it in the Mostar area.
The term “burgermeisters” is a slang term that refers to the fact that Croatia, being allied, friendly — i.e., Germany — that’s where the tourists came from on that side. Up by us, it was kind of hard to get a tourist into Sarajevo to shoot uphill, so the tourists shot downhill.
Q. I understand that you established a visual distinction between the locals and the foreigners in Sarajevo. This is what I can conclude on the basis of your statement. Is this true? Did you actually establish this distinction?
A. You can assume from my statement that I am a trained observer and can tell when one guy, who is obviously not familiar with an area, is being led — literally almost by the hand — around an area by people who are familiar with it. This is where the term “tourist shooter” came from. The guy was not from the neighborhood. He did not carry arms that were typical of the neighborhood.
Q. Precisely. You saw these people doing the job.
A. I saw— I never saw one of these tourist shooters take a shot. I just saw them being handled and moved around known sniper positions. I never actually saw one take a shot. But again, it was clearly obvious that the person being led by men who were familiar with the ground was completely unfamiliar with the ground, and his manner of dress and the weapons they carried led me to believe they were tourist shooters. It was an expression that I ran into for the first time in Beirut, where we saw the same thing happening around the Green Line.
https://www.icty.org/x/cases/dragomir_milosevic/trans/en/070222ED.htm
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Serbian energy minister says NIS oil firm gets three-month US approval to secure exiting of its Russian owners.
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—❗️🇮🇹 /🇧🇦 SCANDAL: Major Italian businessmen allegedly paid €80,000–€100,000 for packages to travel to Bosnia during the war, where they were provided flights, weapons, and guides to hunt and kill civilians. ✅ @balkanspectator — the leading Balkan news channel…
—❗️🇺🇸 /🇮🇹 /🇧🇦 UPDATE: US Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has announced an official investigation after reports surfaced alleging that foreign nationals paid money to shoot civilians, including children, in Bosnia.
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👺 We Try to Interpret the Cover of the New “The Economist”, the Magazine of the Big Bosses! (Part 1)
On the evening of November 12, 2025, an epic event occurred in the world of media and conspiracy theories, which happens once every 365 days: The Economist magazine published yet another amazing cover, titled “The World Ahead 2026,” hinting at what the world will be like next year.
As we can see, there is a lot of fiction painted on the picture there, and conspiracy theorists on YouTube will be trying to interpret it for several months. Of course, nothing will come of what is symbolized there, but by the time “ The World Ahead 2027” comes out , everyone will have forgotten about it, and the conspiracy theorists will start trying to interpret it again.
However, some things in the picture are quite obvious and will definitely come true.
What are these things?
1) The cake with the number “250” which represents the inevitable 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence in 2026. It is located in the center of the image and this indicates that it will be at the center of the attention of the entire world.
2) Rockets, robots, and syringes are literally scattered throughout the image. Most likely, people will soon calculate how many of each and where – the numbers are certainly symbolic and indicate dates.
3) Pills – there are plenty of them. Actually, they are not pills, but capsules, half red and half blue/white. This could be a reference to The Matrix, or maybe the pills are just part of the overall color scheme of red and blue, suggesting the political divisions of the entire society.
4) A huge container ship in the Pacific Ocean, which is attacked by satellite and opens fire with hidden cannons against the US. This could indicate problems with the supply chain in the Pacific Ocean, a false flag attack involving a similar ship, and more.
5) The broken dollar sign undoubtedly indicates problems with the economy, but these problems are obvious even without the hints of The Economist magazine.
Then follow episodes, the meaning of which is controversial & unclear:
1) The crossed swords, which can symbolize many things, from Elon Musk and his Twitter X, to the number 24 (X is the 24th letter of the English alphabet).
2) The printer running at full power may symbolize the uncontrolled issuance of paper money, but it may not be a printer, but a device for counting ballots. The cracked dollar indicates problems with the currency in question.
3) The hand in handcuffs can symbolize total control, a police state, the dispersal of protests, and the like. However, the raised fist is also a communist/socialist fighting symbol, so it could mean that Donald Trump will handcuff the communists and they will, at least for a while, stop making people's lives miserable.
4) A red cup – it can symbolize both spilled blood, but also a whole range of other things – a whole monograph could be written about the symbolism of the cup. But the cup can also be considered in combination with the crossed swords as a symbol of some playing card. In this case, we need to look for two more symbols from the deck.
5) Brains implanted with chips and connected to a game console certainly symbolize the impending mind control & brain chipping, metahumanism, the convergence of machine & human. But in what context?
Finally, the third group of symbols is completely unclear & incomprehensible as to what they symbolize. The artist of The Economist magazine paints slightly worse than Monet and Picasso, but a little better than Ostap Ibrahimovich Bender, who was commissioned to paint the sower, which is why the people are indistinguishable. Trump, Xi, Modi and Zelensky are quite distinct & recognizable, but it is not clear who these guys are standing next to Comrade Xi.
One of them is believed to be Lula da Silva , the leader of Brazil, while others see him as Netanyahu. But the identity of the third person is unknown, just as the woman with the white hair is unclear.
On the evening of November 12, 2025, an epic event occurred in the world of media and conspiracy theories, which happens once every 365 days: The Economist magazine published yet another amazing cover, titled “The World Ahead 2026,” hinting at what the world will be like next year.
As we can see, there is a lot of fiction painted on the picture there, and conspiracy theorists on YouTube will be trying to interpret it for several months. Of course, nothing will come of what is symbolized there, but by the time “ The World Ahead 2027” comes out , everyone will have forgotten about it, and the conspiracy theorists will start trying to interpret it again.
However, some things in the picture are quite obvious and will definitely come true.
What are these things?
1) The cake with the number “250” which represents the inevitable 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence in 2026. It is located in the center of the image and this indicates that it will be at the center of the attention of the entire world.
2) Rockets, robots, and syringes are literally scattered throughout the image. Most likely, people will soon calculate how many of each and where – the numbers are certainly symbolic and indicate dates.
3) Pills – there are plenty of them. Actually, they are not pills, but capsules, half red and half blue/white. This could be a reference to The Matrix, or maybe the pills are just part of the overall color scheme of red and blue, suggesting the political divisions of the entire society.
4) A huge container ship in the Pacific Ocean, which is attacked by satellite and opens fire with hidden cannons against the US. This could indicate problems with the supply chain in the Pacific Ocean, a false flag attack involving a similar ship, and more.
5) The broken dollar sign undoubtedly indicates problems with the economy, but these problems are obvious even without the hints of The Economist magazine.
Then follow episodes, the meaning of which is controversial & unclear:
1) The crossed swords, which can symbolize many things, from Elon Musk and his Twitter X, to the number 24 (X is the 24th letter of the English alphabet).
2) The printer running at full power may symbolize the uncontrolled issuance of paper money, but it may not be a printer, but a device for counting ballots. The cracked dollar indicates problems with the currency in question.
3) The hand in handcuffs can symbolize total control, a police state, the dispersal of protests, and the like. However, the raised fist is also a communist/socialist fighting symbol, so it could mean that Donald Trump will handcuff the communists and they will, at least for a while, stop making people's lives miserable.
4) A red cup – it can symbolize both spilled blood, but also a whole range of other things – a whole monograph could be written about the symbolism of the cup. But the cup can also be considered in combination with the crossed swords as a symbol of some playing card. In this case, we need to look for two more symbols from the deck.
5) Brains implanted with chips and connected to a game console certainly symbolize the impending mind control & brain chipping, metahumanism, the convergence of machine & human. But in what context?
Finally, the third group of symbols is completely unclear & incomprehensible as to what they symbolize. The artist of The Economist magazine paints slightly worse than Monet and Picasso, but a little better than Ostap Ibrahimovich Bender, who was commissioned to paint the sower, which is why the people are indistinguishable. Trump, Xi, Modi and Zelensky are quite distinct & recognizable, but it is not clear who these guys are standing next to Comrade Xi.
One of them is believed to be Lula da Silva , the leader of Brazil, while others see him as Netanyahu. But the identity of the third person is unknown, just as the woman with the white hair is unclear.
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Judging by the scoreline Romania Bros went to the wrong church -- should have stopped by the Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Sarajevo 🥳
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👺 We Try to Interpret the Cover of the New “The Economist”, the Magazine of the Big Bosses! (Part 2)
Finally, the third group of symbols is completely unclear & incomprehensible as to what they symbolize. The artist of The Economist magazine paints slightly worse than Monet and Picasso, but a little better than Ostap Ibrahimovich Bender, who was commissioned to paint the sower, which is why the people are indistinguishable. Trump, Xi, Modi and Zelensky are quite distinct & recognizable, but it is not clear who these guys are standing next to Comrade Xi.
One of them is believed to be Lula da Silva , the leader of Brazil, while others see him as Netanyahu. But the identity of the third person is unknown, just as the woman with the white hair is unclear.
It's only been a few hours since the cover was released, so over time people will make many more wonderful guesses, discoveries, observations & interpretations of the puzzles, but what can we say now?
We can say that in the plan of planet Earth, Russia is not included, which occupies one-seventh of the world's land surface. Or rather, it is there, but seemingly beyond the horizon, and there are some nasty dangerous things happening there: drones flying, tanks shooting, Javelins, columns of flame and all the like.
If this had been planned just east of Zelensky, we might think it was in eastern Ukraine. But all of this is visible from Japan, and from Japan, Ukraine is not visible even on a flat Earth – there are the Moscow swamps in several time zones, so according to The Economist, the Russians are in for a tough test.
This, in fact, is also implied by the Greek trireme, from which some kind of amphora is delivered to Zelensky. We assume that the amphora contains the so-called “Greek liquid fire” – a system of flamethrowing weapons from the ancient era BC.
Apart from Russia, we didn't even see Greta Thunberg in the picture. How sad. What will the world be like without Greta? And what will have happened to her? Will she emigrate to Moscow?
Instead, we immediately found a famous football player in the picture. This is undoubtedly a reference to the World Cup. The final will be held in Thailand in July. And the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence will also be celebrated in July. This means that July will be a month with many challenges, so let's follow the development of events.
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Finally, the third group of symbols is completely unclear & incomprehensible as to what they symbolize. The artist of The Economist magazine paints slightly worse than Monet and Picasso, but a little better than Ostap Ibrahimovich Bender, who was commissioned to paint the sower, which is why the people are indistinguishable. Trump, Xi, Modi and Zelensky are quite distinct & recognizable, but it is not clear who these guys are standing next to Comrade Xi.
One of them is believed to be Lula da Silva , the leader of Brazil, while others see him as Netanyahu. But the identity of the third person is unknown, just as the woman with the white hair is unclear.
It's only been a few hours since the cover was released, so over time people will make many more wonderful guesses, discoveries, observations & interpretations of the puzzles, but what can we say now?
We can say that in the plan of planet Earth, Russia is not included, which occupies one-seventh of the world's land surface. Or rather, it is there, but seemingly beyond the horizon, and there are some nasty dangerous things happening there: drones flying, tanks shooting, Javelins, columns of flame and all the like.
If this had been planned just east of Zelensky, we might think it was in eastern Ukraine. But all of this is visible from Japan, and from Japan, Ukraine is not visible even on a flat Earth – there are the Moscow swamps in several time zones, so according to The Economist, the Russians are in for a tough test.
This, in fact, is also implied by the Greek trireme, from which some kind of amphora is delivered to Zelensky. We assume that the amphora contains the so-called “Greek liquid fire” – a system of flamethrowing weapons from the ancient era BC.
Apart from Russia, we didn't even see Greta Thunberg in the picture. How sad. What will the world be like without Greta? And what will have happened to her? Will she emigrate to Moscow?
Instead, we immediately found a famous football player in the picture. This is undoubtedly a reference to the World Cup. The final will be held in Thailand in July. And the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence will also be celebrated in July. This means that July will be a month with many challenges, so let's follow the development of events.
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>goes to serbia
>celebrates Ratko Fagic
>chants 'serbia, serbia' in BiH
>crowd chants back 'cigani, cigani'
>loses 3-1
What did they mean by this? 🤔
>celebrates Ratko Fagic
>chants 'serbia, serbia' in BiH
>crowd chants back 'cigani, cigani'
>loses 3-1
What did they mean by this? 🤔
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JUST IN: Elon Musk says Tesla's humanoid robot 'Optimus' will "eliminate poverty and provide universal high income for all."
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—🏛 🇭🇺 NEW: Hungary has announced a major architectural initiative to restore Budapest's Castle District.
➡️ All buildings destroyed during World War II will be reconstructed to their original forms as part of a sweeping revival project.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says Serbia has one week to decide how to keep its only oil refinery — owned by Russian-controlled NIS — running without nationalizing it.
The U.S. is pressuring Serbia to ensure full Russian divestment, giving NIS' Russian owners three months to sell.
Banks have frozen NIS transactions, and the refinery has oil only until Nov. 25.
Vucic says Serbia is willing to make an above-market offer if Russian talks with new buyers fail.
The U.S. is pressuring Serbia to ensure full Russian divestment, giving NIS' Russian owners three months to sell.
Banks have frozen NIS transactions, and the refinery has oil only until Nov. 25.
Vucic says Serbia is willing to make an above-market offer if Russian talks with new buyers fail.
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Chinese migration through the Balkan route is rising sharply despite overall border crossings falling 47% this year.
482 Chinese migrants were caught in the first 9 months of 2025.
2024 saw 151 apprehensions.
2023 saw just 2.
482 Chinese migrants were caught in the first 9 months of 2025.
2024 saw 151 apprehensions.
2023 saw just 2.
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🇧🇬🇷🇺 - Leader of the Bulgarian nationalist pro-Russian party Revival, Kostadin Kostadinov, claims that information about Russia and Moscow was removed from his country's school geography books.
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🇬🇧 The UK Special Envoy for the Western Balkans organized a meeting with representatives of the military leadership of Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the so-called "Kosovo".
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Orban's Primary Challenger in 2026 - Who is Péter Magyar?
Péter Magyar (born 16 March 1981) is a Hungarian politician, lawyer, and opposition leader. Formerly a member of Fidesz, he became one of Viktor Orbán's main rivals after publicly resigning from government positions in 2024 amid a scandal involving a presidential pardon. Magyar criticized the government's corruption and launched a new political platform, forming the Tisza Party, which gained significant support in the 2024 European Parliament elections, becoming the strongest opposition party.
Magyar's early career involved legal work for anti-government activists during Hungary’s 2006 protests and various political roles within Fidesz.
His criticism of Fidesz intensified after a scandal involving the president’s pardon of a convicted child abuser, leading to protests and his resignation from multiple state positions.
In 2024, Magyar formed the Tisza Party, focusing on national unity, political accountability, and challenging the ruling Fidesz. He emphasized that Tisza would not align with other opposition parties and would contest the 2026 parliamentary elections alone. Throughout 2024 and 2025, Magyar organized multiple large demonstrations against government policies, drawing thousands of supporters.
Magyar is known for his conservative-liberal stance, advocating for economic market-oriented reforms, rule of law, and closer EU integration, while opposing the Orbán government’s balanced approach toward Russia and EU institutions. Despite facing domestic abuse allegations from his ex-wife, Judit Varga, Magyar continues to lead the Tisza Party, positioning himself as a major challenger in Hungarian politics.
His personal life has been in the spotlight, especially due to his divorce from Varga and his family’s prominence in Hungarian politics.
Péter Magyar (born 16 March 1981) is a Hungarian politician, lawyer, and opposition leader. Formerly a member of Fidesz, he became one of Viktor Orbán's main rivals after publicly resigning from government positions in 2024 amid a scandal involving a presidential pardon. Magyar criticized the government's corruption and launched a new political platform, forming the Tisza Party, which gained significant support in the 2024 European Parliament elections, becoming the strongest opposition party.
Magyar's early career involved legal work for anti-government activists during Hungary’s 2006 protests and various political roles within Fidesz.
His criticism of Fidesz intensified after a scandal involving the president’s pardon of a convicted child abuser, leading to protests and his resignation from multiple state positions.
In 2024, Magyar formed the Tisza Party, focusing on national unity, political accountability, and challenging the ruling Fidesz. He emphasized that Tisza would not align with other opposition parties and would contest the 2026 parliamentary elections alone. Throughout 2024 and 2025, Magyar organized multiple large demonstrations against government policies, drawing thousands of supporters.
Magyar is known for his conservative-liberal stance, advocating for economic market-oriented reforms, rule of law, and closer EU integration, while opposing the Orbán government’s balanced approach toward Russia and EU institutions. Despite facing domestic abuse allegations from his ex-wife, Judit Varga, Magyar continues to lead the Tisza Party, positioning himself as a major challenger in Hungarian politics.
His personal life has been in the spotlight, especially due to his divorce from Varga and his family’s prominence in Hungarian politics.
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Orban's Primary Challenger in 2026 - Who is Péter Magyar? Péter Magyar (born 16 March 1981) is a Hungarian politician, lawyer, and opposition leader. Formerly a member of Fidesz, he became one of Viktor Orbán's main rivals after publicly resigning from government…
I swear - everywhere you look, there's pedophiles in government.
Between 2004 - 2016, the director of the Kossuth Zsuzsa Children's Home in Bicske, János Vásárhelyi forced 10 minors to perform oral sex.
In 2016, one of the youths committed suicide. Another abused boy alerted officials of the abuse and was transferred to another facility without any investigation.
The deputy director, Endre Kónya, then blackmailed the child, threatening that if he did not withdraw his confession, his cousin would also be relocated.
The deputy director was convicted of coercion at the first trial in 2019 and at the appeal trial in 2021, for which he received a prison sentence of three years and four months, with a five-year ban from his profession and from public office as an additional punishment. The director was sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment.
In February 2024, Peter Magyar released a voice recording of his wife that he had secretly made without his wife's knowledge or consent in which it was revealed that the president of Hungary, Katalin Novák, had granted a presidential pardon in April 2023 to Endre Kónya.
Magyar's ex-wife (she's a judge) countersigned the pardon, meaning that she signed off on the pardon.
Between 2004 - 2016, the director of the Kossuth Zsuzsa Children's Home in Bicske, János Vásárhelyi forced 10 minors to perform oral sex.
In 2016, one of the youths committed suicide. Another abused boy alerted officials of the abuse and was transferred to another facility without any investigation.
The deputy director, Endre Kónya, then blackmailed the child, threatening that if he did not withdraw his confession, his cousin would also be relocated.
The deputy director was convicted of coercion at the first trial in 2019 and at the appeal trial in 2021, for which he received a prison sentence of three years and four months, with a five-year ban from his profession and from public office as an additional punishment. The director was sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment.
In February 2024, Peter Magyar released a voice recording of his wife that he had secretly made without his wife's knowledge or consent in which it was revealed that the president of Hungary, Katalin Novák, had granted a presidential pardon in April 2023 to Endre Kónya.
Magyar's ex-wife (she's a judge) countersigned the pardon, meaning that she signed off on the pardon.
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Romania needs massive growth just to avoid substantial natural decline. Even if TFR stabilized at 1.8 would not be enough to avoid significant decline! Should be a lesson to countries that short-mid term benefits of mass emigration of people far outweighed by long term costs.
Romania will not be able to recover from the exodus from the 1990s to early 2010s. Just like Albania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, & many others never will either.
Over time the permanent emigrants from Eastern Europe will be replaced by immigrants from outside Europe. This is the only solution policymakers ever come to.
Romania will not be able to recover from the exodus from the 1990s to early 2010s. Just like Albania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, & many others never will either.
Over time the permanent emigrants from Eastern Europe will be replaced by immigrants from outside Europe. This is the only solution policymakers ever come to.
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