A sobering conversation on what makes journalists so passionate about their job and why they should put some distance with it.

“In un mondo perennemente distratto la verità fatica a imporsi”
🎙️ @hermangrech.bsky.social parla del futuro dell'#informazione, del #giornalismo e della #democrazia e di cosa lo ha spinto a mettere in scena il suo ultimo spettacolo
👉 L'intervista di @gpaccardo.bsky.social voxeurop.eu/it/giornalis...

Europe underestimates the advantages of rapid electrification, overestimates hydrogen & nuclear, and argues over energy scarcity when alternatives are available.
My interview with Jan Rosenow, Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at Oxford University:
review.brunswickgroup.com/article/euro...

🇭🇺 🗳️ #Hungary’s Elections: the independent media played a key role in bringing down the #Orbán regime.
✍ @jpmarthoz.bsky.social pays tribute to @direkt36.bsky.social @444.hu HVG @telexhu.bsky.social Partizán & @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social essential work.

👉 Read it here: voxeurop.eu/en/hungary-e...

Probably they don't want to lose the followers acquired through time. X is still a – sometimes – valuable place to look for news, but here is way more friendly and requires less digging through all the sh*t.

Arrivederci #IJF26! It was – again – a brilliant edition. Great panels, amazing guests, splendid weather and an overall better mood than last year made this now 20-years old festival's magic happen again! Kudos @ariannaciccone.bsky.social & Chris + team, and see you next year! #Journalism #Perugia

Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.

How did Magyar win? A long running grassroots campaign in rural and small town Hungary; a refusal to be distracted by government propaganda; a focus on economic issues and corruption; a central promise to bring back democracy and the rule of law

🗳️ After 16 years of Viktor #Orbán's rule, Péter #Magyar's landslide victory on 12 April elections in #Hungary is hailed across Europe as a potential turning point for the EU.
🗞️ Check out the press review by Gyorgy Folk and @gpaccardo.bsky.social w/#PulseEurope partners voxeurop.eu/en/europe-hu...

Péter Magyar opens his first press conference as incoming Hungarian PM:

"Formerly, press conferences worked in a way that the propaganda media could ask questions that were written for them by the govt... Therefore, we will now give the floor to those Hungarian outlets who are still independent."

On April 14, at 3 pm CET, join our livestream.

The topic of discussion: Is Ukraine starting to win the war?
The stream will be available via the link for patrons: www.patreon.com/ukraineworld
🟡 Listen to our previous livestream: Will Ukraine’s territorial concessions stop the war? bit.ly/4dCzXvs

🇬🇪🇭🇺Viktor Orbán lost Hungary's election yesterday. For most Europeans, this is a relief. For Georgian Dream, it is a strategic catastrophe.
Their single most important protector in Europe is gone. Here's what that actually means.
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The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

Can't wait to read it! – and if you're looking for somewhere to publish the 10K, you know we're here ;-)

Alternate pic of the day: #Hungary #Magyar

Pic of the day: #hungary

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#hungary
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✏️ Paolo Calleri

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Magyar’s, Tisza party needs 133 of 199 parliamentary seats to effect real chance in Hungary. LFG!

💥Polls closed in Hungary. No exit poll, but 21 Research Institute’s Apr 8–11 exclusive survey for
@telexhu.bsky.social shows the opposition Tisza party leading Orbán's Fidesz 55–38, with the far-right Our Homeland around the 5% threshold.

Tisza is on the verge of a parliamentary supermajority.

My take: landslide victory for Péter Magyar (yes, it's wishful thinking, so what?)

500 days of non-stop, uninterrupted #GeorgiaProtests.

Until the end, until victory! 🇬🇪🇪🇺

💥🇭🇺🗳️ WOW! 54.14% turnout by 1pm in Hungary’s historic election (vs 40.01% in 2022), where voters could end Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule. Massive participation, in line with independent pollsters’ predictions – who also predicted a massive opposition win. Polls close at 7pm.

🪩 Today's general elections in 🇭🇺 #Hungary will be critical to decide #Europe's democratic fate, expert @casmudde.bsky.social said in his predictions for 2026.

👉 Check out his in-depth analysis: voxeurop.eu/en/cas-mudde...

🗳️ Is Viktor #Orbán's 16-year 'illiberal' rule in 🇭🇺 #Hungary about to end on today's general election?
🎙️ We've discussed it with Hungarian journalists Boróka Parázka and @György Folk.
🎥 Check out the video of the conversation with Catherine André and @gpaccardo.bsky.social voxeurop.eu/en/event/lhu...

Want to strengthen EUropean democracy?

(1) Do not accept anti-democratic behavior within the EU

(2) Become less dependent upon NATO/US

(3) Convince EUropeans of importance and costs of democracy

(4) Develop a humane immigration discourse and policy

💌 It's newsletters day – again! This week, as the Iran war escalates and spreads a little each day and a possible refugee crisis is looming, we dig into how Europe is dealing with people fleeing war and violence.

And much more.

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💌 È il giorno della newsletter! Mentre la guerra in Iran si intensifica e si profila una crisi umanitaria, approfondiamo il modo in cui l’Europa sta affrontando la questione delle persone in fuga dalla guerra e dalla violenza.

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🤍❤️🤍 Happy #FreedomDay, #Belarus! 💪

💌 Your favourite newsletter is out later today! This week we we invite you to join us in some self-reflection on our profession: #journalism.
💡 Everywhere a once-prestigious profession is in decline. However, we identify several initiatives that offer hope.
Register: voxeurop.eu/en/our-weekl...