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The Strange Death of Orbánism Franz Pokorny

Hungarian taxpayers paid American “post-liberal” Rod Dreher $105,000 last year to produce propaganda for Orban’s regime. www.jaccusepaper.co.uk/p/the-strang...

Yikes. Fixed.

Bundesschatz wird 2 Jahre alt: 170.000 Konten und 10 Milliarden Euro Volumen - Broker Vergleich, Tests & Erfahrungen Zum zweiten Geburtstag des Bundesschatzes zeigt sich, dass sich das Angebot der Republik Österreich innerhalb kurzer Zeit als relevante Größe im

The Bundesschatz program is now comprised of 170,000 accounts holding over €10 billion.

As was, from memory, noted in the Playbook this morning.

"Hungary cannot enter a post-Orbán era without repealing this legislation, including the Pride ban. If Péter Magyar truly aims to be pro-EU, he must place this at the top of his agenda for his first 100 days in office." @ilgaeurope.bsky.social

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that Hungary’s 2021 “anti-LGBTI propaganda” law breached Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union as well as multiple EU directives, and several provisions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. @ilgaeurope.bsky.social

Struggling Spirit Airlines in Talks With Trump Administration on Government Investment Florida-based Spirit has been working to sell some planes and refocus operations on core cities.

Spirit Airlines is looking for a lifeline from the Trump administration.

Kosovo Heading Towards Snap Elections as Talks About Presidency Fail A meeting between Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and opposition leader Lumir Abdixhiku to agree on who should become the next head of state ended without results, raising concerns about snap electi...

"Kosovo MPs have until April 28 to elect a new president under a Constitutional Court deadline that provided time for MPs to avoid fresh elections, which would be the third in less than two years."

Romania plunges back into political turmoil as Social Democrats move to topple PM Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan’s coalition partners accuse him of destroying “our social base” with austerity program.

"Party leader Sorin Grindeanu accused Bolojan, who presides over the center-right National Liberal Party, of leading an austerity campaign that has damaged Romania’s economy and exploded the cost of living for Romanians."

If I had to characterise the coming foreign policy change, I would say that, with Magyar in charge, the EU will still have a bloc allied to Israel -- Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Hungary -- but with Orbán out of the picture, Netanyahu will have lost a personal ally and protector.

Hungary must arrest Netanyahu if he visits, Magyar says Israeli PM Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court, is due to visit Hungary later this year.

Well.

"Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar said Monday that his country must take Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into custody if he enters Hungarian territory while wanted by the International Criminal Court."

British Jews feel ‘under siege’ and worry about kids wearing religious symbols in public Antisemitism has been rising in years since 7 October attacks, including recent arson attacks at Jewish sites British Jews feel under siege and worried about their children displaying religious symbols in public, community leaders have said. There have been a series of attempted arson attacks at Jewish sites over the past week, including incidents at two synagogues in London and one at a building used by the charity Jewish Futures. Four Jewish community ambulances were also set on fire in north London in the early hours of 23 March. Continue reading...

British Jews feel ‘under siege’ and worry about kids wearing religious symbols in public

The Sound of Silence The past week has brought the shocking reality of anti-Jewish hatred home to a lot of people in this country - but there is one part of society that still doesn’t seem to have noticed.

"And the response to this from Britain’s anti-racist movement, that regularly claims to mobilise tens of thousands to march against racism? Zilch. Nothing. No campaigns, no solidarity vigils, maybe a tweet or two, but beyond that? Silence." — @daverich1.bsky.social

A Leaner Saudi Arabia Turns From Grandiose Plans to Pragmatism A decade after Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his “Vision 2030” program to transform the country’s economy, the kingdom is facing financial strains and reassessing its trajectory.

News Analysis: A decade after Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his “Vision 2030” program to transform Saudi Arabia’s economy, the kingdom is facing financial strains and reassessing its trajectory.

LIV Golf’s Saudi backers are reportedly pulling out after pumping $5 billion into the tour The 2026 season will continue “uninterrupted and at full throttle,” LIV’s CEO said....

"Now...the flashy PGA Tour rival could be on the brink of collapse, following reports that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is looking to cut spending on the competition. The fund has pumped more than $5 billion into the project since it was founded in 2021, per The Guardian."

Two teenagers arrested over arson attack on synagogue in north-west London Boy, 17, and man, 19, detained as Met says it is investigating claims a series of antisemitic attacks are linked to Iran

"Matt Jukes, the deputy commissioner of the Met, said a 17-year-old boy and 19-year-old man had been detained, as he confirmed officers were investigating claims a series of antisemitic attacks in the UK were linked to Iranian-backed proxies."

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Michael Jackson

"When I described scenes in the early draft exonerating Jackson and discrediting the Chandlers, Feldman laughed and said he had no knowledge of the contents of the script. But, he said, 'that’s exactly what they couldn’t do.'"

The JC has published an op ed by Nigel Farage rallying against Jew-hatred.

This is a man who sang antisemitic songs, and supposedly said “Hitler was right”, “Gas them” during school days

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thejc.com/opinion/jews...

Stop! That! Train! Austria's far-right Freedom Party could take control of five states following elections due to be held in 2027 and 2028

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Bulgaria's former president tops parliamentary vote | Euractiv Projections from polling agencies put Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria grouping at around 44%

Ivan Krastev made the point the other night that Bulgarian politics is trapped in a loop in which the only salient issue is anti-corruption, which means every government doomed to fail when they inevitability fail to tackle corruption, ousted by the next force that pledges to tackle corruption.

What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

No previous American president, in any era, of any party, would have tolerated a drunken, erratic, absent FBI chief
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The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

Suspicions are being suspected.

Russian economy is faltering despite oil windfall, Sweden warns Stockholm’s military intelligence head says Moscow is manipulating data to make its economy look better

Exclusive: Sweden has intelligence indicating Russia's systematically manipulating data to fool Ukraine’s western allies into believing its economy has withstood the strain of its war spending & western sanctions, Thomas Nilsson, head of Sweden Military Intelligence, told me & @maxseddon.bsky.social

(Reuters) - European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems, diplomats with past experience dealing with Tehran said.

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

Palantir is a deeply weird organisation, and I can’t believe anyone would want to be directly invested in it.

I really don’t think a company should have a view on whether a country needs national service. A corporation can’t fight and die in a war. Corporations are not people, my friend.