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Detention of Ukrainian Bank Workers in Hungary: Legal Implications, Political Context, and Ukraine’s Possible Response

In March 2026 Hungarian authorities detained seven employees of Ukraine’s state-owned Oschadbank and seized a shipment of approximately $82 million in cash, €35 million, and 9 kilograms of gold that was being…

March 11, 2026EU, Hungary, Ukraine

Geoeconomics Geopolitics Governance

Analysis: Why Viktor Orbán Is Framing the EU as a Greater Threat Than Russia — and What It Means

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has escalated his anti-EU rhetoric by claiming that Hungary should fear the European Union more than Russia, dismissing concerns about Vladimir Putin as “primitive and unserious.” He has portrayed upcoming parliamentary elections…

February 16, 2026EU, Hungary

Geoeconomics Geopolitics Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation

Frexit Without Exit: How Anti-EU Movements Shape French Politics Without Winning Power

A march by supporters of France’s withdrawal from the European Union (“Frexit”) took place in central Paris. On February 2, 2026, more than a thousand people gathered in the French…

February 4, 2026EU, France, Russia

Economy Geoeconomics Geopolitics

Orbán’s ‘EU of 26’: A Slip of the Tongue—or a Signal of Huxit Thinking?”

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán referred to “26 EU member states” while discussing the bloc’s collective financial support for Ukraine, despite the fact that the European Union has 27 members.…

January 19, 2026EU, Hungary, Huxit

migration Warfare

Indicator of Escalation: Belarus Tests EU Defenses With Coordinated Hybrid Actions

On 2 November 2025, information was published that in October Lithuania recorded the highest number in the past six months of attempted illegal crossings from Belarusian territory—275. Nearly half of…

November 3, 2025Belarus, EU, Russia

- Corruption Democracy Geopolitics

EP Resolution Against Serbia, the silence on Radojičić and the politics of selective accountability

The European Parliament will once again turn its attention to Serbia’s deepening political crisis during its session in Strasbourg from October 20–23. The debate will culminate in the adoption of…

October 23, 2025EU, Serbia

Corruption Geoeconomics Geopolitics

HUxit: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Approaches the 2026 Election Under the Shadow of a Potential EU Suspension

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is approaching his re-election campaign, scheduled for April 2026, as the leader who has brought Hungary to the brink of losing its European Union membership through excessively close and corrupt…

October 22, 2025EU, Hungary

Corruption Intelligence ops National Security

Easy Capital, Hidden Agents: The Security Fallout of Europe’s Visa Programs”

In June 2021, we emphasized the need for a partial return to the Soviet-era practice of restricting the entry of Russians into Western countries. to block and withdraw Russian bribery funds…

October 15, 2025EU, Russia

Corruption Democracy Intelligence ops

Hungary’s Espionage Against EU Institutions:

A joint investigation by Der Spiegel (Germany) and partners (Hungary’s Direkt36, Belgium’s De Tijd, Austria’s Der Standard) revealed that the Hungarian government under Viktor Orbán ran a covert spy network in Brussels targeting…

October 10, 2025EU, Hungary

Conflict Warfare

GPS Jamming on Ursula von der Leyen’s Flight: Assassination Attempt—or A2/AD Signaling?

What happened (the verified core) The European Commission confirmed that the GPS on President Ursula von der Leyen’s aircraft was jammedas it approached Plovdiv, Bulgaria, forcing crews to rely on “paper maps”…

September 2, 2025EU, GRU, Russia

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