The Budapest Beacon exit interview April 13, 2018 – Ádám Lestyánszky Four and a half years to the day after its launch, The Budapest Beacon is publishing its final article today in the form of an exit interview with Budapest Beacon managing editor Richard Field. Why has our publisher decided to stop publishing the Budapest […]
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BUDAPEST BEACON: “We are no longer bastions of the rule of law,” says Hungarian judge
by Benjamin Novak Originally published March 1, 2018 by our sister publication Budapest Beacon Last week, the Budapest Beacon published the first of a series of articles dealing with Hungary’s judiciary as it is experienced from the inside. The purpose of this series to provide insight into how those working in the judiciary see the […]
BUDAPEST BEACON: Gábor Székely: They should not pretend there are independent judges here
By Benjamin Novak, originally published at the Budapest Beacon Feb. 19, 2018, reprinted here by permission. “They should not pretend there are independent judges here.” – Gábor Székely, former judge. A while ago, we interviewed current and former judges on the workings of Hungary’s judiciary. Former judge Gábor Székely was one of the people we […]
BUDAPEST BEACON: Thousands protest closure of Népszabadság and corruption in Budapest
By Justin Spike, originally published at the Budapest Beacon Oct. 16, 2016, reprinted here by permission. “When those in power believe the media is their opponent, that’s a very big problem. Because it means they are afraid. In my opinion, they should not take up the fight by banning newspapers and media outlets. Rather, they […]
BUDAPEST BEACON: What is to be done about Hungary and Poland?
BUDAPEST BEACON , a Real Reporting publication JANUARY 28, 2016 By Benjamin Novak “Once the EU allows a country like Poland to drift in the same direction as Hungary, and allows Hungary to continue down this path, it makes a mockery of its claim to be a union of democracies that stands for the rule […]
Budapest Beacon: Refugee crisis greatest threat to EU so far says Rutgers’ Dan Kelemen
But if you close the EU’s external borders, you could easily have a situation where hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers accumulate right on the EU’s borders. You have a situation where there is mass starvation, disease. In short, a morally untenable situation.
Budapest Beacon: What really happened at Röszke?
It appears that over a period of twenty or thirty minutes Hungarian security forces launched three separate attacks on asylum seekers. As best we can tell, only the first police action could possibly have been justified on the grounds that asylum seekers “cast the first stone”
Budapest Beacon: “Europe and Hungary are experiencing a refugee crisis”
The fence will cost HUF 22 billion (USD 80 million) while last’s year’s budget for the whole of the immigration administration system was HUF 2.4 billion (USD 8.7 million). If one tenth of the fence’s construction price were spent on the system, it would not collapse under the pressure.
Our Budapest Beacon website rated #2 for Eastern Europe
One thing the site will never sacrifices is credible reporting. However. perhaps the most surprising fact is that the website is published out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Hvg interview with Richard Field, businessman, philanthropist, and managing editor of the Budapest Beacon
R. F.: It is disingenuous of the government to tell impoverished local governments to finance social programs through the introduction of new taxes. Exactly what are they supposed to tax that would not result in greater unemployment or deeper poverty?