Luis G. Prado
@luisgprado.bsky.social
Author of "Budapest Twilight: Hungary in the Time of Orbán"
https://tienda.cyberdark.net/budapest-twilight-hungary-in-the-time-of-orban-n256079.html
https://tienda.cyberdark.net/budapest-twilight-hungary-in-the-time-of-orban-n256079.html
According to the propaganda of the Hungarian government, anyone not belonging to the ruling party Fidesz is a warmongering puppet of "Brussels"
However, when PM Orbán repeats the Russian talking points about the war in Ukraine and serves Russian interests, he's displaying HU's proud sovereignty :)
However, when PM Orbán repeats the Russian talking points about the war in Ukraine and serves Russian interests, he's displaying HU's proud sovereignty :)
December 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
According to the propaganda of the Hungarian government, anyone not belonging to the ruling party Fidesz is a warmongering puppet of "Brussels"
However, when PM Orbán repeats the Russian talking points about the war in Ukraine and serves Russian interests, he's displaying HU's proud sovereignty :)
However, when PM Orbán repeats the Russian talking points about the war in Ukraine and serves Russian interests, he's displaying HU's proud sovereignty :)
While the Hungarian government's vile propaganda accuses "Brussels" of using Hungarian taxes to pay for the war in Ukraine, today Orbán is in Moscow to meet Putin and make sure Hungary contributes even more money to Russia's war effort!
How do you say "cognitive dissonance" in Hungarian...?
How do you say "cognitive dissonance" in Hungarian...?
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
While the Hungarian government's vile propaganda accuses "Brussels" of using Hungarian taxes to pay for the war in Ukraine, today Orbán is in Moscow to meet Putin and make sure Hungary contributes even more money to Russia's war effort!
How do you say "cognitive dissonance" in Hungarian...?
How do you say "cognitive dissonance" in Hungarian...?
City Park, Budapest
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
City Park, Budapest
Uránia National Cinema, Budapest
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Uránia National Cinema, Budapest
Municipal Szabó Ervin Library, Budapest
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Municipal Szabó Ervin Library, Budapest
Approaching peak autumn in Budapest!
October 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Approaching peak autumn in Budapest!
Being confronted with illiberalism brings out the most wonderful creativity in people, I think. You only have to look at places where this has been going on for a while, like Hungary:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
October 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Being confronted with illiberalism brings out the most wonderful creativity in people, I think. You only have to look at places where this has been going on for a while, like Hungary:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
This time the government propaganda lent itself to satire way too easily!
July 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This time the government propaganda lent itself to satire way too easily!
Wonderful! I've "only" been coming to Massolit for the last 10 years, and back then the garden was already fenced in, but still a really cool place!
March 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Wonderful! I've "only" been coming to Massolit for the last 10 years, and back then the garden was already fenced in, but still a really cool place!
Do I spend too much time in cafés when I'm in Budapest? Definitely!
The New York Times caught me in Massolit for their feature on Budapest:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The New York Times caught me in Massolit for their feature on Budapest:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Do I spend too much time in cafés when I'm in Budapest? Definitely!
The New York Times caught me in Massolit for their feature on Budapest:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The New York Times caught me in Massolit for their feature on Budapest:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Mi artículo "De Fidesz a Tisza. ¿Límites a la consolidación del estado iliberal en Hungría?" ha sido aceptado para este volumen colectivo de próxima publicación en Catarata
En él describo brevemente el fulgurante auge del partido opositor Tisza y el desafío (o no) que plantea al régimen de Orbán
En él describo brevemente el fulgurante auge del partido opositor Tisza y el desafío (o no) que plantea al régimen de Orbán
March 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Mi artículo "De Fidesz a Tisza. ¿Límites a la consolidación del estado iliberal en Hungría?" ha sido aceptado para este volumen colectivo de próxima publicación en Catarata
En él describo brevemente el fulgurante auge del partido opositor Tisza y el desafío (o no) que plantea al régimen de Orbán
En él describo brevemente el fulgurante auge del partido opositor Tisza y el desafío (o no) que plantea al régimen de Orbán
I remain optimistic that this is mosty bluster: Fidesz's own polling must show now it's not the moment for hate campaigns, but to buy back into economically-battered Hungarians' good graces through state largesse (as the "Jó hír!" poster campaign proves).
But if this doesn't work, hate is next
But if this doesn't work, hate is next
February 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I remain optimistic that this is mosty bluster: Fidesz's own polling must show now it's not the moment for hate campaigns, but to buy back into economically-battered Hungarians' good graces through state largesse (as the "Jó hír!" poster campaign proves).
But if this doesn't work, hate is next
But if this doesn't work, hate is next
Almost one year ago, I attended an event in Budapest where the Heritage Foundation introduced Project 2025
Tellingly, they framed the need to fire civil servants and replace them with political apointees as a way to ensure "loyalty to the President and to the Constitution"
Yes: in that very order
Tellingly, they framed the need to fire civil servants and replace them with political apointees as a way to ensure "loyalty to the President and to the Constitution"
Yes: in that very order
February 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Almost one year ago, I attended an event in Budapest where the Heritage Foundation introduced Project 2025
Tellingly, they framed the need to fire civil servants and replace them with political apointees as a way to ensure "loyalty to the President and to the Constitution"
Yes: in that very order
Tellingly, they framed the need to fire civil servants and replace them with political apointees as a way to ensure "loyalty to the President and to the Constitution"
Yes: in that very order
It's not Easter but Advent and even so a resurrection is happening in Hungary! A political one, that is
József Szájer, the Fidesz ideologue last seen crawling down a water pipe in downtown Brussels escaping from a police raid on an COVID-defying gay orgy 4 years ago, is out of the doghouse and back
József Szájer, the Fidesz ideologue last seen crawling down a water pipe in downtown Brussels escaping from a police raid on an COVID-defying gay orgy 4 years ago, is out of the doghouse and back
November 29, 2024 at 2:58 PM
It's not Easter but Advent and even so a resurrection is happening in Hungary! A political one, that is
József Szájer, the Fidesz ideologue last seen crawling down a water pipe in downtown Brussels escaping from a police raid on an COVID-defying gay orgy 4 years ago, is out of the doghouse and back
József Szájer, the Fidesz ideologue last seen crawling down a water pipe in downtown Brussels escaping from a police raid on an COVID-defying gay orgy 4 years ago, is out of the doghouse and back