As Europe’s top court strikes down Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws, Index looks at how the state has been trying to silence writers and artists
Orbán’s anti-culture club
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CATEGORY: Hungary
Contents – The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illiberal vision is seducing the western world
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Orbán’s defeat should spell the end of foreign interference in European democracies
Illiberal forces are bankrolling attacks on free speech – it’s time to stop them
Hungary: The signs that heralded Péter Magyar’s landslide
A journalist reveals the indications that things were changing after 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán
Hungary leads the far-right charge on free speech
Index looks at the Viktor Orbán-funded institute bringing together far-right leaders across Europe
Hungary’s Gen Z have only known one leader, Orbán
The country’s youth are now exercising their freedom of expression and it’s not just at music festivals
Index reports on the breaking of the old order in Europe
Editor Sally Gimson reflects on a recent trip across central Europe
The Far Right is on the rise in 2026…you have been warned
A conference in Brussels brought together a movement of “patriots” deeply hostile to the European Union and liberal values of free expression
Contents – Gen Z is revolting: Why the world’s youth will not be silenced
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Europe’s real censorship problem isn’t what Trump claims
As a Pride organiser faces criminal charges, Europe’s far right makes clear whose voices it wants erased