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Instructions for Corrupt Authoritarian Politicians with Fading Popularity
You are a politician and your popularity ratings are going down. What can you do to prevent this? Here are some useful tips from our Illiberal Leader Training (ILT) manual
Fact check: Deputy PM boasts Poland has ‘total press freedom’
While Poland’s Minister of Culture boasts that Poland has “total press freedom”, Reporters Without Borders say that the ruling party has transformed Polish public media into the government’s propaganda mouthpieces
Hungary voted to ‘Stop Soros’ and outlawed help for asylum seekers
Hungary voted the bill that introduces a new category of crime: illicit assistance for immigration. Is helping asylum-seekers illegal now? Read the interview with Szilárd István Pap.
Burn boxers, burn!
Miloš Zeman, the president of the Czech Republic, has just burned a pair of giant red underpants at a press conference called for this exact purpose. Meanwhile, Zeman has an even bigger iron in the fire.
Prime Minister’s Political Purge – Michal Chmela on Babiš
While negotiations about a government with the confidence of parliament are still running, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has been busy removing people who posed potential problems.
Nikola Gruevski sentenced to two years in prison
BILJANA SEKULOVSKA A verdict pronounced on May 23, which sentences former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to two years in prison, …