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Ben Novak sits down with Máté Varga and Dávid Bedő to discuss the "Let's Stop Moscow!" protest they organized in Budapest last week.

Ben Novak speaks to András Pethő of Direkt36 about the Jeremie program. It turns out Hungarian authorities had absolutely no problem with how EU subsidies designated for rural startups were used.

Budapest Beacon senior correspondent Ben Novak sits down with Barnabás Kádár and Miklós Hajnal to talk their political party, Momentum Movement.

Ben Novak interview with Goran Buldioski, director of the Open Society Initiative for Europe. The two discuss the Hungarian government's attacks on civil society and how Open Society aims to support democracy in Hungary.

The Budapest Beacon sat down with members of Hungarian civil society to find out how they see the latest crackdown on civil society. Ben Novak speaks to Dalma Dojcsák of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Sándor Léderer of K-Monitor, Áron Demeter of Amnesty International, and András Kádár of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.

What happened in Hungary this week (December 12-16) by Budapest Beacon

Protests Podcast — corruption, free media, and October 23rd by Budapest Beacon

Justin Spike and Ben Novak sit down András Pethő of investigative journalism NGO Direkt36 to talk about the sudden shutdown of Népszabadság and public procurement fraud in Budapest's 8th District.

The Budapest Beacon staff discuss what the government is doing to drum up support for its October 2nd referendum.

Ben Novak and Peter Erdelyi talk about the MNB data dump by Budapest Beacon

E14PM Demonstration for Referendum On Paks at Budavári Palota | Buda Castle by Budapest Beacon

Reinhard Butikofer is a German MEP and co-chair of the European 'Greens'. Mr Butikofer was in Budapest at a conference on dealing with 'green jobs'. We spoke with Mr Butikofer before the conference.

In this first part of a three part interview we discuss taxes, poverty, economic policy, social policy, and improving Hungary’s current tax code.

Interview with Lajos Bokros Part 2 of 3 by Budapest Beacon

In this interview with Benedek Javor of Párbeszéd Magyarországért we discuss the controversies surrounding "Green Authority".