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Democracy Digest: ‘Gungate’ Erupts as Hungarian Election Campaign Heats Up

A scandal dubbed ‘Gungate’ has fired up Hungary’s election campaign, after the opposition’s defence expert, Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, a former chief of the military staff, was spotted at a party meeting with a suspicious-looking object bulging out of his back pocket. Photos quickly went viral on pro-Fidesz propaganda media, with government …

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Ex-Senior US Official Adds Weight to Thaci Defence

Outcome of trial may depend on whether James Rubin’s testimony – that Thaci was just a ‘front man’ for the KLA – is deemed credible. On Monday, September 17, a rhetorical thunderclap shook the trial of Hashim Thaci and three co-defendants at the Kosovo Special Court in The Hague, KSC, …

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