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Risks in the Black Sea region: Turkey – a factor of instability and a source of migrants
Risks in the Black Sea region: Turkey – a factor of instability and a source of migrants

The consolidation of Turkey’s presidential regime, to the detriment of the rule of law and in defiance of Western partners, will generate instability in the Black Sea region and trigger a wave of migrants towards the EU.

Hungary: Russian - style sovereigntist law and anti-European discourse
Hungary: Russian - style sovereigntist law and anti-European discourse

A Russian-inspired sovereigntist law proposed by Viktor Orban's party targets the press, civil society and the opposition. In parallel, FIDESZ promotes anti-EU messages in the election campaign.

Viktor Orbán is showing signs of despair
Viktor Orbán is showing signs of despair

Viktor Orbán’s aggressive speech delivered in the Hungarian Parliament is evidence of Hungary’s lack of solutions to an economic crisis amplified by Orbán’s own policy-making, as well as of its growing isolation at EU and NATO levels.

FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu installed a dictatorial regime similar to Plahotniuc’s
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu installed a dictatorial regime similar to Plahotniuc’s

ФЕЙК-НОВОСТИ: Майя Санду установила диктаторский режим, подобный режиму Плахотнюка

Veridica
05 Jul 2023
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu is trying to subjugate Moldova’s power structures in order to crush her opponents
FAKE NEWS: Maia Sandu is trying to subjugate Moldova’s power structures in order to crush her opponents

The newly elected president of the Republic of Moldova wants to control intelligence agencies and prosecutor’s offices to attack her opponents, just like millionaire Vlad Plahotniuc. The narrative is publicized by people close to PSRM, a party which holds de facto control over the institutions in question, although it has formally lost power.