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Joakim Scheffer

Joakim Scheffer graduated from the University of Szeged with a Master's degree in International Relations. Before joining Hungarian Conservative, he worked as an editor at the foreign policy desk of Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet and serves as the editor of Eurasia magazine.
After Kyiv expressed readiness for an immediate ceasefire following US–Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia, EU leaders issued statements suggesting—or even claiming—that they had always been working toward peace. However, as
The EU is increasing its number of peacekeepers stationed in Bosnia and Herzegovina as tensions rise at an alarming pace in the Western Balkans. Sarajevo accuses Bosnian Serb leader Milorad
After Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Trump administration is cancelling more than 80 per cent of USAID programmes, the agency’s role as the funder of a vast
Donald Trump is reportedly considering relocating some 35,000 US soldiers from Germany to Hungary. Viktor Orbán has long advocated for strengthening European defence and establishing a joint European army, while
After Viktor Orbán announced that Hungary would hold a public vote on Ukraine’s EU accession, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski suggested holding a similar vote across member states on Hungary’s
Former US ambassador to Hungary David Pressman continued his smear campaign against his former host country on CNN. However, while speaking to Christiane Amanpour, he accidentally admitted that he viewed
Emmanuel Macron must envy Viktor Orbán for this: a video has gone viral showing a French woman approaching and praising the Hungarian prime minister on the streets of Paris. One
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán vetoed joint conclusion on continued military support for Ukraine during Thursday’s emergeny European Council summit. According to Orbán, the European Union is becoming increasingly isolated
‘Europe is marching itself off a cliff. Hungary must avoid marching with them,’ political director to the Hungarian prime minister Balázs Orbán said in response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s
All USAID contracts in Hungary have been terminated after Hungarian Government Commissioner András László met with the agency’s newly appointed head, Peter Marocco, in Washington. László’s task is to investigate