George Soros

Soros surrendered his empire: "He deserved it"

George Soros, who made a billion dollars "betting" against the British pound, said earlier that he did not want his foundation to be taken over by any of his five children.
However, he appointed Alexander as director of one of the world's richest philanthropic foundations.
"He deserved it," said Soros, whose fortune is estimated at $6.7 billion.

Democracy Digest: Orban Says West Under Attack From ‘Progressive Biological Virus’

Orban reiterated his government's narrative that Hungary was in chaos before he took over in 2010. He paid a backhanded tribute to George Soros, saying that if the Hungarian-born US billionaire "had not launched his migration program, we would never have made it into the headlines".

Soros: The War in Ukraine could be the Beginning of World War III

"The invasion may be the beginning of World War III and our civilization may not survive it." This was stated by the American billionaire George Soros in his traditional evening speech at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain town of Davos on the occasion of the war in Ukraine.

Pope Francis meets Viktor Orban in worldview clash

Pope Francis arrived in Budapest on Sept. 12 to celebrate a mass, with eyes focused on his meeting with the anti-migration Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The head of 1.3 billion Catholics will have a half-hour meeting with Orban - accompanied by Hungarian President Janos Ader - in Budapest's grand Fine Arts Museum, in what could be an awkward brief encounter.

Democracy Digest: New Laws on NGOs Raise Concerns in Hungary and Poland

As reported by OKO.press, the new reporting stipulations could potentially allow the Polish government to compile lists of critical NGOs funded by actors outside Poland and depict them as foreign agents, albeit indirectly, for example by using state media channels controlled by the nationalist-populist Law and Justice (PiS) party. Such practice is not unprecedented in Poland.

Democracy Digest: Bodyshaming, a block of cheese and diplomatic cold showers

Balazs Furjes, state secretary for the development of Budapest, countered by pointing out that at least Orban speaks good English, while Karacsony still has to give interviews to the foreign media via an interpreter and cannot communicate with counterparts at international conferences due to a lack of basic language skills.

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