Court abolishes Hungarian Guard
“The Hungarian Supreme Court has upheld the abolition of the Hungarian Guard,” headlines SME. The Slovak daily goes on to explain that, concurring with the lower court rulings, the court finds that this paramilitary organisation’s activities “infringe the rights of others and run counter to democratic values”. The head of the movement, Gábor Vona, who doubles as leader of the right-wing nationalist Jobbik party, or “The Movement for a Better Hungary”, says he’s prepared to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights. “We have noted the verdict, but we cannot accept it,” he declares. The Bratislava-based paper adds that the Slovak police have failed to disband an equally extremist movement on the other side of the border, Slovenská Pospolitosť – "Slovak Community”.
In a time of crisis with high unemployment, young Lithuanians are following in the footsteps of their emigrant ancestors. Tens of thousands have left the country in search of a better life, mainly in the British Isles and Scandinavia. The weekly Veidas reports:
The new Eurogroup meeting on February 9 is not enough to banish the spectre of a Greek bankruptcy. While Athens may largely be responsible for the crisis, the EU and its partners are not blameless themselves. La Stampa argues that their confused messages and the absence of any strategy have transformed a resolvable problem into an explosive chaos.
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