In what Népszabadság headlines as "a double decision," national parliaments in Hungary and Slovakia on 26 May voted in favour of two new measures. In Budapest, MPs approved a bill to make passports available to ethnic Hungarians living in neighbouring countries, while the government in Bratislava opted to deprive any member of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia who applies for a Hungarian passport of citizenship rights. The tit-for-tat legislation will do little to improve relations between the two countries, which have already been marked by what Népszabadság ironically terms "a marvellous tango" between prime ministers Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico. For the Hungarian daily, "there is something perverse in the enthusiasm with which Bratislava has responded to the aggressive (Hungarian) government in power". "Budapest is still Bratislava's favourite enemy."
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This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is hosted by Azerbaijan, a country that is far from being a model democracy. An Estonian journalist takes a critical look at the deferential treatment enjoyed by the regime in Baku.