Viktor Orbán
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Flexible friends
Change is coming to Central Europe as liberal-leaning mayors challenge their more autocratic-minded national governments. And Budapest’s Gergely Karacsony is looking to Vienna for inspiration.
Empire strikes back
Georg von Habsburg, son of the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary, still identifies as a Central European. And he believes that his family’s legacy is vital to the region.
How to be liked
Soft power is a precious commodity and needs protecting. But even if your nation and its government seem to lose their way, fear not: you can fix this without them.
Europe
Angela Merkel’s to-do list, Hamburg’s meaty resurgence and the UK’s forthcoming general elections.
Breaking barriers
A quarter century since the Berlin Wall fell, Central and Eastern Europe have been transformed. But democracy in the former Communist countries remains a work in progress, free of Soviet rule.
Mittel class
Hungary has become Europe's bête noir, with fears growing over its government's grasp of democracy. But the country's talent and heritage offer a different story, with the potential to sell Brand Magyar worldwide.
