More and more people are concerned that they are not protected from COVID-19 infection, as antibody tests indicate they didn’t have a sufficient immune response following two doses of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine. They have recently launched a petition calling for free antibody tests, and, in case it is necessary, a third shot for those who are found to be not responsive to the vaccine. We have contacted those affected to tell us about their experience and we also interviewed experts about the effectiveness of the vaccine.

Nearly 13 hectares of grass and reed will be covered with concrete and paving stones if the hotel, apartment building and sports complex planned for the shores of Lake Fertő are built. Construction projects damaging the waterfront and reedbeds are also popping up around Lake Balaton (the largest lake in Central Europe), with a developer in Tata planning to build a huge hotel on the lake, which also serves as a meeting place for thousands of wild geese every year. On Lake Velence, local authorities are reclassifying waterfront plots of land to create more space for building projects. As it seems almost impossible to limit the activity of well-connected and well-heeled investors, environmentalists and local residents’ organisations together have formed the Great Lakes Coalition to fight the destruction.

The Hungarian Center for Fundamental Rights, one of the Polish organization Ordo Iuris’s main partners in the fight against the Istanbul Convention, has close ties to PM Viktor Orbán. Funded by public money, it spreads pro-government propaganda.