Hungary: Who is Peter Magyar and what does he want?

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How incoming prime minister Peter Magyar could change Hungary as well as the EU, and what a romantic liaison between France's far-right Jordan Bardella and an Italian princess could mean for the country's presidential elections. Then: a Greenlandic perspective on Greenland, Ireland's basic income scheme for artists, and a Berlin choir aiming to advance democracy.
16 Apr English Germany Society & Culture

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