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Son of Soros under f ire as foundations retreat from Europe

He survived the Nazis, made a fortune on Wall Street and became one of the most steadfast backers of democracy and human rights in the eastern bloc. But there are now fears about the commitment of the billionaire philanthropist George Soros, 93, to his homelands, as his donor network announced it will curb its activities across the EU from 2024.

Several beneficiaries of Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF), chaired since the start of this

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