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Hungary's ranking slides in latest Corruption Perceptions Index

Hungary slipped 10 points in the last six years, which the Director of Transparency International EU said should serve as a warning to other members of the bloc.

Hungary

Hungary’s foreign minister calls his Luxembourg counterpart "an idiot"

Hungary’s foreign minister Peter Szijjarto has hit back at Jean Asselborn’s claims that Viktor Orban was a “dictator”.

World News

American skier games the Olympic system to underwhelm at Pyeongchang

Hungary's Elizabeth Swaney competed in Pyeongchang's women half-pipe event on Tuesday, despite an obvious lack of talent. Instead, she got there through sheer perseverance — and by playing the Olympic system.

Europe News

Migration 'dangerous' for EU's Christian culture: Orban

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban lashes out at Europe's migration policies during visit to Bulgaria

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Brief from Brussels: EU ministers mull farming policy reforms

Ukraine

Hungary’s language row with Ukraine is about ‘sucking up to Russia’

Budapest’s response to a new language law in Ukraine is evidence of its "pro-Kremlin stance", an expert has told Euronews.

Europe News

FMs split over EU West Balkan Strategy

The EU's foreign ministers are divided over the timetable for Brussels' plan to bring six West Balkan states into the Union.

Austria

Austria's Kurz backs Hungary's Orban against EU migrant quotas

The two leaders have pledged to cooperate and challenge the EU's migration policy.

France

ECJ rules 'sexuality tests cannot constitute basis for refusal of asyl

The European Court of Justice barred the "sexuality tests" from being used as grounds to reject an asylum application.

Hungary

A natural remedy for the Danube's destructive floods

Undoing man-made changes can help protect communities and eco-systems.

Hungary

Hungary: 'Educate us for the 21st century!' students demand

Thousands protested outside parliament in Budapest to call for less blind memorisation of facts and more criticial thinking and creativity

Hungary

‘Serious irregularities’ in Hungary projects linked to Orban’s family

OLAF, the EU’s anti-fraud agency, has sounded the alarm over 35 projects aimed at improving public lighting in Hungary.

Romania

Hungary and Romania in row over Transylvania autonomy remarks

Romania’s prime minister is in hot water with Budapest over comments appearing to threaten ethnic Hungarians in Transylvania.

Hungary

Why lookout towers are the new bus stops in one Hungarian village

A poor village in Hungary found a creative way to get the community a new covered bus stop.

World News

From snow to sunshine: Europe's chaotic winter weather

From snow in Spain, to rising French and German rivers: Europe struggles under winter weather, but in Hungary temperatures hit unusual highs.

My Europe Series

State of the Union: 2018 focuses minds on EU reform, Poland and Hungary close ranks

Hungary

Budapest party district to hold referendum on pub opening hours

Budapest party district to hold referendum on pub opening hours. Some residents in the 7th district of Elisabeth Town say the district is attracting the wrong type of tourism.

Economy

Ireland and Hungary reject EU-wide tax harmonisation moves

The leaders of both countries said such a policy would damage competition in the single market

Europe News

Poland-Hungary: Show of solidarity in face of Brussels

Meeting of Polish and Hungarian prime ministers comes as both countries face mounting EU criticism

Hungary

Hungarian PM vows to block any EU sanctions against Poland

The Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, says his country will stand by their neighbour's controversial judiciary reforms despite the EU threatening to take away Poland's voting rights.