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Hungary and Slovakia challenge EU's refugee quotas

Serious divisions emerge as Hungary and Slovakia tell the EU's top court that sharing out asylum-seekers in a quota system is unlawful.

Hungary

No nationality: Europe is urged to stop locking up the stateless

With an estimated ten million people worldwide thought to be stateless, Europe is being urged to end arbitrary detentions and protect those with nowhere to call…

Hungary

Hungary's PM Orban 'to comply' with EU demands over education law

Brussels had threatened legal action over the law branded an attack on academic freedom.

Hungary

Hungary completes new anti-migrant border fence with Serbia

Hungary says it has finished building a second fence on the border with Serbia to keep migrants out.

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Euroviews. Hungary is being 'plundered and pauperised by its own people'

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France's Macron wants sanctions on Poland, others, for violating EU principles

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union sanctions against Poland for violating EU principles.

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Council of Europe urges Hungary to suspend laws on NGOs, universities

The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly has called on Hungary to suspend a debate in the country’s parliament of bills which tighten rules on non-governmental organisations and foreign…

Hungary

The EU's war of words with Hungary intensifies as Verhofstadt slams Orban in Parliament rant

It's the latest escalation in tensions between the EU and Hungary, which have simmered for months, and are now raging.

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Protest held against Hungary's PM Orban

A group of demonstrators have held a protest outside the European Parliament as Hungarian PM Viktor Orban answered criticism from MEPs.

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Hungary's PM Orban rebuffs EU criticism of university law

The European Commission on Wednesday opened a legal case against Hungary over a new higher education law that threatens to shut down a George Soros-backed university in…

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The Brief from Brussels: EU, Hungary row rumbles on

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

Hungary

'Long live Viktor': Hungarians mock Orban in satirical Budapest rally

A demonstration with a difference was held in Budapest on Saturday.

Hungary

Budapest 'March of the Living' commemorates Hungarian Jews killed in the Holocaust

Thousands of people took to the streets of Budapest for the ‘March of the Living’ – an event to commemorate the 550,000 Hungarian Jews killed in the Holocaust.

Hungary

Hungary protesters send noisy message to PM Orban

Thousands rallied in Budapest to denounce a right-wing government they accuse of trying to silence criticism.

Hungary

Hungarians protest at government moves to restrict NGOs

Tens of thousands of protesters have held a day of rallies in the Hungarian capital to oppose government policies seen as limiting academic freedom and intimidating civic…

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No 'systemic threat' to rule of law - EU official on Hungary

Hungary’s coming under pressure to allay EU fears that its controversial policies, including on higher education, go against the bloc’s values on rights and…

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The Brief from Brussels: Hungary set to spark lively debate

This is the Brief from Brussels, a round-up of the daily news stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

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We're not closing any universities, Hungarian official tells Euronews

Hungary has no intention of closing any universities, a higher education official has told Euronews.

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Protests in Hungary after president signs new university law

A further, albeit smaller, protest was held in Budapest on Monday night after Hungary’s president signed a controversial law which critics say targets foreign…

Hungary

Hungary defies protests to pass into law 'anti-Soros' university bill

Hungary’s president signed into law on Monday a controversial bill on foreign universities seen as targeting an international school founded by US financier George…