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Hungary PM Orban’s party quits largest group in European Parliament

Orban announced the decision in a letter to the chairman of the EPP, Manfred Weber, on Wednesday, making good on his threat to leave the grouping over changes to its rules.

03/03/2021

Hungary

Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán receives dose of Chinese COVID vaccine

Public trust in the Chinese and Russian vaccines was far behind injections produced in the West and approved by the EU's medicines agency.

28/02/2021

Hungary

Hungary's rescue dog service bitten by economic crisis

The Pest County Rescue Research Service, which helps everyone from lost hikers to people under rubble after an earthquake, has seen a drop in donations.

27/02/2021

Hungary

How Hungary’s great lakes threaten fresh Budapest-Brussels conflict

Activists say Hungary's government is changing the law to make it easier for private and state-run development on the shores of some of Europe's most unique freshwater habitats.

25/02/2021

Hungary

Hungary first EU nation to use China's Sinopharm vaccine against COVID

"Today we are starting vaccinations with the Chinese batches," said Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a brief message on Facebook.

24/02/2021

Hungary

EU warns Hungary over failure to respect ECJ ruling on NGO funding

Budapest now has two months to reply to the European Commission and may face a fine.

18/02/2021

World

Why has deepening the Danube River become a political dispute?

Crossing ten countries and connecting Central and Eastern Europe, the River Danube is one of Europe's most important waterways. But plans for making it deeper to allow fully-laden cargo ships to pass year-round, have become a political and environmental dispute in Hungary.

17/02/2021

Hungary

EU asks Hungary to keep liberal radio station on the air

An EU spokesman said the station lost its broadcasting frequency “on the basis of highly questionable legal grounds".

15/02/2021

Hungary

Hungary becomes first EU country to deploy Russia's COVID-19 vaccine

It becomes the first EU country to use the Sputnik V jab after European officials said no application had been received for a rollout across the bloc

12/02/2021

Hungary

Brussels condemns Hungary's decision to suspended Klubrádió's licence

Klubrádió will go off the airwaves on Sunday at midnight after a court upheld a decision by media authorities not to extend its broadcasting licence.

10/02/2021

Hungary

Fresh blow to press freedom in Hungary as Klubrádió forced off air

In a statement last week, the National Associated of Hungarian Journalists called Klubradio "the only remaining public service broadcaster in Hungary whose content is not under government influence".

09/02/2021

Hungary

Hungary becomes first EU nation to approve Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Decision comes a week after Hungary granted a six-month authorisation to Russia's Sputnik V vaccine

29/01/2021

World

Hungary imposes 'traditional values' disclaimer for LGBT books

Luca Dudits thinks this ruling is discriminatory. She is the Communications Officer at Háttér Society, a non-governmental LGBT organisation in Hungary.

22/01/2021

Europe News

Hungary asylum policies 'failed' to fulfill EU obligations, ECJ rules

The EU top court said Budapest made it virtually impossible for people to make an asylum claim.

17/12/2020

Hungary

Hungarian parliament adopts package of anti-LGBT laws

Hungarian parliament adopts anti-LGBT laws including de facto ban on adoption by same-sex couples

15/12/2020

Hungary

Hungary hospital sets up 'COVID safe' booths for patient visits

A Hungary hospital is giving coronavirus patients the opportunity to see and hug their friends and families by means of a glass wall and disposable gloves that pass through it.

09/12/2020

Hungary

Hungarian MP berates former Fidesz MEP using drainpipe in parliament

Opposition member Zoltán Varga brandished a length of drainpipe at Fidesz during a parliamentary session on Monday, mocking former MEP József Szájer who had tried to escape from police last week when they raided a sex party in Brussels.

07/12/2020

My Europe Series

Polgár hopes Netflix series will help close giant gender gap in chess

Hungary's Judit Polgár is the strongest female player in the history of chess.

07/12/2020

World

Budapest's Christmas market goes online due to COVID-19 restrictions

One of the most traditional Christmas markets in Budapest has been forced to go online due to the coronavirus pandemic.

07/12/2020

My Europe Series

What does the MEP sex scandal tell us about Viktor Orban's Hungary?

József Szájer, the most senior figure of Hungary's governing Fidesz party in Brussels, was caught by police attending what has been reported as a gay sex party in an apartment above a café in the Belgian capital on Friday evening.

03/12/2020

Hungary

Euroviews. Hungary needs the power of love, not Viktor Orbán’s love for power ǀ View

Rather than concentrating on tackling the rising surge of coronavirus cases, Hungary's government is preoccupied with stripping away the rights of its citizens, starting with the LGBTI community.

03/12/2020

Hungary

ECJ should reject Hungary's bid to dismiss Article 7 vote: Top advisor

The bloc's Advocate General, Michal Bobek, said on Thursday that the ECJ should dismiss "as unfounded" Hungary's bid to discredit the EU Parliament's vote that called on the bloc to trigger disciplinary proceedings against Budapest.

03/12/2020

Hungary

Hungary and Poland maintain united front blocking EU COVID-19 fund

Viktor Orbán and Mateusz Morawiecki met in Budapest to put pressure on EU leaders to abandon the plan linking EU funds to respect for the rule of law.

26/11/2020

Hungary

Same-sex couples in Hungary fear legal changes on adoption

The draft amendment has drawn sharp criticism from human rights groups who say it is an attack against the LGBT community.

26/11/2020

Hungary

Coronavirus: Hungary to test Russian COVID-19 vaccine

Hungary’s foreign minister said the country is moving forward with testing on a Russian coronavirus vaccine.

23/11/2020

Hungary

Brussels budget standoff: can Hungary withstand an economic crunch?

Brussels budget standoff: can Hungary withstand an economic crunch?

19/11/2020