Hungary

Hungary

Data protection on everyones' lips at the Mobile World Congress

Salon shows off the best and brightest trends for 2018.

27/02/2018

Hungary

Hungary's PM demands EU refund

Viktor Orban wants at least half of the more than one billion euros that Hungary has spent on border protection refunded.

23/02/2018

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”.

21/02/2018

Hungary

Euroviews. Turning Orban’s hateful rhetoric into reality: View

European leaders have to finally take concrete action to stop Hungary's assault on civil society, writes Amnesty International's Gauri van Gulik.

20/02/2018

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Horns and sheepskin: Hungary marks end of winter with Busós festival

The Busós are frightening, devil-like creatures who wear horned wooden masks and big sheepskin costumes as they attempt to scare away winter and welcome spring.

10/02/2018

Hungary

A natural remedy for the Danube's destructive floods

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

22/01/2018

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

20/01/2018

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.

12/01/2018

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.

11/01/2018

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.

05/01/2018

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

04/01/2018

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.

22/12/2017

Hungary

Hungarian opposition parties join forces to protest against crackdown

Left and right wing demonstrators take to the streets in Budapest to protest against a fine slapped on main opposition party Jobbik for an alleged breach of political funding rules.

15/12/2017

Living

This Syrian chocolate factory is a lesson in perseverance

11/12/2017

Hungary

Who is Béla Kovács—the Hungarian MEP charged with spying for the KGB?

He's been described as "an average man with no charisma, certainly not a James Bond type", but Béla Kovács of Hungary's far-right has a wife with Soviet links and was this week charged with espionage against the EU.

07/12/2017

Hungary

Hungary says critical open letter an "obvious political attack"

The Hungarian government accuses the opposition of enrolling Brussels to resist the Fidesz-Christian Democrat coalition, and says criticisms bear no relation to reality.

01/12/2017

Europe News

Hungary protest in Brussels

29/11/2017

Hungary

Exclusive: European heavyweights tell Brussels to cut Hungary funding

European officials have called on Jean-Claude Juncker to cut off funding to Budapest until ‘basic democratic freedoms are reinstated’.

28/11/2017

Hungary

China looks to new Silk Road through Eastern Europe

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived in Budapest, where he is meeting with leaders of the 16 Central and Eastern European Countries - or CEEC.

27/11/2017

My Europe Series

What's behind Budapest's bust up with Brussels?

Hungary finds itself in an ideological battle with Brussels and several EU states.

24/11/2017

My Europe Series

Discussing Hungary's democratic deficit

Sophie Claudet talks to MEPs György Schöpflin and Judith Sargentini over whether Hungary is in breach of fundamental EU rights and the rule of law.

24/11/2017

Hungary

Hungary extends deadline for 'Soros plan' survey

The Hungarian government has extended the deadline to send back its "National Consultation" questionaire about migration and what it calls the "Soros plan".

24/11/2017

My Europe Series

Inside Hungary's far-right movement

Ahead of 2018 elections, Hungary's Fidesz ruling party's campaign competes with far-right narratives. We met those who say immigration and globalisation threaten their identity.

23/11/2017

Hungary

Hungary and Soros' war of words heats up

Soros has accused Budapest of lying, while a top ruling party politician said the billionaire was engaged in a “frontal assault” against Hungary

20/11/2017

Hungary

Tourists asked to help rebuild Hungarian castle five stones at a time

Reconstruction effort uses children's song title to attract temporary volunteers.

26/10/2017

Hungary

Police search Church of Scientology in Budapest

19/10/2017