state of the union Europe's week: Summer dreams, Brexit bust-ups and Hungary under fire Our Brussels bureau looks back at this week's key stories. 15/05/2020
View Klára Dobrev: Rule of law is part of being in the EU. It’s time for dialogue, Viktor Orbán ǀ View The Hungarian government appears not to accept that the rule of law can be a criterion to judge member states. Interestingly, until very recently, they always claimed that Hungary fully adhered to those principles, and that the rule of law worked perfectly in the country. 21/11/2019
Hungary Defiant Soros increases funding to Central European University In a letter to the Central European University, Hungarian-American philanthropist vowed to increase its funding. 16/08/2019
Hungary Why is Hungary withholding food from migrants in its border zones? Why is Hungary withholding food from migrants in its border zones? 31/07/2019
View Abidjan Principles must pass three crucial tests in order to strengthen right to education ǀ View Increasingly autocratic States are pushing nativist narratives through national curricula, where schools face more centralized political controls and where the academic freedom of teachers is under attack. Are the Abidjan Principles robust enough to support the fight back against these tendencies? 26/03/2019
Hungary Hungary covers up some anti-EU posters during Manfred Weber's visit The billboards were covered on the road from Budapest's airport to the city centre but left bare in the other direction. 13/03/2019
state of the union State of the Union: family feuds, eurosceptic wave and generation climate The European Parliament's biggest political force, the EPP group, took a double hit: latest election poll projections seem them taking a dive, and then political infighting threatens to divide them. It comes as eurosceptic groups are rising, but this week we met some young anti-populists in Brussels 22/02/2019
Hungary Hungary takes aim at EU's Jean-Claude Juncker in new campaign poster The Hungarian government revealed its new campaign poster on Monday afternoon, which takes aim at European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros 19/02/2019
Hungary Student's police assault charge from Hungary's 'slave law' protest The 32-year-old, a PhD student at the George Soros-backed Central European University (CEU), said he was present at the "slave law" protests in support of trade unions. 22/12/2018
Hungary Hungarians march against Soros university closure plans The George Soros-backed Central European University is under pressure to leave Budapest, and many people are unhappy at the government's campaign against it. 24/11/2018
Hungary Austria's Kurz meets with billionaire George Soros to discuss CEU move to Vienna Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz meets with investor George Soros to discuss moving the Central European University from his native Hungary to Vienna. The Hungarian government has up to December 1 to decide the fate of the university. 19/11/2018
Hungary Suspected bomb found outside home of billionaire Soros, say police A suspected bomb has been found outside the home of George Soros, a billionaire hate figure for right-wing campaigners in eastern Europe. 23/10/2018
world news As it happened this morning: Thursday 21 June Keep up-to-date with all the breaking news and trending stories from Thursday, June 21 21/06/2018
Hungary Second Saturday protest tackles Hungary government on media freedom Tens of thousands rallied for the second successive Saturday in Budapest, this time against against media controls and the proposed clampdown on civic groups by Viktor Orban’s government. 22/04/2018
Hungary Soros Open Society Foundation considers quitting Budapest Hungarian government seeking to pass law banning its activity. 20/04/2018
Hungary Alarm in Hungary over 'intimidatory' list of ‘Soros mercenaries’ The Budapest university founded by George Soros has joined in the condemnation after a pro-government magazine published a list of academics and others, accused of wanting to overthrow Viktor Orban's government. 12/04/2018
Hungary Moscow, migration and a muzzled media: Hungary’s election explained Everything you need to know about Hungary's general election and why you should care. 27/03/2018
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
United Kingdom Soros defends funding anti-Brexit groups Billionaire financier George Soros has been told to 'butt out' of British politics after he contributed thousands of pounds to anti-Brexit groups 11/02/2018
United Kingdom Soros donates to anti-Brexit group Billionaire investor George Soros has invested nearly half a million pounds into anti-Brexit group Best for Britain which plans to start an advertising campaign this month 08/02/2018
Business 7 things from Davos 2018 that people were really talking about Trump's 'fake news' rant grabbed international headlines but on social media, users were discussing a wealth of other key subjects. Here are the posts that created the biggest buzz. 26/01/2018
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
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
Belgium Nigel Farage hits out at George Soros over ‘Brussels backing’ MEP claims collusion between Brussels and Soros is the 'biggest in history'. 14/11/2017
