George Soros

World News

At CPAC, Hungary's Orban decries LGBTQ+ rights and migration

Hungary's Viktor Orban hit out at the so-called woke agenda as he gave the keynote speech at a right-wing conference in Budapest.

04/05/2023

Tech News

George Soros blames AI and new tech for helping repressive regimes

George Soros also said the war in Ukraine "may have been the beginning of the Third World War and our civilization may not survive it".

25/05/2022

Europe News

Hungary move to criminalise helping asylum seekers 'infringes EU law'

The EU's Court of Justice found the Hungarian legislation restricts the rights to asylum in an unlawful manner.

16/11/2021

Europe News

EU court rules against Hungary's Viktor Orban over Soros university

Hungary's far-right leader was widely viewed to have passed the law as his latest political attack against Hungarian-American investor George Soros.

06/10/2020

Europe News

Hungary breaking EU law over foreign-funded NGO crackdown, says ECJ

The restrictions placed on NGO funding was seen as targeting billionaire philanthropist George Soros.

18/06/2020

My Europe Series

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

Hungary

Euroviews. 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

World News

Euroviews. 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

My Europe Series

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