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Hungary

Souped-up: Hot meals and food packages help Hungary's poor

The country's largest soup kitchen is organised by the Food for Life Foundation and has been delivering thousands of hot meals to those in need every year.

Mexico

Watch: Mexico takes gold at Homeless World Cup

The 16th edition of the event ended on Sunday with joy for hosts Mexico, after their men’s and women’s sides were named winners.

Belgium

Michelin Star Chefs cook for homeless in Belgium

The meals are being served at the Place de la Monnaie in Brussels to those in need of a hot meal as part of a Red Cross winter initiative.

Hungary

Homeless people face prison in Hungary after tough new law is passed

At least three homeless people were arrested last week in Hungary after a law criminalising rough sleeping came into effect.

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France

Man removed 'anti-homeless' devices from benches and ended in court

Hippolyte says the authorities, not him, should have been in the dock.

Hungary

Hungary Homeless ban ‘will save lives’

A ban to stop homeless people living on the streets or in wooded areas in Hungary will save lives, a state secretary has said. The new law went into effect on Monday.

France

Paris to open town hall doors to homeless people this winter

The measure is part of a plan to create some 3,000 emergency night shelter places.

France

Busker kicks-off European tour and hosts gigs from her converted van

Portuguese singer-songwriter Susanna Silva used to sleep on the streets of London. Now, she is On The Road across Europe, performing concerts on the street and inside her mobile home.

Hungary

Hungarian MP proposes law change to make homelessness unconstitutional

Fidesz MP Istvan Bajkai hopes homelessness in Hungary will become a thing of the past if his proposed law change is approved by the government.

Germany

Berlin squatters occupy buildings to protest homelessness, gentrification | Euronews answers

Activist squatters in Berlin have taken over vacant buildings in the city to protest rising house prices, homelessness and gentrification.

United Kingdom

Royal fans mix with homeless on Windsor streets

Dozens of royal wedding fans have descended on the town of Windsor, sleeping out in the open in the hope of scoring a front row seat for Saturday’s big event. But for some, sleeping on the streets is not a choice.

United Kingdom

Homeless EU Migrants could receive compensation from UK Government

Hundreds of thousands of pounds could be paid out to rough sleepers who have been wrongly threatened with deportation by the Government.

Brazil

Fire destroys office block in heart of Sao Paulo

At least one person has died and several others are missing after a 26-floor building in Brazil's largest city caught fire.