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Pregnant migrant in Hungary 'given 17-guard escort to check-up'

A pregnant migrant in Hungary was escorted to a regular check-up by 17 guards, claims a UN report that criticised the "prison-like" migrant transit zones on the country's border with Serbia.

18/07/2019

World

New Hungarian MEP brings progressive, pro-European ideas to Brussels

Katalin Cseh, a newly-elected Hungarian MEP, is coming to Brussels with progressive ideas. She said she's going against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's use of "scare tactics."

09/07/2019

World

Scientists say new law will put future of research under threat

Scientists in Hungary say a 200-year-old institution is under threat. The Academy of Sciences is a prestigious centre of research in the country, but academics are accusing Prime Minister Viktor Orban of attempting to interfere with the autonomy of the institution by changing its remit.

13/06/2019

World

Trump meeting 'may help Viktor Orban in European Parliament elections'

"So even though experts expected more concrete announcements from the meetings, this meeting with President Trump is something that may become very, very useful for Viktor Orban in the campaign of the upcoming European Parliament elections."

14/05/2019

Hungary

Watch: ‘Hungarians are not migrants,’ says foreign minister

Péter Szijjártó told Euronews it was “not fair to confuse migration with the free flow of labour within the European Union.”

18/02/2019

Hungary

Hungary offers to pay for cars, mortages and tax bills of big families

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has offered families tax breaks and loan benefits in a bid to boost the country's birth rate. But are they necessary and will they pose a problem for Europe? Euronews finds out.

11/02/2019

Hungary

New march against Hungarian 'slave law' draws thousands

Thousands of Hungarians participated in the latest in a series of protests against the country's new 'slave law'.

05/01/2019

Hungary

'Slave law' protests: Opposition MPs 'have a fair voice in Hungary'

Hungary's government has hit back after days of streets protests.

18/12/2018

Hungary

Euroviews. The CEU's eviction crosses the EPP's "red lines" | View

The EPP has lost their credibility overnight after the eviction of the Central European University from Budapest crossed many of their "red lines".

04/12/2018

Hungary

Euroviews. Much more than a university leaves Budapest when the CEU goes | View

The Central European University may have been an American institution, but for many Hungarians, it represented a bright future for young Hungarians. Now it has been lost to Budapest forever.

29/11/2018

Hungary

Euroviews. Rule of law mechanism: A procedure without law? | View

The Hungarian government regards the resolution on triggering Article 7 procedure as a punishment for its anti-migration policy.

22/11/2018

Hungary

This man is one of the first arrested under Hungary's 'homeless ban'

The man said he didn't go to homeless shelters because fights and theft are rife there.

26/10/2018

World News

Europe Briefing: 6 stories to know about today

Euronews brings you the latest news and updates as they happen this morning.

17/09/2018

Hungary

What does the Sargentini report accuse Hungary of?

In a draft report, Dutch Green MEP Judith Sargentini accused Orbán's government of posing a "systemic threat" to the EU's fundamental principles and compelled her contemporaries to support her recommendation to launch the little-used Article 7.

10/09/2018

Hungary

Euroviews. There's nothing Christian about Orban's democratic values | View

A prominent Hungarian church leader says there's no divine inspiration behind the prime minister's mission to defend Christianity in Europe.

05/09/2018

Hungary

Anti-government protest in Hungary draws thousands

Thousands of Hungarians — the majority from younger generations — gathered in central Budapest to protest against what they consider an "unfair election system" that gave Viktor Orban a landslide victory in last Sunday's elections.

14/04/2018

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: How will the EU handle Hungary?

12/04/2018

World News

Hungarians head to the polls

Hungarians go to the polls and are expected to grant third term to nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

08/04/2018

Hungary

Fake political parties are ‘conning Hungary out of millions of euros'

Fake political parties are being set up ahead of elections in Hungary in a bid to cheat the public purse out of up to €9.5 million, it’s been claimed.

04/04/2018

Hungary

Could a man in a chicken costume be voted into the Hungarian Parliamen

By far the most feathered candidate running for MP in the Hungarian election, József Tichy-Rács tells Euronews exactly what inspired him to don a chicken suit and enter April's political race.

12/03/2018