Hungary

Hungary prepares for anti-refugee referendum

Less than one month to go before the referendum in Hungary and the streets are full with different types of billboards.

07/09/2016

World News

Hungarian quota campaign darkens the image of migrants

Hungary’s government has launched its “information campaign” ahead of the country’s upcoming referendum on refugees.

20/07/2016

My Europe Series

Hungary leads way in EU family policy, but motives suspect

To arrest historic population decline Hungary is paying couples generously to have children and build homes. But is the ruling Fidetz party feathering its own nest while cutting out the poor and immig

27/05/2016

World News

Hungary does U-turn over Sunday trading ban

Hungary’s government has been forced into a u-turn and is scrapping a ban on Sunday trading. The opposition Socialists had been pushing for a

11/04/2016

Hungary

Pupils and teachers join forces in Hungary to protest over state education system

At a German lesson in a Hungarian school half of the students were missing and it wasn’t because of a flu bug. It was a response to a Facebook event

01/03/2016

Russia

Putin and Orban talk migrants, EU relations and gas in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Moscow.

17/02/2016

Europe News

EU answers to refugee crisis 'against common sense,' says Hungarian minister

Hungary says controversial plans to create a new EU border force, which could intervene in a country without its permission, would violate “national

15/12/2015

Hungary

Viktor Orban aims for third term as Hungarian PM

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is aiming for a third term in a row after declaring he’s ready to lead his Fidesz party in 2018 elections. His

14/12/2015

Hungary

US ambassador sends alarm bell warning to Hungary

Colleen Bell, the US ambassador to Hungary, spoke of her country’s concerns – corruption, decline of freedom of the press, xenophobic characterisations of refugees - during her speech on Wednesday at the Corvinus University in Budapest.

29/10/2015

Hungary

Hungary's first democratic president Árpád Göncz, dies 93

Hungary’s first democratically elected president Árpád Göncz, has died aged 93. He was elected twice by parliament and is credited with steering the

07/10/2015

Hungary

Hungary allows soldiers to shoot at refugees with rubber bullets

Hungary’s parliament has passed a new law saying the country’s army could now shoot at refugees with rubber bullets and tear gas grenades, so-called

21/09/2015

Hungary

Hungary's new laws, razor fence to sharpen refugee control

Hungarian troops have been preparing to help enforce new laws aimed at securing the Serbian border. The soldiers will backstop the new fence Hungary

14/09/2015

Belgium

Refugee crisis 'a German problem' says Hungary's Viktor Orban

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has described the refugee crisis as a “German problem.” He was speaking to reporters after a meeting with the

03/09/2015

Hungary

Budapest migrant crisis: Q&A

02/09/2015

Hungary

Record numbers of migrants arriving in Europe

Records have again been broken for the number of migrants flooding into Europe. In Serbia more than 3,200 arrived from the Former Yugoslav Republic

27/08/2015

Hungary

Hungary: Protesters condemn 'absurd' anti-migrant border fence with Serbia

Hundreds of people have demonstrated in Budapest against the project to build a fence along Hungary’s border with Serbia to stop migrants from coming

15/07/2015

Hungary

Hungary defies its critics and builds a barrier along its open border with Serbia

Work has begun in Hungary on a four-metre high fence to close the open border with Serbia. Belgrade is strongly opposed to the plan which has also

13/07/2015

Hungary

UNHCR starts poster campaign in Hungary to counter government anti-migrant initiative

Billboards warning migrants to obey Hungarian laws, and not take Hungarian jobs have been going up around the country as part of a government

17/06/2015

Hungary

Hungary: billboard war sparks international concern

A billboard war in Hungary has sparked international concern. The government has put up signs warning refugees not to steal Hungarians’ jobs

10/06/2015

Hungary

Orbán and al-Sisi talk stability as Egypt's leader visits Hungary

The importance of stability was the message the leaders of Egypt and Hungary wanted to convey as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visited Budapest. He

06/06/2015