View Zoltán Kovács: Hungary’s criticised Coronavirus Protection Act has saved thousands of lives ǀ View
The Cube Hungary passes bill ending legal gender recognition for trans citizens Amnesty International say the decision "pushes Hungary back towards the dark ages". 20/05/2020
brussels bureau Hungary 'won't accept ECJ ruling' on migrant transit zones. It relates to the case of four migrants from Afghanistan and Iran, who had their applications rejected by Hungarian authorities. 14/05/2020
Hungary Viktor Orban provokes neighbours with historical map of Hungary The image showed the former Hungarian territory before it was broken up after the First World War. 08/05/2020
Hungary Nine die in Hungary after hospital ejection to free space for COVID-19 The government sent a letter to hospitals in early April, demanding that half of the country's 68,000 hospital beds be made available to COVID-19 patients. According to Human Rights Watch, at least nine people have died as a result. 07/05/2020
state of the union Europe's week: Riots, rackets and reckonings Euronews' Brussels bureau looks back at key developments across the continent this week. 24/04/2020
world news Analysis: How should the EU deal with 'totally incompatible' Hungary? Our political editor, Darren McCaffrey, asks how serious the EU is in its approach to Hungary. 20/04/2020
Hungary 'Simply fake': Hungary hits back over criticism of Orban's new powers Hungary's foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, insists Orban's new powers will only be related to the 'pandemic situation'. 20/04/2020
View First Hungary, now Poland. It’s time for Europeans to speak out against COVID-19 power grabs ǀ View If Hungary has become the European Union’s first coronavirus autocracy, Poland looks set to be the second. 15/04/2020
View The EU needs to stop funding Viktor Orbán’s emergency rule ǀ View If experiences of a decade of dialogue on the rule of law are any indication, Orbán is unlikely to be halted by diplomatic reminders about good practice during a pandemic. 07/04/2020
world news Analysis: Is Hungary dumping democracy amid coronavirus crisis? Most countries introduced time-limited emergency laws to respond to the coronavirus crisis. Except Hungary. 06/04/2020
Unreported Europe Covid-19: What are the consequences for small and medium enterprises? Unreported Europe explores the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on small and medium enterprises in Bulgaria, Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina. 03/04/2020
World Five stories you may have missed due to coronavirus A stolen masterpiece, Hungarian democracy being questioned -- and not forgetting Brexit, here are the stories you may have missed this week. 03/04/2020
brussels bureau 'There is definitely a clause' to scrap Orban's state of emergency The Hungarian emergency law would enable Prime Minister Viktor Orban to rule by decree. This happens in other countries, but critics say the Hungarian emergency law has no clear limitation in time - therefore a risk for the rule of law. 02/04/2020
Luxembourg Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic guilty of rejecting refugees - ECJ Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic breached EU law by failing to take in refugees, rules European Court of Justice 02/04/2020
brussels bureau Tusk urges expulsion of Orban's Fidesz from European People's Party The request comes after Hungary voted through sweeping new powers for Viktor Orban to rule by decree amid the coronavirus pandemic. 01/04/2020
brussels bureau 'Absolutely unacceptable': MEP slams Hungary's emergency COVID-19 law 'It means the suspension of parliamentary democracy in Hungary,' said one MEP, reacting to Hungary's emergency coronavirus legislation 31/03/2020
Hungary Hungary's Viktor Orban handed sweeping new powers with COVID-19 law The law will allow Hungary's government to pass legislation without parliamentary scrutiny and impose five-year jail terms on those accused of spreading fake news about the virus. 30/03/2020
brussels bureau Politics on lockdown: see how MEP Katalin Cseh keeps up with Brussels business in Budapest We are asking MEPs to invite us into their homes during self-isolation to see how they continue their parliamentary work far from Brussels. 25/03/2020
Hungary Hungary human rights alarm as MPs mull new COVID-19 law If enacted the new law potentially allows Viktor Orban's government to bypass Parliament during the COVID-19 state of emergency. 23/03/2020
View Hungarians should be rising to the challenge of the coronavirus outbreak in spite of Orbán ǀ View The Orbán government's response to the coronavirus outbreak is not surprising given its track record over the last decade. But now is the time for Hungarians to seize the moment and take matters into their own hands. 21/03/2020
Hungary Danube boat crash: Ukrainian captain on trial for deadly collision Twenty-seven people died in the disaster. One person is still missing. 11/03/2020
Sport Budapest to host 2022 Europa League final — UEFA Budapest is to host its first major European men's football final after UEFA said the 2022 Europa League final would be in the city's Puskás Aréna. 02/03/2020
Hungary Hungarians say goodbye to winter with bizarre & scary costume festival The southern Hungarian city of Mohács has officially welcomed in Spring. As part of the colourful #busójárás festival, creatures donning wooden masks and sheepskin coats march through the city. 27/02/2020
Hungary Environmentalists' anger after Hungary cuts down EU-protected forest The WWF argues cutting down an EU-protected floodplain forest in central Hungary was illegal and has called for statutory penalties. 18/02/2020
Hungary Hungary's Orban lashes out at slow EU growth and 'sinister menaces' Hungary's Orban warns about climate crisis, slow EU growth 16/02/2020
Hungary Hungary's Szijjártó says spend on counterterrorism not migration aid Péter Szijjárto says the UN's budget is a "huge risk" to those countries that are most affected by migration, and the money would be better spent on fighting terrorism. 12/02/2020
