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Hungary

Budapest prepares for its 150th birthday with major clean-up campaign

Budapest's mayor, Gergely Karácsony, has rallied the city's residents to help make the Hungarian capital clean for its 150th birthday celebration.

12/11/2023

World News

Football: Israel and Palestine play qualifier games amid conflict

Palestine will play its home games in Kuwait's neutral venue as Orban-Netanyahu rapport brings Israel's Euro 2024 qualifying matches to Hungary.

10/11/2023

Culture news

Hungary fires national museum director over LGBTQ+ content

Hungary's right-wing populist government determined that some of its photos violate a contentious law restricting LGBTQ+ content.

07/11/2023

Serbia

Serbian police arrest smugglers and find 700 migrants in raids

The police said recent raids are aimed at "curbing illegal migration" following a deadly clash between migrants in the Hungarian border last week.

03/11/2023

Culture news

Hungary bans teens from exhibition over display of LGBTQ+ images

“What is harmful is limiting visibility for the LGBTQIA+ community, and their right to exist and to be seen.”

01/11/2023

Slovakia

Slovakia backtracks on reinforcing border with Hungary

Less than 24 hours after announcing a "massive" deployment of police and armed forces at the border with Hungary to curb illegal migration, the new Slovak government called it off, saying it was a "one-off measure."

31/10/2023

Slovakia

Slovakia reinforces border with Hungary, warning of 'terrorist' threat

Prime Minister Robert Fico did not immediately provide further details but said illegal migration must be controlled or else people linked to “terrorist” groups could enter the country.

31/10/2023

Serbia

Shooting between migrants near the Serbia-Hungary border leaves 3 dead

A shooting between migrants near Serbia's border with Hungary left three people dead and one other person seriously wounded, according to Serbia's state RTS television.

27/10/2023

Serbia

Three dead after migrant shooting on Serbia-Hungary border

Reports of violence and gun battles have become common near the two countries' shared border, where thousands of people are encamped.

27/10/2023

Hungary

Viktor Orbán blasts the European Union in uprising anniversary speech

The Hungarian Prime Minister compared EU membership to Soviet occupation. Hours later several thousand demonstrators took to the streets decrying his comments and policies

24/10/2023

Slovenia

Slovenia introduces border checks with Hungary and Croatia

The Slovenian government has said the checks should last for at least 10 days.

22/10/2023

World News

Euroviews. Energy could be the spark the EU’s democratic future needs

If they want to take the wind out of the sails of their populist competitors in the upcoming European electoral campaign, democratic parties should propose a future European energy project that convinces citizens, Benedek Jávor and Taube Van Melkebeke write.

19/10/2023

Hungary

Euroviews. In fact, this is why Sweden should ultimately join NATO

One does not need to be a master strategist to realise that due to the country’s geographic position, Sweden’s accession to NATO would significantly strengthen the alliance in the entire Baltic Sea region, Dr András Rácz writes.

13/10/2023

Experiences

Tired of other tourists? Take a private group trip this winter

From Budapest’s Christmas market to Norway’s midnight sun, these private group trips make for holidays to remember.

11/10/2023

World News

EU blocked on migration deal, but Macron insists there is a solution

Poland and Hungary insist member states should be able to maintain unilateral policies on how they deal with undocumented people crossing their borders.

07/10/2023

Hungary

Euroviews. This is why Sweden might not join NATO after all

Joining NATO is not like joining the Schengen Zone — it is a commitment to shed blood for one another in the event of any invasion, Dr Gladden Pappin writes.

06/10/2023

Europe News

Hungary and Poland block (again) an EU joint declaration on migration

An informal EU summit in Granada, Spain, was overshadowed by the prime ministers of Hungary and Poland, who opposed the section of a joint declaration that focused on migration.

06/10/2023

Ukraine

Counteroffensive 'fatigue', Moscow 'plans' to target civilian ships

All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.

05/10/2023

Europe News

Impasse continues over Hungarian veto on EU military aid for Ukraine

An extraordinary meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Kyiv failed to unblock a €500-million package of military assistance for Ukraine.

02/10/2023

Hungary

Hungary's Orbán says Ukraine unlikely to join EU because of war

Ukraine was officially granted EU candidate status last year, an unusually rapid decision for the EU and its go-slow approach to expansion.

29/09/2023