Hungary Hungary hospital sets up 'COVID safe' booths for patient visits A Hungary hospital is giving coronavirus patients the opportunity to see and hug their friends and families by means of a glass wall and disposable gloves that pass through it. 09/12/2020
Hungary Hungarian MP berates former Fidesz MEP using drainpipe in parliament Opposition member Zoltán Varga brandished a length of drainpipe at Fidesz during a parliamentary session on Monday, mocking former MEP József Szájer who had tried to escape from police last week when they raided a sex party in Brussels. 07/12/2020
World Budapest's Christmas market goes online due to COVID-19 restrictions One of the most traditional Christmas markets in Budapest has been forced to go online due to the coronavirus pandemic. 07/12/2020
My Europe Series Europe's week: UK's vaccine boost and an illegal sex party A look back at the key stories from the centre of the EU in Brussels. 04/12/2020
My Europe Series What does the MEP sex scandal tell us about Viktor Orban's Hungary? József Szájer, the most senior figure of Hungary's governing Fidesz party in Brussels, was caught by police attending what has been reported as a gay sex party in an apartment above a café in the Belgian capital on Friday evening. 03/12/2020
Hungary Euroviews. Hungary needs the power of love, not Viktor Orbán’s love for power ǀ View Rather than concentrating on tackling the rising surge of coronavirus cases, Hungary's government is preoccupied with stripping away the rights of its citizens, starting with the LGBTI community. 03/12/2020
Hungary ECJ should reject Hungary's bid to dismiss Article 7 vote: Top advisor The bloc's Advocate General, Michal Bobek, said on Thursday that the ECJ should dismiss "as unfounded" Hungary's bid to discredit the EU Parliament's vote that called on the bloc to trigger disciplinary proceedings against Budapest. 03/12/2020
Belgium Hungarian MEP facing expulsion from EPP group over Gestapo comments Fidesz MEP Tamas Deutch compared EPP head Manfred Weber to the Gestapo amid an ongoing dispute between Hungary and the EU over the bloc's budget. 02/12/2020
Europe News MEPs accuse Budapest of hypocrisy over Brussels sex party scandal It comes after Fidesz MEP József Szájer was reportedly caught at a lockdown sex party in Brussels. 02/12/2020
World News Euroviews. Europe’s overreach with the Recovery Fund may spell the end of the euro ǀ View Between governance mechanisms, assessment criteria, anti-corruption provisions, and basic rule of law principles, the fight to get the EU's Recovery Fund over the line is shaping up to be only half the battle. 01/12/2020
Hungary Hungary and Poland maintain united front blocking EU COVID-19 fund Viktor Orbán and Mateusz Morawiecki met in Budapest to put pressure on EU leaders to abandon the plan linking EU funds to respect for the rule of law. 26/11/2020
Europe News COVID-19 recovery fund veto 'could cause employment tragedy in Europe' Hungary and Poland's veto of the bloc's pandemic recovery fund could cause unemployment levels to explode, it's been claimed. 26/11/2020
Hungary Same-sex couples in Hungary fear legal changes on adoption The draft amendment has drawn sharp criticism from human rights groups who say it is an attack against the LGBT community. 26/11/2020
Europe News Orbán responsible for corruption in Hungary, says former Belgian PM Top MEP and former Belgian Prime Minister, Guy Verhofstadt, told Euronews that the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, must take responsibility for Hungary's position at the top of the EU's anti-fraud agency's corruption list. 26/11/2020
Hungary Coronavirus: Hungary to test Russian COVID-19 vaccine Hungary’s foreign minister said the country is moving forward with testing on a Russian coronavirus vaccine. 23/11/2020
Europe News Do Hungarians approve of Budapest's veto of the EU's budget? Hungary this week vetoed the EU's €1.8 trillion budget and coronavirus recovery package. What do Hungarians make of the move? 20/11/2020
World News EU summit: Stalemate continues but Hungary split on rule of law Some view this as a pivotal moment for the European Union, when leaders must stand firm against Hungary and Poland. 20/11/2020
Europe News EU leaders struggle to break budget deadlock amid Poland, Hungary veto As EU leaders met for a virtual summit, sources said that the videoconference was not the place to discuss such a complicated issue. 19/11/2020
Hungary Brussels budget standoff: can Hungary withstand an economic crunch? Brussels budget standoff: can Hungary withstand an economic crunch? 19/11/2020
Europe News 'We won't give up': Weber defiant over veto of EU's €1.8tr budget deal Influential MEP Manfred Weber says the European Parliament will not back down over linking EU cash to respect for rule of law. 19/11/2020