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Crash boat driver involved in previous smash, say prosecutors

Hungarian prosecutors say the Ukrainian captain arrested over the fatal sinking of The Mermaid in Budapest last week had been involved in another accident in the Netherlands in April

Europe News

German candidate for EU top job re-elected to lead EPP

Manfred Weber has secured the backing of his centre-right European People's Party to lead them in the next parliament.

World News

Euroviews. Why we should feel hopeful after the EU elections ǀ View

Despite all the challenges facing our newly elected MEPs, I am hopeful that a freer, fairer Europe is in reach. In last week’s elections, Europeans came out and voted in greater numbers than at any time in the last 20 years, and many campaigns were driven by young people who made their voices heard.

Hungary

Rescuers in Hungary find body 100 km from scene of Danube boat tragedy

Rescuers in Hungary have pulled a body from the Danube River more than 100 km downstream from the scene of the sightseeing boat accident in Budapest

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Hungary

Budapest shipwreck: captain of cruise ship arrested

Police have said in a statement that a 64 year old Ukrainian man has been taken into custody under suspicion of endangering water transport.

Hungary

Hopes fade for tourists missing after fatal boat sinking on River Danube

Hopes are fading for 21 South Korean tourists and Hungarian crew still missing after the fatal sinking of a tourist boat on the River Danube in Budapest

Hungary

Captain of larger ship arrested over deadly Budapest boat smash

Rescue workers were searching a vast length of the River Danube on Thursday for 21 tourists and crew missing after a sightseeing boat collided with a larger ship and sank within seconds.

Hungary

7 dead, 21 missing after Budapest tourist boat sinks in seconds

Seven people are dead and 20 missing after a pleasure boat carrying South Koreans was struck by another vessel in the Hungarian capital.

Europe News

Hungary foreign minister rejects Weber as EU President

"I can tell you one thing for sure: We do not consider any Spitzenkandidat suitable as the president of the European Commission."

Croatia

Euroviews. Russia’s efforts to control Europe’s gas supplies through Croatia ǀ View

Croatia’s biggest trial of the decade has just heard startling testimony from a Hungarian businessman, oil industry consultant Imre Fazakas. In yet another twist, his testimony, in my view, completely contradicts the case brought by Croatian government prosecutors.

Europe News

These are the campaign videos populists are using to win votes

From the far-right to the far-left, these political parties have taken on a divisive approach to getting voters to the polls.

World

Breakfast with Belle in Budapest: Hungarian MEP says Fidesz wants to be in the EPP

In the run-up to the European elections, Good Morning Europe host Belle Donati is travelling across the continent to meet Members of the European Parliament in their own constituencies.

World News

WATCH: Trump praises Orban for protecting Christians from migrants

"You're respected all over Europe. Probably like me a little bit controversial, but that's okay," Trump told Orban.

World News

Guy Verhofstadt: 'There is no east-west divide in Europe'

"There is not an east-west divide [in Europe]. There is a divide in the brain of the Orbans of this world. Of Dragnea in Romania.”

USA

Euroviews. Trump hosting Orban will only encourage the global far right ǀ View

European Parliament elections are right around the corner, and this visit will only elevate the illiberal forces that Orban and his party represent.

World

Memories of migration mayhem on the Hungary-Serbia border

Our correspondents Damon Embling and Gabor Tanacs reach the farmland on the border between Hungary and Serbia which was one of the main routes during the migrant crisis in 2015.

Hungary

Hungarian TV says MEP pledged to remove border fence. (He denies it.)

Hungarian TV claims socialist MEP Istvan Ujhelyi vowed to break down the anti-migrant fence on the country's southern border, but he denies it.

Hungary

Hungarian PM withdraws support for Weber concerning EU's top job

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán withdrew his support from Manfred Weber Monday at a press conference with Austrian far-right politician Heinz-Christian Strache.

Europe News

The Brief: Hungary threatens to shift political families

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told Euronews that Fidesz would leave the EU's biggest centre-right block after the elections, if the EPP turned to Macron's En Marche or to any other liberal or leftist force.

Italy

Salvini claims he is saving Europe from Islam, what are the facts?

While visiting Hungary on Thursday, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini from the far-right League party gave a controversial interview to the Hungarian national television. Euronews has fact-checked some of his contentious assertions.