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Hungarian protesters and opposition MPs rally at state TV building

Hungarian protesters and opposition MPs entered the state TV building on Monday to demonstrate against Viktor Orban's government's policies.

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Opposition lawmakers ejected from Hungary state TV after protest

Video uploaded to social media shows lawmakers being ejected from Hungary's state television building after they spent the night in the building in a demonstration against government policies.

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Hungarian MPs forcibly removed from offices of state-run TV station

Several Hungarian opposition MPs were forcibly removed from the offices of state-run broadcaster MTVA on Monday after they demand their requests be read live

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Hungarians protest against "slave law"

Around ten thousand people took to the streets of Budapest in one of the biggest demonstrations Hungary has seen for a while. The protest on Sunday afternoon was the largest in a series of marches that started last week.

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Hungary's 'slave law': labour reform protests continue for third day

Protesters are out on the streets of Budapest again.

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EU Education programme trains "energy guardians" to stop waste

In partnership with the European Commission

Smart Regions travels to Hungary to look at a European programme which is teaching students how to better save energy at home and at school.

Hungary

Watch: Hungary's new 'slave law' sparks protests in Budapest

Protests took place inside and outside the Hungarian parliament as anger grows at new labour legislation that some are calling the "slave law".

Hungary

More anti-migration ads to come if EU 'rejects' Hungary's government

More campaigns similar to the anti-migration billboard seen in Brussels, commissioned by Hungary's government, could be organised if the country's leaders are “rejected” by the European Parliament, Budapest's secretary of state for international communications told Euronews.

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Euroviews. Rights under threat in Europe | View

Across Europe, emboldened groups advocate hate and discrimination, levering themselves into mainstream politics. Meanwhile, established political parties are absorbing their ideas and parroting their hateful rhetoric.

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Hungary accuses Brussels of censorship over controversial billboard

The Hungarian government sent a truck mounted with a billboard to Brussels, which suggested a link between immigration and terror attacks.

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Newborn babies don Santa suits in Hungary

Staff on a maternity ward in a Hungarian hospital have given new mothers a little surprise this Christmas.

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Euroviews. The CEU's eviction crosses the EPP's "red lines" | View

The EPP has lost their credibility overnight after the eviction of the Central European University from Budapest crossed many of their "red lines".

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European People's Party blocks critics of Viktor Orban on Twitter

The Twitter account of the European People's Party, the party with the biggest faction in the European Parliament, blocked the accounts of two critics of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over the weekend

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Soros-founded university claims it's being forced out of Budapest

Central European University (CEU) has confirmed that it is moving its U.S.-accredited degree programs from Budapest to Vienna in 2019, after being "forced out".

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Euroviews. The week that was: Jumping into the unknown on Mars, Brexit and AI

A weekly round-up of the discussions on View that have been driving debate across Europe and further afield.

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State of the Union: Russia, Ukraine tensions, Brexit travels and yellow jackets

In this edition we take a look at the week in Europe as May takes her Brexit deal on the road in Britain, yellow jacket protests create headaches for Macron and Russia-Ukraine tensions present problems for the EU.

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MEPs call for ex-FYROM leader extradition

MEPs have called on Hungary to extradite the Former leader of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Nicola Gruevski fled to Hungary with diplomatic help and granted asylum. Budapest says its a legal matter. In FYROM the former PM was sentenced to two years in jail for corruption.

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Euroviews. Guy Verhofstadt: Europe à la carte is not on the menu | View

Sooner rather than later [...] the EU must be able to prevent and correct breaches of Union values. We should create the powers to apply sanctions – if necessary including financial sanctions - that can act as effective deterrence.

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Way of the Orbán: Street fighting men get to know each other

"You know I’m a street fighter basically," Orbán told martial artist and actor Chuck Norris.