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Man races against 'snail train' to prove his point

A man dressed as a snail in Hungary raced against a train to prove he could outrun the slow pace.

Hungary

Swiss catamaran wins Blue Ribbon Regatta in Hungary for second time

The winners, Safram celebrated with champagne after sailing for just over 12 hours (12 hrs 40 minutes and 31 seconds) at Lake Balaton. Hungary came second with the PreVital team and third with the Fifty-fifty crew

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EU steps up battle with Hungary over migration and asylum

Budapest is referred to EU Court of Justice and 'Stop Soros' law is criticised

Hungary

EU moves forward with legal action against Hungary over migration rules

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Hungary withdraws from UN migration pact talks

Hungary follows the United States, which withdrew from talks last year. In an interview with Euronews, Hungary's foreign minister says that the migration pact is "biased" and "presents migration as a human right".

Hungary

Hungarians embrace plastic-free July

More than a dozen restaurants and cafes in Budapest have agreed to fill used bottles or flasks with water for free. It's in a bid to have a Plastic Free July.

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Macron left red-faced after ambassador praises Hungary’s Orban

French President Emmanuel Macron firmly rebuked the outgoing ambassador to Hungary after he praised Viktor Orban’s migration policy in a leaked confidential cable.

Hungary

Designer offers to adjust Orban's suit for free

A Hungarian fashion designer invited Prime Minister Viktor Orban to send him one of his suits so he can adjust it for free after seeing a recent picture of the leader in ill-fitting trousers.

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"Orban sees himself as the defender of Christian Europe"

European leaders in favour of a restrictive migration policy gather in Budapest on Thursday for a meeting of minds, a day after Hungary passed legislation criminalising help to asylum seekers.

Hungary

People-smugglers jailed for 25 years over 71 migrant deaths

The convicted men left the migrants to suffocate inside a truck they abandoned at the side of a motorway in Austria

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Fraudsters beware

The EU's anti-fraud agency OLAF have been busy. 2017 saw 197 investigations leading to 309 recommendations to recover of €3 billion for the EU budget. Three countries - Romania, Poland and particularly Hungary seemed to be the focus of the most intense scrutiny.

Poland

Floods worsen in central Europe

Parts of Poland, Bulgaria, and northwest France have been hit by the heavy rainfall and storms.

Hungary

Budapest to ban Segways in city centre

The move is in line with other European tourist destinations

Romania

'I want to stop Romania becoming like Hungary': ex-PM Victor Ponta

Romania’s former prime minister Victor Ponta has told Euronews he wants to stop the country becoming like Hungary.

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Cuts in the east, hikes in the south - EU funding plans revealed

Hungary and Poland are among eastern EU states facing reductions in cohesion cash

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Thousands of balloons released for missing children in Hungary

The annual Night of a Thousand Lanterns Foundation event seeks to raise awareness about child disappearances.

Hungary

Hungary: The criticisms, the responses and some facts

An insight into nine of the battlefields on which Viktor Orbán and the European Union are facing off.

Hungary

Nine Romanians killed in Hungary minibus crash, driver 'live on Facebo

The driver of a minibus that crashed into a lorry, killing nine, was broadcasting live on Facebook, according to local reports.

Hungary

Hungarian TV falls for fake story on Ramadan name change

Hungary's public broadcaster fell for a fake story about German city Essen changing its name to Fasten during Ramadan.

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Serbia: a 'transit' shelter for migrants

Migrants hoping to reach the EU are stuck in Serbia because of tough Hungarian and Croatian border controls