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Hungarians hold peaceful protest against PM Viktor Orban

Out in their thousands - Hungarians march to the country's parliament in protest at government clampdown on top foreign university

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MEPs slam Hungary's "serious deterioration" in rule of law

The European Parliament has condemned what it calls a “serious deterioration in the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights” in Hungary.

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The ruin bars of Budapest

The vivid and pulsing downtown party zone of Budapest exhibits how a city can transform over a half a century.

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Horses on the highway

Drivers near Budapest were faced with some strange oncoming traffic on May 15, as nearly a dozen horses galloped down the highway.

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The Brief from Brussels: Could Hungary face EU sanctions?

In today’s round-up of some of the top stories concerning the European Union: The EU is running out of patience with Hungary amid talk of possible sanctions; a court ruling may have put a stop to fast

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The Brief from Brussels: EU officials see growing European economy

This is the Brief from Brussels, our daily roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

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The Brief from Brussels: Hungary leading dispute over EU's refugee quotas

A round up of the latest European developments from our team in Brussels

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Hungary and Slovakia challenge EU's refugee quotas

Serious divisions emerge as Hungary and Slovakia tell the EU's top court that sharing out asylum-seekers in a quota system is unlawful.

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No nationality: Europe is urged to stop locking up the stateless

With an estimated ten million people worldwide thought to be stateless, Europe is being urged to end arbitrary detentions and protect those with nowhere to call…

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Hungary's PM Orban 'to comply' with EU demands over education law

Brussels had threatened legal action over the law branded an attack on academic freedom.

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Hungary completes new anti-migrant border fence with Serbia

Hungary says it has finished building a second fence on the border with Serbia to keep migrants out.

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Euroviews. Hungary is being 'plundered and pauperised by its own people'

France

France's Macron wants sanctions on Poland, others, for violating EU principles

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union sanctions against Poland for violating EU principles.

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Council of Europe urges Hungary to suspend laws on NGOs, universities

The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly has called on Hungary to suspend a debate in the country’s parliament of bills which tighten rules on non-governmental organisations and foreign…

Hungary

The EU's war of words with Hungary intensifies as Verhofstadt slams Orban in Parliament rant

It's the latest escalation in tensions between the EU and Hungary, which have simmered for months, and are now raging.

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Protest held against Hungary's PM Orban

A group of demonstrators have held a protest outside the European Parliament as Hungarian PM Viktor Orban answered criticism from MEPs.

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Hungary's PM Orban rebuffs EU criticism of university law

The European Commission on Wednesday opened a legal case against Hungary over a new higher education law that threatens to shut down a George Soros-backed university in…

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The Brief from Brussels: EU, Hungary row rumbles on

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

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'Long live Viktor': Hungarians mock Orban in satirical Budapest rally

A demonstration with a difference was held in Budapest on Saturday.

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Budapest 'March of the Living' commemorates Hungarian Jews killed in the Holocaust

Thousands of people took to the streets of Budapest for the ‘March of the Living’ – an event to commemorate the 550,000 Hungarian Jews killed in the Holocaust.