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Golden Life launches in Hungary

A family that seems idyllic from outside, but the parents commit crimes for their living. As the father wants to quit the illegal lifestyle, the children are getting more and more involved in crime.

Hungary

US ambassador sends alarm bell warning to Hungary

Colleen Bell, the US ambassador to Hungary, spoke of her country’s concerns – corruption, decline of freedom of the press, xenophobic characterisations of refugees - during her speech on Wednesday at the Corvinus University in Budapest.

Hungary

Migrants on Slovenia-Austria border 'being overcharged for basic supplies'

“We’re waiting here at the border for many hours, and the Slovenian people are selling pizzas…” These are the words of one among some 2,000 migrants

Economy

Car industry woes cast aside as Automotive Hungary opens

It is the largest event of its kind in central and eastern Europe, and is also seen as a litmus test of the state of Hungary’s economy. Automotive

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Culture news

Bassist Éva Muck is the Queen of Strings

At 22 she is the Queen of Strings, bassist ‘‘Éva Muck’‘:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjWiRKgLOfM from Hungary won the prestigous US musical prize

Cinema

Home Guards in Hungary

Home Guards on parade Hungarian film “Home Guards” is one of the country’s most expensive ever movies, made with a budget of 2.2 million euros. It’s

Culture news

WOMEX mixes cultures and styles

All sorts of music styles were on display at the World Music Expo (WOMEX) in Budapest, Hungary. Among them was Canadian band Kleztory with their rich

Culture news

WOMEX sets the pace for world music

This year the Hungarian capital Budapest became the centre of world music as it hosted the World Music Expo. Bands from all over the world made

Hungary

Dancing beauties of Budapest

When a spectacular city, such as Budapest, meets talented ballerinas, the raw materials are there to create beautiful images.

Hungary

Hungarian camerawoman vilified for tripping a migrant, plans to sue

The Hungarian camerawoman who was sacked after being filmed tripping a refugee in Hungary says she plans to sue Facebook over its coverage of the

World News

EU calls mini summit over Balkans struggle to cope with refugee crisis

Refugees arrived at the Austrian border station at Spielfeld, tired and hungry on Wednesday night. Around 3,000, mostly young men but there were

Hungary

Brave Warrior 2015: military exercise ends in Hungary

A joint NATO drill involving troops from Hungary and the US has ended with a live firing exercise. The operation – known as “Brave Warrior 2015” –

Croatia

Chaos in the Balkans as plans to control flow of migrants break down

Various Balkan countries are struggling with a backlog of migrants after Hungary sealed its southern border on Friday while Slovenia is trying to

Slovenia

Slovenia takes the strain of Europe's migrant influx

Slovenia is the latest focus of Europe’s migration crisis. On Saturday some 3,000 migrants and refugees crossed the border from Croatia. Thousands

Hungary

Balkan borders continue to close as Hungary says will seal frontier with Slovenia

Hungary will close its border with Slovenia after barring its three major crossing points on its Croatian border, ending the possibility for refugees

Hungary

Last train to Hungary: border closure with Croatia comes into effect

Hungary closes its southern frontier with Croatia - the latest in a series of border clampdowns to stem the flow of migrants into the country.

Hungary

Hungary to seal off border with Croatia

Hungary plans to seal off its border with Croatia from midnight. The thousands arriving daily on trains from Serbia will be greeted by razor wire

Hungary

Brussels wants Hungary's answers over migrants crackdown

Hungary

Rebuilding a pluralist Syria key to encouraging returns

Refugees leave terror behind them. How many would ever go back? The Syrian-German project Adopt a Revolution says that more than half of the refugees

Hungary

Hungary's first democratic president Árpád Göncz, dies 93

Hungary’s first democratically elected president Árpád Göncz, has died aged 93. He was elected twice by parliament and is credited with steering the