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Budapest's liberal mayor announces election bid to oust Viktor Orbán

Gergely Karácsony hopes to run as the united opposition's candidate for prime minister when Hungary goes to the polls next year.

Hungary

Euroviews. Hungary is becoming a semi-dictatorship as the EU watches idly | View

"The EU has ignored the fact that within its borders a government is disregarding democratic values, leading the country towards populist-nationalist semi-dictatorship while they collect European taxpayers’ money."

Hungary

Covid cancellation fears for Hungary’s festival season this summer

Organisers of Hungary's summer concerts and festivals are frustrated at the uncertainty over government coronavirus plans

Hungary

Hungary's parliament overhauls higher education amid outcry

Critics have decried the reform as a theft of public funds and a takeover of Hungary's higher education system by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

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Hungary

Klubrádió: Frequency to be taken over by group close to Orbán

The liberal-leaning commercial station was one of the only remaining opposition radio voices in Hungary.

Europe News

Orbán, Salvini and Morawiecki form new right-wing European alliance

They met in Budapest on Thursday to introduce the alliance, vowing to create a "European renaissance based on Christian values".

Hungary

Euroviews. Viktor Orban should become the agent of European integration | View

"The best joke on Orban is to turn him into an undercover agent of European integration," writes Romanian MEP Dragoș Tudorache.

Economy

Europe's week: Orban leaves the EPP, as Brexit makes a dramatic return

While Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban left the EPP Group after it changed its internal rules, MEPs delayed a decision on when to vote on the Brexit deal.

Europe News

Hungary's rule of law stance left Fidesz isolated in EPP, says Weber

The leader of the European Parliament’s biggest party said Hungary’s stance on rule of law was "too problematic" to keep Fidesz in the grouping.

Europe News

Hungary PM Orban’s party quits largest group in European Parliament

Orban announced the decision in a letter to the chairman of the EPP, Manfred Weber, on Wednesday, making good on his threat to leave the grouping over changes to its rules.

Hungary

Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán receives dose of Chinese COVID vaccine

Public trust in the Chinese and Russian vaccines was far behind injections produced in the West and approved by the EU's medicines agency.

Hungary

Fresh blow to press freedom in Hungary as Klubrádió forced off air

In a statement last week, the National Associated of Hungarian Journalists called Klubradio "the only remaining public service broadcaster in Hungary whose content is not under government influence".

Europe News

EU migration chief welcomes Frontex suspension of operations in Hungary

EU migration chief welcomes the decision of Frontex to suspend operations in Hungary

World

Hungary imposes 'traditional values' disclaimer for LGBT books

Luca Dudits thinks this ruling is discriminatory. She is the Communications Officer at Háttér Society, a non-governmental LGBT organisation in Hungary.

Hungary

Hungarian parliament adopts package of anti-LGBT laws

Hungarian parliament adopts anti-LGBT laws including de facto ban on adoption by same-sex couples

Europe News

'Preliminary agreement' reached over EU budget veto, says Poland

Polish President Andrzej Duda said a "preliminary plan" is now in place ahead of a crunch EU summit on Thursday.

My Europe Series

What does the MEP sex scandal tell us about Viktor Orban's Hungary?

József Szájer, the most senior figure of Hungary's governing Fidesz party in Brussels, was caught by police attending what has been reported as a gay sex party in an apartment above a café in the Belgian capital on Friday evening.

Hungary

Euroviews. Hungary needs the power of love, not Viktor Orbán’s love for power ǀ View

Rather than concentrating on tackling the rising surge of coronavirus cases, Hungary's government is preoccupied with stripping away the rights of its citizens, starting with the LGBTI community.

Hungary

Hungary and Poland maintain united front blocking EU COVID-19 fund

Viktor Orbán and Mateusz Morawiecki met in Budapest to put pressure on EU leaders to abandon the plan linking EU funds to respect for the rule of law.

World News

EU summit: Stalemate continues but Hungary split on rule of law

Some view this as a pivotal moment for the European Union, when leaders must stand firm against Hungary and Poland.