A season of fierce protests in Europe has hit Budapest, the capital of Hungary and seat of government of Viktor Orban, a far-right nationalist president who has openly slammed the European Union as a model of liberal democratic politics.
Read moreThe European Court of Human Rights blasted Hungarian courts on Tuesday for upholding a libel verdict against a news outlet whose only “crime” was linking to a YouTube video inside a news story.
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Read moreEurope’s highest court hammered Hungary on Wednesday for its operation of an illegal state monopoly: a national mobile payment system that is associated, among other services, with all road tolls, public parking and public transport.
Read moreTackling consumer-protection issues that the Hungarian Legislature has expressly ignored, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that national courts have a duty to study the fairness of contracts.
Read moreThe European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that an EU member state cannot turn down requests for international protection based solely on the sentence an applicant receives for a crime, and instead must assess the seriousness of the crime on an individual basis.
Read moreLast year it was Poland, now it’s Hungary’s turn to face sanctions from the European Union. The European Parliament voted Wednesday to initiate proceedings to sanction Hungary, a member state accused of passing laws that undermine the rule of law and violate democratic values and human rights.
Read moreWith drama and bitter accusations, the European Parliament’s battling factions – largely divided between left-wing and right-wing parties – hurled insults at each other Tuesday during a debate on whether Hungary should face sanctions for what some say are anti-democratic laws passed in recent years under a nationalist government.
Read moreParting with the advice of its magistrate, the European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday prison conditions must be assessed before prisoners can be extradited – regardless of the prisoner’s newly minted opportunity to challenge inhuman conditions in court.
Read moreImprovements in Hungary’s prison system – namely, allowing inmates to sue over inhuman or degrading treatment – obligates law enforcement and courts to comply with arrest warrants issued by Hungarian authorities, an EU magistrate said Wednesday.
Read moreA magistrate chided Croatia on Wednesday for trying to make Europe’s top court weigh in on Hungary’s refusal to execute an arrest warrant.
Read moreProsecutors in Hungary say they have filed charges against a newspaper editor accused of altering the words of Prime Minister Viktor Orban in an interview published in December 2016.
Read moreA couple saddled with burdensome loan payments because of currency fluctuations curried favor Thursday with a magistrate for Europe’s top court.
Read moreEurope’s highest court scolded Hungary on Tuesday for enforcing a law that says individuals must have a close family tie to a property owner if they plan to make use of said land.
Read moreHungary’s rules for licensing casinos and online gaming operations quash foreign competition and therefore violate EU law, the European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday.
Read moreThe Hungarian government is proposing a set of laws that would tax and possibly sanction Hungarian groups who assist illegal migration and receive foreign funding.
Read moreA Hungarian member of the European Parliament has been indicted for allegedly spying on the European Union, Hungarian prosecutors said Wednesday.
Read moreSlovakia and Hungary lost a challenge Wednesday to EU regulations that would have them take in asylum seekers, taking the pressure off countries like Greece and Italy besieged by the 2015 migrant crisis.
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The European Union launched legal action against Hungary on Thursday because of new rules governing civic groups which receive funds from abroad.
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