Hungary Pulls Its Ruling Party Out of EU’s Conservatives
Hungary’s governing party pulled out of its conservative group in the European Union’s legislature on Wednesday following years of conflict over the rule of law and European values.
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EU Magistrate Slams Hungary’s Tough Asylum Laws
In another defeat for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a European magistrate found laws making it harder to apply for asylum in Hungary and illegal to help asylum seekers whose applications are unlikely to be accepted are in violation of EU law.
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Top Hungary Independent Radio Forced Off Air: Station Head
Hungary’s leading independent radio station Klubradio said Tuesday it had lost an appeal to keep its license after the media regulator said it had infringed rules, raising new press freedom concerns in the EU member state.
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Hungarian Couple ‘Imprisoned French Pensioner in Shed’
A Hungarian couple face jail for locking up an elderly Frenchwoman in a garden shed near Siofok in western Hungary for a year and a half, prosecutors said Thursday.
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These 2014 photos show (left) the 13th century medieval Dome Reliquary and (right) a medieval cross, artifacts belonging to the
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Hungary, With 13K Deaths Linked to Pollution, Ordered to Clean the Skies
Since 2008, the European Union has pushed to improve air quality by setting tough limits on pollution. Hungary on Wednesday became the latest EU nation found to be failing to meet those standards.
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EU Slams Hungary for Mistreating Asylum Seekers
After hundreds of thousands of immigrants and refugees crammed into Europe in 2015, Hungary violated EU laws when it forced asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants into transit zones along its border, Europe’s highest court ruled on Thursday.
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EU High Court Upholds Stronger Protections for Cross-Border Workers
Rejecting protests from Hungary and Poland, the European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday that the bloc can tighten rules governing workers sent outside their home countries.
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Magistrate Backs EU Bid to Sanction Hungary Over Rule-of-Law Issues
Hungary’s far-right government suffered a legal setback Thursday in its effort to stop the European Union from treating it as a dangerously undemocratic nation where the rule of law is in jeopardy.
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Hungarian MEP Resigns After Lockdown Breaking ‘Sex Party’
A conservative Hungarian MEP and close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban apologized Tuesday after Belgian police caught him at a lockdown-busting party that local press described as an orgy.
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Hungary’s Constitutional Court to Review Transgender Law
A Hungarian court has requested constitutional review of a law disallowing transgender individuals from changing their names and genders in official documents, a potential blow to a wave of recent legislation restricting the rights of LGBTQ Hungarians.
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Poland, Hungary Veto EU Budget Over Rule-of-Law Issue
Poland and Hungary on Monday vetoed the European Union’s next seven-year budget and a massive coronavirus recovery plan due to a new mechanism that links EU funding to the rule of law, plunging the 27-nation bloc into a political crisis.
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EU Negotiators Clinch Deal Tying Rule of Law to Fund Access
European Union negotiators clinched an agreement Thursday that would impose sanctions on EU countries that fail to live up to the bloc’s democratic standards. The deal could help unlock hundreds of billions of euros in emergency coronavirus support by the start of the year.
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EU Magistrate Backs Gross-Revenue Taxes in Poland, Hungary
Polish and Hungarian taxes on businesses based on how much money they taken in rather than profit do not violate EU regulations, an adviser to the union’s top court said on Thursday.
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EU Court Blasts Hungary for Targeting Soros-Funded University
Hungary on Tuesday lost another round in its wide-ranging rule-of-law fight with European Union leaders after Europe’s highest court said a Soros-funded university was illegally forced to move most of its classes to Vienna from Budapest.
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EU Slams Hungary and Poland in Rule of Law Report
The European Union criticized Hungary and Poland in its first report on democratic standards across the bloc on Wednesday, as tensions soar between Brussels and Budapest.
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Hungary Acquits Politician of Spying on EU for Russia
A Budapest court on Thursday acquitted a former Hungarian opposition politician of spying on the EU for Russia while he was a member of the European Parliament, but found him guilty of lesser charges.
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The copyright holder of the theme song of a popular 1980s Hungarian television show sufficiently pleaded that it is “strikingly similar” to the X-Men theme song, a federal court in New York ruled, finding some of his claims survive various defendants’ motions to dismiss.
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Iranian Refugee Wins Transgender Rights Case Against Hungary
Europe’s top rights court held Thursday that Hungary must allow a refugee to change his gender on legal documents.
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Rights of Asylum Seekers Trampled in Hungary, EU Judge Observes
An EU magistrate condemned Hungary’s refugee policies Thursday, detailing a system where immigrants are made to sleep in shipping containers on the border for months before while seeking asylum.
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