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Government International Politics 

Hungary Pulls Its Ruling Party Out of EU’s Conservatives

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
European Union, Hungary, political parties

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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Appeals Government International Law 

EU Magistrate Slams Hungary’s Tough Asylum Laws

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 CAIN BURDEAU
Asylum, European Court of Justice, Hungary

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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International Media Politics 

Top Hungary Independent Radio Forced Off Air: Station Head

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Hungary, licensing, Radio, regulation

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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Criminal International 

Hungarian Couple ‘Imprisoned French Pensioner in Shed’

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Hungary, kidnapping, senior citizens

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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Appeals Arts Civil Rights International 

Germany, Hungary Prevail at High Court in Holocaust Treasure Case

February 3, 2021February 4, 2021 ALEXANDRA JONES
art, Germany, heirs, history, Hungary, museums, U.S. Supreme Court, World War II

These 2014 photos show (left) the 13th century medieval Dome Reliquary and (right) a medieval cross, artifacts belonging to the

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Appeals Environment Government Health International 

Hungary, With 13K Deaths Linked to Pollution, Ordered to Clean the Skies

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 CAIN BURDEAU
European Court of Justice, Hungary, pollution

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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Appeals Government International 

EU Slams Hungary for Mistreating Asylum Seekers

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
Asylum, EU, European Court of Justice, Hungary, immigration

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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Appeals Employment Government International 

EU High Court Upholds Stronger Protections for Cross-Border Workers

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
EU, European Court of Justice, Hungary, Poland, regulation, wages

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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Appeals Government International Politics 

Magistrate Backs EU Bid to Sanction Hungary Over Rule-of-Law Issues

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
Diplomacy, EU, European Court of Justice, Hungary

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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Entertainment Health International Politics 

Hungarian MEP Resigns After Lockdown Breaking ‘Sex Party’

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coronavirus, European Parliament, Hungary, politician, resignation, scandal, sex

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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Civil Rights Health International 

Hungary’s Constitutional Court to Review Transgender Law

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Constitution, Hungary, LGBT, transgender

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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International Politics 

Poland, Hungary Veto EU Budget Over Rule-of-Law Issue

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Budget, coronavirus, EU, Hungary, Poland

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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Government International Politics 

EU Negotiators Clinch Deal Tying Rule of Law to Fund Access

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
EU, Hungary, Poland, Sanctions

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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Business Government International 

EU Magistrate Backs Gross-Revenue Taxes in Poland, Hungary

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
EU, European Court of Justice, Hungary, Poland, Taxes

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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Appeals Education Government Politics 

EU Court Blasts Hungary for Targeting Soros-Funded University

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
communism, conspiracy theories, European Court of Justice, higher education, Hungary

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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Government International 

EU Slams Hungary and Poland in Rule of Law Report

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
democracy, EU, Hungary, Poland

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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Criminal International Politics 

Hungary Acquits Politician of Spying on EU for Russia

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
espionage, European Parliament, Hungary, Russia, Spying, verdict

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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Entertainment Law 

Theme Songs

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 BRIEF
Copyright, Hungary, Music, New York

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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Civil Rights Government International 

Iranian Refugee Wins Transgender Rights Case Against Hungary

July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
European Court of Human Rights, Hungary, LGBT, refugees, transgender

Europe’s top rights court held Thursday that Hungary must allow a refugee to change his gender on legal documents.

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Appeals Civil Rights Government International 

Rights of Asylum Seekers Trampled in Hungary, EU Judge Observes

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
Asylum, EU, European Court of Justice, Hungary, immigration

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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