Moody’s upgrades Hungary’s rating on strong rebound in boon for Orban
Ratings agency Moody’s late on Friday raised Hungary’s sovereign credit rating to ‘Baa2’ from ‘Baa3’ on the economy’s strong rebound from the pandemic, which comes...
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Thousands to join Budapest Pride march in protest over new anti-LGBT law
Thousands of Hungarians planned to join the annual Budapest Pride march on Saturday in a show of support for LGBT people and to protest against...
Orban to allow Hungarians decide on child protection issues
Hungary announced plans on Wednesday to call a referendum on child protection issues to combat pressure from the European Union over legislation which the bloc...
Hungary government offers to buy Budapest airport
Hungary has offered to buy Budapest Airport from its foreign shareholders, part of an effort to take it back into state hands and protect what...
Cyprus backs criticism of Hungary’s anti-LGBTI bill (Updated)
Saying discrimination has no place in the European Union, President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday expressed support for LGBTI persons after Hungary’s parliament passed a law...
Poland, Hungary push against “gender equality” at EU social summit
Lobbying by Poland and Hungary has led to the removal of the phrase “gender equality” from a draft declaration on advancing social cohesion that the...
Hungary stands firm and insists on EU budget and rule of law criteria to be separate
Hungary still cannot accept a clause on respecting the rule of law attached to the European Union’s budget and coronavirus recovery fund, Prime Minister Viktor...
Hungary to raise political veto over EU budget on rule-of-law conditions
Hungary will veto the European Union’s 2021-2027 budget and post-COVID recovery fund unless its fellow member states revise a clause to tie disbursement of EU...
Hungary’s far right labels ‘homosexual propaganda’ children’s book
Boldizsar Nagy hoped that the tales in the children’s book “Wonderland Is For Everyone” would help youngsters to learn to accept minorities and fight social...
Hungary’s university reform is illegal, EU top court says
The European Union’s top court said on Tuesday that Hungary’s reform of higher education rules, which forced a university founded by George Soros to move...
Hungary PM calls for resignation of EU Commissioner over ‘derogatory’ remarks
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called for the resignation of European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova over what he described as her “derogatory public...
Hungary’s Orban takes another swipe at Western Europe
Central European nations should unite to preserve their Christian roots as western Europe experiments with same-sex families, immigration and atheism, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban...
Cypriot and Hungarian delegations discuss tourism, Covid and migration
President Nicos Anastasiades met with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Friday, to discuss dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism relations between the two countries,...
Can the EU still impose the rule of law on member states?
By Koralia Kontou and Nikos Korogiannakis The EU has always been proud of offering its citizens democracy, prosperity and freedom even at a time when...
Love island Hungary filming wraps in Paphos
The final episode of popular reality TV show, Love island (Hungary), which has been filming in Paphos and broadcast on Hungarian TV for the last...
Paphos attracts foreign TV productions, including Hungary’s ‘Love island’
A SWEDISH TV show will be filmed in various areas of Paphos over the coming months, according to the Paphos regional board of tourism. “We...
Four bodies found as salvage crews lift capsized Hungarian boat
Salvage crews recovered four bodies on Tuesday as they slowly lifted the wreck of a boat two weeks after it capsized on the Danube River...
Eight killed, 21 still missing after boat capsizes on Danube (update)
Prospects were minimal on Thursday for finding 21 people missing from a group of South Korean visitors aboard a pleasure boat that capsized on the...
Opposition lawmakers ejected from Hungary state TV after protest
Security guards ejected two independent lawmakers from Hungary’s state television building after they tried to read out a petition on Monday, a day after police...
‘All I want for Christmas is democracy,’ say Hungary protesters
Thousands of Hungarians thronged the streets of Budapest on Sunday in the fourth and largest protest in a week against what they see as the...