Tag: Hungary government
Central European leaders worry over Afghan migration ‘wave’
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Central European leaders on Friday voiced concern over what they said was a potential migration rush from Afghanistan as U.S. and...
Hungary activists vow to resist LGBT law, symbol of EU rift
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Activists in Hungary erected a 10-meter-high (30-foot-high) rainbow-colored heart opposite the country's neo-Gothic parliament on Thursday, vowing to wage a civil...
Hungary issues fine over book featuring ‘rainbow families’
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian authorities have fined the distributor of a children's book that features a family with same-sex parents using a law prohibiting...
Press watchdog puts Hungarian PM Orban on ‘predators’ list
PARIS — Press watchdog Reporters Without Borders has put Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on its list of “predators,” the first time a Western...
Slovenia’s term raises specter of EU’s threat from within
KRANJ, Slovenia — Tiny Slovenia took charge of the world’s largest trading bloc this week, and immediately shone a harsh spotlight on one of...
Hungary PM calls EU leaders ‘colonialists’ in LGBT law feud
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday accused European leaders of acting like “colonialists" in their criticism of a controversial law...
Some EU newspapers refuse to publish ads from Hungarian PM
BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Times of Malta on Thursday joined several other European newspapers in refusing requests from Hungary's government to publish a full-page...
European Union braces for Slovenia’s unorthodox presidency
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia takes over the European Union presidency with its prime minister in the focus because of his squabbles with Brussels, close...
Infrastructure, low tax are priority for V4 leader Hungary
WARSAW, Poland — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Wednesday that investment and developing infrastructure facilitated by low tax are the main goals for...
Macron: EU needs to fight ‘illiberal values’ inside bloc
BRUSSELS — French president Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that the European Union needs to fight a “cultural" and “civilizational" battle to stop the...