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Hungary calls for ballot to defend LGBT law opposed by EU
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's government wants to hold a national referendum in an effort to showcase public support for a new law that the...
EU says democratic standards under threat in Poland, Hungary
BRUSSELS — Democratic standards in the European Union are eroding in several member countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland where judicial independence is under...
Hungary: Politicians demand inquiry into alleged spying
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Opposition lawmakers in Hungary's parliament have demanded an inquiry into findings by an international investigation that the country's right-wing government used...
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...
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...