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Hungary

European Union court to deliver key rule of law judgment

By AFP

The EU's highest court will rule on Wednesday on whether European Union funds can be slashed for member states flouting democratic standards.

  • FILE: The law bans the "promotion" of homosexuality and gender reassignment to under-18s, and says that only government-approved instructors are allowed to teach sex education in schools. Picture: 123rf.com

    Why is Hungary's new LGBTQ law causing such a stir?

    The 'Anti-Paedophilia Act' was originally aimed at toughening punishments for child abuse. But its final draft contained amendments that critics say conflate paedophilia with homosexuality.

    319 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 21 May 2020, workers stand next to coffins of COVID-19 victims at El Angel cemetery, in Lima. Peru has adjusted its official coronavirus death toll upward by almost a third from 69,000 to more than 180,000, the government said on 31 May 2021. Picture: Ernesto Benavides/AFP

    Peru leads global mortality rate after adjusting COVID-19 toll

    The government said it had raised the count from 69,342 to 180,764 on the advice of a panel of health experts, which found there had been an undercount.

    356 days ago
  • Players vie for the ball as supporters watch from the stands during the national championship's football match between DVTK and Mezokovesd in the DVTK stadium in Miskolc town, Hungary, on 30 May 2020. Picture: AFP.

    Postcards from the edge: Snapshots of European football's return

    From plastic fans in Poland, to virtual fans in Denmark, drive-in spectators in the Czech Republic and a title coronation in Serbia, AFP takes a look at a weekend of football in times of the coronavirus.

    720 days ago
  • Hundreds of rescue workers try to help at the bank of Danube River in Budapest on 29 May 2019 after a riverboat used for tourism capsized. Picture: AFP

    7 S. Korean tourists killed, 19 missing after Hungarian boat capsizes on Danube

    The boat reportedly collided with another tourist vessel near the Hungarian parliament building, before turning over on the river, which has been flooding, with very strong currents, while a rainstorm enveloped Budapest.

    1089 days ago
  • FILE: Firsthand accounts help us understand Holocaust history and its relevance today. Picture: @holocaustmuseum/Facebook.com.

    Holocaust museum stokes controversy among Hungary’s Jews

    Some 600,000 Hungarian Jews perished during the Holocaust, most of them deported in the space of a few months in 1944 with the assistance of the Hungarian authorities.

    1212 days ago
  • FILE: A flag of the United Nations floats at their Genevaâ's offices. Picture: AFP.

    UN Assembly adopts refugee pact, without US and Hungary

    The refugee pact, which did not provoke the controversy unleashed over a similar pact on migration, was approved by 181 countries.

    1252 days ago
  • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban celebrates on podium on the bank of the Danube River after winning the parliamentary election with members of his FIDESZ party on 8 April, 2018 in Budapest. Picture: AFP.

    Hungary's strongman Viktor Orban wins third term in power

    National Election Office data projected Fidesz to win 133 seats, a tight two-thirds majority in the 199-seat parliament.

    1505 days ago
  • Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto gives a joint press conference with the British Foreign Minister (not in picture) following talks in Budapest on 2 March 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Hungary seeks broader anti-migrant alliance after Austria, Italy elections

    Minister Peter Szijjarto said the approach to migration of the Vienna government and the centre-right in Italy was very similar to the bloc’s central European member states.

    1532 days ago
  • FILE: An abandoned refrigerated lorry filled with corpses of migrants was found by an Austrian motorway patrol near the Hungarian border on 27 August 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Hungary charges 11 in death of 71 migrants found in lorry

    Four people were charged with murder and the rest with human trafficking in connection with the death of 71 migrants in August 2015.

    1844 days ago
  • FILE: Police officers stand on guard in front of a metal gate at the closed M5 highway to block circulation of migrants at the Hungarian-Serbian border on 15 September, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Hungary jails 10 migrants for up to 3 years for border crossing

    Those convicted included 3 handicapped people, 1 of whom was rolled across the border in a wheelbarrow.

    2151 days ago
  • Portugal's captain Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Nani celebrate after the team played to a 3-3 draw but still managed to progress to the Euro 2016 last 16 on 22 June 2016. Picture: Facebook.

    Portugal & Hungary through after 3-3 thriller

    Hungary, appearing in a major tournament for the first time in 30 years, topped the group with 7 points.

    2160 days ago
  • FILE: The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Committee has charged the Hungarian federation on three counts relating to the behaviour of their fans - setting off fireworks, throwing objects and crowd disturbances. Picture: AFP.

    UEFA charges Hungary, Belgium and Portugal over crowd trouble

    Six fans cheering for Hungary were arrested after they were seen crossing fences inside the stadium.

    2163 days ago
  • The Hungarian government’s commissioner Attila Aszodi.  Picture: AFP

    Hungary says Russia nuclear deal ‘right fit’

    Russia will build the plant and loan Hungary 80 percent of the cost, to be paid back over 21 years.

    2221 days ago
  • FILE. Work continues on a nuclear reactor vessel inside a factory in Volgodonsk, south of Moscow. Picture: Alex Eliseev/EWN

    Russia could score big in SA, Hungary's nuclear expansion plans

    Lobbyists are challenging the legality of SA's proposed 9,600 megawatt nuclear build programme.

    2221 days ago
  • Hungarian taxi drivers hold a hold a sign reading ‘Ban Uber’ in downtown Budapest on 18 January 2016 during a taxi drivers' demonstration against Uber application. Picture: AFP.

    Taxi drivers in Hungary demand Uber be shut down

    Taxis blocked a major road crossing in central Budapest & drove around in city streets, blocking traffic.

    2315 days ago
  • Hungarian police officers stand on guard in front of a metal gate at the closed M5 highway to block circulation of migrants at the Hungarian-Serbian border near Roszke station on 15 September, 2015, after the Hungarian government established a new border protection law. Picture: AFP.

    Hungary warns migrants/refugees to stay away

    The army have been authorised to use rubber bullets, pyrotechnical devices, tear gas grenades & net guns.

    2435 days ago
  • FILE: Thousands of refugees and migrants fleeing violence in Syria and Iraq are enduring long waits and cramped conditions as they try to board trains bound for Austria and Germany. Picture : Screengrab/CNN

    East European leaders in war of words over migrants

    EU leaders are due to meet next week in a fresh attempt to agree on how and where to distribute refugees.

    2437 days ago
  • Hungarian police officers stand on guard in front of a metal gate at the closed M5 highway to block circulation of migrants at the Hungarian-Serbian border near Roszke station on 15 September, 2015, after the Hungarian government established a new border protection law. Picture: AFP.

    Hungarian riot police detain migrants, including ‘terrorist’

    Hungary said it detained a “terrorist” among 29 migrants held during the clashes.

    2440 days ago
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