News: Hungary

We have started to collect the most important news related to Hungary in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Hungary – overview

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• December 11th 2020 – May 21st 2019
• April 2nd 2019 – June 28th 2018
• June 25th 2018 – April 3rd 2017
• March 29th 2017 – August 26th 2016
• July 9th 2016 – October 17th 2015
• October 6th 2015 – September 15th 2015
• September 15th 2015 – September 6th 2015
• September 5th 2015 – September 1st 2015
• August 31st 2015 – June 18th 2015
• June 13th 2015 – December 19th 2014
• December 9th 2014 – February 28th 2014
• February 14th 2014 – May 6th 2013
• May 5th 2013 – September 1st 2012
• September 1st 2012 – January 24th 2012
• January 21st 2012 – September 3rd 2011
• August 26th 2011 – January 7th 2011
• January 6th 2011 – October 6th 2010
• October 6th 2010 – July 19th 2010
• July 2nd 2010 – April 14th 2009
• November 4th 2008 – March 15th 2007
• February 13th 2007 – September 26th 2006
• September 24th 2006 – December 18th 2005

Hungary: news

EU breaks deadlock over €1.8tn budget and Covid-recovery fund

Friday, December 11th 2020, 0:11
related countries: Poland

A compromise was reached with Hungary and Poland who had threatened a veto over the rule-of-law clause.
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EU faces challenge from three states to Covid budget

Thursday, November 19th 2020, 0:39
related countries: Poland

EU leaders will meet via video, with Hungary and Poland objecting to funds being tied to rule of law.
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EU budget blocked by Hungary and Poland over rule of law issue

Monday, November 16th 2020, 18:09
related countries: Poland

The two countries object to a clause that links funding with adherence to the rule of law.
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Coronavirus: Hungary and Portugal in partial lockdown

Monday, November 9th 2020, 14:12
related countries: Portugal

Curfews and closures are tightened in Hungary and Portugal, in Europe's second wave.
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Coronavirus: Hungary and Poland see record cases

Saturday, October 31st 2020, 20:03
related countries: Poland

Hungary and Poland are the latest countries to see record cases, as Europe grapples with a second wave.
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Hungary: Protesters rally against university 'takeover' in Budapest

Monday, September 7th 2020, 0:23
related places: Budapest

Demonstrators say a government-selected board will ruin the autonomy of a top arts university.
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Hungary 'broke EU law with foreign funding rules'

Thursday, June 18th 2020, 12:06

A law requiring NGOs to disclose foreign funding is "discriminatory", the EU's top court said.
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The 100-year wound that Hungary cannot forget

Wednesday, June 3rd 2020, 23:14

Hungary lost two-thirds of its territory in the 1920 Trianon treaty and now aims to revive its past.
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EU court censures Hungary over migrant detentions

Thursday, May 14th 2020, 15:45

The court ruling comes amid criticism of Hungary's coronavirus emergency law.
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‘Deep concern’ over coronavirus emergency powers

Thursday, April 2nd 2020, 10:53

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban took sweeping new powers to fight the virus on Monday.
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Danube boat accident: Cruise ship captain goes on trial

Wednesday, March 11th 2020, 15:19
related places: Budapest

His cruise ship collided with a small boat carrying South Korean tourists in Budapest.
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Returning to Auschwitz after 75 years

Monday, January 27th 2020, 18:58

Chaya Frish was 20 years old when she was taken to Auschwitz on a train from Hungary.
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Serbia migrants: The man offering heat to people rejected by Europe

Friday, January 17th 2020, 0:10

A priest tries to ease migrants' winter misery near Hungary's tightly-guarded border.
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Budapest election: Hungary's Orban in shock defeat

Monday, October 14th 2019, 11:43

The poll represents the first electoral blow to the nationalist prime minister in nearly a decade.
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Danube boat accident: More bodies found as vessel is raised in Hungary

Tuesday, June 11th 2019, 13:13
related places: Budapest

A giant floating crane raises the boat from the river in Budapest after last month's fatal collision.
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Hungary tourist boat accident: Captain also involved in Dutch boat crash

Friday, June 7th 2019, 6:36
related countries: Netherlands

The captain of a boat that sank in Budapest in May had also captained a boat that crashed in April.
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Hungary tourist boat accident: Body found five days on

Monday, June 3rd 2019, 15:38

A body which may be that of a victim of Wednesday's boat accident is pulled from the Danube.
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Hungary boat crash: Tributes to the victims

Friday, May 31st 2019, 22:35
related countries: North Korea
related places: Budapest

People gathered outside the South Korean embassy in Budapest to pay tribute to the victims of the Danube river boat accident.
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Hungary boat crash: Captain of vessel involved in collision arrested

Friday, May 31st 2019, 4:47
related places: Budapest

The collision between the vessel and a tour boat in Budapest has left at least seven people dead.
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Hungary boat capsizes: Seven South Koreans die on Danube

Thursday, May 30th 2019, 18:01
related countries: South Korea
related places: Budapest

The victims on the Danube in Budapest are all South Korean, with another 21 people missing.
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Hungary depriving asylum seekers of food - Council of Europe

Tuesday, May 21st 2019, 9:18

The Council of Europe's Rights Commissioner accuses Hungary of a series of human rights violations.
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