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Europe News Hungary bought Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 'because EU was too slow' Hungary's foreign minister has been defending Budapest's move to buy two million doses of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 26/01/2021
World Hungary imposes 'traditional values' disclaimer for LGBT books Luca Dudits thinks this ruling is discriminatory. She is the Communications Officer at Háttér Society, a non-governmental LGBT organisation in Hungary. 22/01/2021
Europe News Hungary asylum policies 'failed' to fulfill EU obligations, ECJ rules The EU top court said Budapest made it virtually impossible for people to make an asylum claim. 17/12/2020
Economy European Parliament overwhelmingly passes €1.8 trillion EU budget The budget had been in jeopardy after both Poland and Hungary threatened to veto it over attempts to tie the release of EU funds to adherence to core EU values. 16/12/2020
Hungary Hungarian parliament adopts package of anti-LGBT laws Hungarian parliament adopts anti-LGBT laws including de facto ban on adoption by same-sex couples 15/12/2020
Belgium Euroviews. The rule of law deal that saved Angela Merkel’s legacy ǀ View In spite of her longstanding support for Viktor Orbán, German Chancellor Angela Merkel may have preserved her legacy after Poland and Hungary ended their blockade of the EU's historic budget. 13/12/2020
Europe News EU agrees €1.8 tr budget - but what brought Hungary & Poland onboard? The €1.8 trillion package includes the EU's seven-year budget (€1.1 tr) and the €750 billion COVID-19 recovery fund. 10/12/2020
Poland Feeling bl-EU? Budapest and Warsaw light up opposition to budget veto Budapest's Statue of Liberty and Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science are to be lighted EU-blue for three days starting on Wednesday. 09/12/2020
Hungary Hungary hospital sets up 'COVID safe' booths for patient visits A Hungary hospital is giving coronavirus patients the opportunity to see and hug their friends and families by means of a glass wall and disposable gloves that pass through it. 09/12/2020
Hungary Hungarian MP berates former Fidesz MEP using drainpipe in parliament Opposition member Zoltán Varga brandished a length of drainpipe at Fidesz during a parliamentary session on Monday, mocking former MEP József Szájer who had tried to escape from police last week when they raided a sex party in Brussels. 07/12/2020
World Budapest's Christmas market goes online due to COVID-19 restrictions One of the most traditional Christmas markets in Budapest has been forced to go online due to the coronavirus pandemic. 07/12/2020
My Europe Series Europe's week: UK's vaccine boost and an illegal sex party A look back at the key stories from the centre of the EU in Brussels. 04/12/2020
My Europe Series What does the MEP sex scandal tell us about Viktor Orban's Hungary? József Szájer, the most senior figure of Hungary's governing Fidesz party in Brussels, was caught by police attending what has been reported as a gay sex party in an apartment above a café in the Belgian capital on Friday evening. 03/12/2020
Hungary Euroviews. Hungary needs the power of love, not Viktor Orbán’s love for power ǀ View Rather than concentrating on tackling the rising surge of coronavirus cases, Hungary's government is preoccupied with stripping away the rights of its citizens, starting with the LGBTI community. 03/12/2020
Hungary ECJ should reject Hungary's bid to dismiss Article 7 vote: Top advisor The bloc's Advocate General, Michal Bobek, said on Thursday that the ECJ should dismiss "as unfounded" Hungary's bid to discredit the EU Parliament's vote that called on the bloc to trigger disciplinary proceedings against Budapest. 03/12/2020
Belgium Hungarian MEP facing expulsion from EPP group over Gestapo comments Fidesz MEP Tamas Deutch compared EPP head Manfred Weber to the Gestapo amid an ongoing dispute between Hungary and the EU over the bloc's budget. 02/12/2020
Europe News MEPs accuse Budapest of hypocrisy over Brussels sex party scandal It comes after Fidesz MEP József Szájer was reportedly caught at a lockdown sex party in Brussels. 02/12/2020
World News Euroviews. Europe’s overreach with the Recovery Fund may spell the end of the euro ǀ View Between governance mechanisms, assessment criteria, anti-corruption provisions, and basic rule of law principles, the fight to get the EU's Recovery Fund over the line is shaping up to be only half the battle. 01/12/2020
Hungary Hungary and Poland maintain united front blocking EU COVID-19 fund Viktor Orbán and Mateusz Morawiecki met in Budapest to put pressure on EU leaders to abandon the plan linking EU funds to respect for the rule of law. 26/11/2020
Europe News COVID-19 recovery fund veto 'could cause employment tragedy in Europe' Hungary and Poland's veto of the bloc's pandemic recovery fund could cause unemployment levels to explode, it's been claimed. 26/11/2020