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Hungary's Orbán boosts Georgia's ruling party over election despite an outcry the vote was rigged
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gave a boost Tuesday to Georgia’s ruling party, saying its victory in a parliamentary election in the South Caucasus nation was free and democratic despite a massive opposition protest that denounced the vote as rigged and...
Hungary's Orbán claims the EU seeks to topple his government as his hostility toward it grows
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán claimed in a speech on Wednesday that the European Union seeks to topple his government and install a puppet regime in the Central European country, an escalation of open hostility toward the bloc by the member considered to have the...
Today in History: October 23, Beirut barracks bombings
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 23, the 297th day of 2024. There are 69 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, most of them Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at the U.S. Marine Corps barracks at Beirut International...
Hungary’s Orbán interrupted by activist during EU presidency news conference
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An activist and municipal councilor for a Hungarian opposition party disrupted a news conference in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was laying out his plans for Hungary's six-month presidency of the European Union. ...
Hungarians protest state media 'propaganda factory' and demand unbiased press
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Hungary's public media corporation on Saturday to demonstrate against what they say is an entrenched propaganda network operated by the nationalist government at taxpayer expense. The protest was...
EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles are part of an 'economic cold war,' Hungary's Orbán says
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The European Union risks entering an “economic cold war” with China, Hungary's prime minister said on Friday, pledging to vote against an EU plan to impose higher tariffs on the import of Chinese electric vehicles. EU countries are set to vote on...
EU is taking Hungary to court. It says a law targeting foreign influence really targets basic rights
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced on Thursday that it is taking Hungary’s right-wing government to court over laws that could allow the authorities to investigate and prosecute people accused of undermining the country’s sovereignty. The “ sovereignty protection...
Hungary's Orbán says EU hits North Macedonia's 'national pride' by delaying accession bid
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Hungary's right-wing prime minister on Friday accused European Union officials of denting North Macedonia's “national pride” by further delaying the country's troubled bid to join the bloc. During a visit to North Macedonia, Viktor Orbán also...
Orbán pushes back on aide's comment that Hungary wouldn't have fought a Russian invasion
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary always has and always will defend itself against foreign attacks, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday after one of his closest aides provoked controversy by suggesting that Hungary wouldn't have fought against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has done. ...
Orbán aide faces backlash for saying Hungary wouldn’t have fought a Russian invasion
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's most popular opposition figure called for the resignation of one of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's closest aides on Thursday over statements he made suggesting that Hungary wouldn't have defended itself against a Russian invasion, unlike Ukraine. ...
