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As Slovakia's trust in democracy fades, its election frontrunner campaigns against aid to Ukraine
MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early parliamentary election plans to reverse the country’s military and political support for neighboring Ukraine, in a direct challenge to the European Union and NATO, if he returns to...
Hungary's transportation minister gets sharp criticism for comments praising Nazi-allied WWII leader
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A senior government official in Hungary came under sharp criticism Wednesday for praising the country's World War II-era leader, an ally of Nazi Germany who is believed to have imposed Europe's first anti-Jewish laws of the 20th century, as an exceptional head of state...
Hungary's Orbán urges US to 'call back Trump' to end Ukraine war in Tucker Carlson interview
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a sprawling interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the only path to ending the war in Ukraine would be the reelection of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency. In the interview, posted Wednesday...
Serbia will increase supplies of Russian natural gas to Hungary if Ukraine pulls out of transit deal
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Serbia will provide Hungary with increased shipments of Russian natural gas if Ukraine follows through on ending a gas transit agreement with Russia, Hungary's foreign minister said Sunday. Speaking in a taped message, Peter Szijjarto said Serbia's...
Hungary is to produce combat drones in cooperation with Israel and Germany, the prime minister says
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has signed an agreement to manufacture combat drones in cooperation with Israeli and German companies as part of an effort to grow and modernize its military and defense industry, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday. Speaking at the opening...
Hungary's Orbán to host Turkish, Serbian and other leaders alongside world track championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As millions of viewers around the world focus on Hungary while it hosts the year's largest international sporting event, its nationalist prime minister will receive the leaders of Turkey, Serbia, Qatar and a host of Central Asian nations in a sign of the European...
Track world championships the latest play by Orbán's Hungary for global sports spotlight
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A country spends millions, sometimes billions, to deliver a major international sports event to the world. That money buys a chance to project strength at home and abroad and, if the event goes well, maybe even glosses over that country's oft-dissected shortcomings. ...
US restricts visa-free travel for Hungarian passport holders because of security concerns
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The United States imposed new travel restrictions on citizens of Hungary on Tuesday over concerns that the identities of nearly 1 million foreigners granted Hungarian passports over nine years weren't sufficiently verified, according to the U.S. Embassy and a government...
To wrap, or not to wrap? Hungarian bookstores face fines over closed packaging for LGBTQ+ books
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — In a snug, wood-paneled Jewish bookstore in Hungary's capital, Eva Redai carefully climbed the rungs of a ladder to arrange titles on the shelves. Among the books were volumes bound in plastic wrapping — titles containing LGBTQ+ content that the country's right-wing...
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will leave politics after election, marking end of a political era
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the Netherlands’ longest serving premier, said Monday he will leave politics after an early general election sparked by a dispute over migration that led to his government’s resignation. His decision means the end...
