
WARSAW, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), on Wednesday, a party source said, in an apparent move to strengthen an emerging eurosceptic axis in
by Reuters6 Jan 2016, 5:09 AM PST0

Contents: UK bitterly sends troops back Afghanistan’s Helmand province; Number of migrants entering Europe this year passes the one million mark
by John J. Xenakis23 Dec 2015, 6:01 AM PST0

Hungary has accused Austria of confusing “solidarity and stupidity” after Vienna said that nations which do not accept their share of refugees under European Union quotas should face sanctions. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann had said that countries who did not
by AFP21 Dec 2015, 1:06 AM PST0

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary has scrapped plans to erect a statue of Balint Homan, a former World War Two government minister who supported anti-Semitism in Hungary in the 1930s and 40s, after protests from Jewish leaders. The row over honouring
by Reuters18 Dec 2015, 6:35 AM PST0

Jewish leaders have welcomed the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s decision not to support a statue honouring a fascist who helped facilitate the deportation of Jews during the Holocaust. Ronald S Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, said a
by Breitbart Jerusalem16 Dec 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

The European Union has started legal proceedings against several member states for breaching migrant rules during the summer as the continent struggled to cope with the migrant crisis. At the height of the migrant crisis in the three months between June
by Sarkis Zeronian11 Dec 2015, 11:43 AM PST0

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has hit out at the European Commission, pledging to take it to court over its mandatory migrant quotas. His government filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice over the Commission’s plans to distribute
by Nick Hallett5 Dec 2015, 11:55 AM PST0

A senior Hungarian government official has said a Paris terror suspect — one of the “main organisers” of last month’s atrocities in which 130 were killed — “recruited a team” in Hungary among migrants passing through. Although not naming the
by Sarkis Zeronian4 Dec 2015, 7:58 AM PST0

A mayor of a city in Hungary has accused Israel of being behind the terror attacks in Paris last month, but was quick to offer an apology after a recording of his comments was leaked to local media. Speaking during
by Breitbart Jerusalem1 Dec 2015, 5:03 AM PST0

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has listed George Soros’ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Open Society Foundation and the Open Society Institute’s Assistance Foundation as “undesirable organizations.”
by Mary Chastain30 Nov 2015, 7:57 PM PST0

The action-man mayor of Hungarian frontier town Ásotthalom has invited “all active Europeans” to visit the border fence his government created, so they can learn how to protect their own countries. Praising the remarkable success of the Hungarian border fence, which
by Oliver Lane28 Nov 2015, 7:23 AM PST0

A Hungarian lorry driver has uploaded his expletive-laden rants as he drives through Calais, fending off migrants throwing bottles. The unidentified big-rig driver has uploaded a remarkable 15-minute dashboard cam video (full clip below) of his drive to the port of
by Oliver Lane27 Nov 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

Hungarian police say they have enhanced security measures for the country’s top public officials after six people were detained last week in two separate cases and a “bomb lab” was found.
by AP24 Nov 2015, 4:12 PM PST0

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has again hit out at Europe’s policy of mass migration, linking the latest terrorist atrocities in Paris to the European Union’s (EU) long standing immigration policies, and insisting that “all the terrorists are basically migrants… The question
by Raheem Kassam23 Nov 2015, 2:56 AM PST0

The European Parliament’s tax payer funded liberal group is hosting their annual congress in the Hungarian capital with the express intention of destabilising the democratically elected right-wing government. Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt said Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban is a “dictator” and “the problem
by Raheem Kassam and Liam Deacon20 Nov 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

Hungarian Police have detained two British Muslims just months after one of them stood trial, accused of attempting to join Islamic State. They are thought to have been on their way to Turkey and ultimately Syria, but will now be
by Donna Rachel Edmunds19 Nov 2015, 8:43 AM PST0

The Hungarian foreign minister has accused a German colleague of having little conception of reality after he insisted the Paris attacks showed Europe should move to politically integrate more fully. German Federal Foreign Office minister of state Michael Roth made the comments
by Oliver Lane18 Nov 2015, 6:43 AM PST0

Hungarian police detained two British citizens wanted under a European arrest warrant over charges of leaving Britain without permission, which they were obliged to get because of prior convictions for financing acts of terrorism. The two men were detained last
by Reuters18 Nov 2015, 4:37 AM PST0

Hungary’s anti-mass immigration Prime Minister has said that terrorists have “exploited mass migration” and the European Union (EU) is “weak, uncertain and paralyzed” in its response to the migrant crisis. Speaking to the Hungarian parliament on Monday, Viktor Orban said
by Nick Hallett17 Nov 2015, 4:48 AM PST0

Austria is to build a 2.3 mile border ‘barrier’ on the 205 mile border with Slovenia in a non-attempt to control the flow of migrants into the country. The plan is a watered down version of an already significantly reduced border fence
by Oliver Lane14 Nov 2015, 6:34 AM PST0

Contents: Arms race grows between Serbia and Croatia; EU and African leaders clash amid accusations of ‘Fortress Europe'; Sweden, Slovenia and Denmark take steps to block the migrant flow
by John J. Xenakis12 Nov 2015, 6:20 AM PST0

With an anti-immigrant campaign and razor-wire border fence Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has reversed a slide in his party’s popularity, emerging at home as a winner in the crisis that has divided Europe. Personal approval ratings have also jumped
by Reuters7 Nov 2015, 1:12 AM PST0

Although many Balkan countries have done little to secure their own borders, they are doing all they can to help the flow of migrants to western Europe transit through as quickly as possible. Since Hungary closed their own borders to Croatia
by Oliver Lane1 Nov 2015, 10:19 AM PST0

The people of Europe — if not their politicians — are waking up to the fact that mass migration is a cultural, rather than just economic issue, said Viktor Orban on Radio Budapest this morning. Speaking on the daily 180-minute early-morning
by Oliver Lane30 Oct 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

The Hungarian border fence has been a remarkable success, according to new figures made public by Viktor Orban’s homeland security chief this week. The new border fences, which closed off Hungary from Serbia in September and continued around the border,
by Oliver Lane29 Oct 2015, 12:05 PM PST0