SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Hungary’s ambassador to formally demand that the government in Budapest reject an asylum application by fugitive former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.

The 48-year-old politician fled Macedonia and traveled to the Hungarian ...

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A former prime minister who fled Macedonia while facing prison for a corruption conviction entered Montenegro from Albania on Sunday but left the same day, Montenegro’s police said Friday.

Nikola Gruevski passed through Montenegro on Nov. 11, when he wasn’t the ...

MILAN (AP) — Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag’s long-awaited, first-ever opera was hailed as “astonishing” and “a masterpiece” as it made its debut Thursday at the famed La Scala opera house, winning eight minutes of applause.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was in the royal box for ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Hungarian government said Thursday it did not assist a fugitive politician leave Macedonia to avoid serving a prison sentence, while police in Albania said he was seen departing their country in a Hungarian Embassy vehicle.

If accurate, the information in a ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who fled his country to avoid a two-year prison term for corruption, has requested asylum in Hungary, the Hungarian government said Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev called on Hungary to ...

HELSINKI (AP) — Hungary’s ruling party pledged Wednesday to respect democracy and the rule of law as center-right parties across Europe weighed whether to eject it and the Hungarian prime minister from the biggest and most influential political group in the European Union.

Fidesz party ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exit poll suggested Poland’s populist ruling party lost mayoral runoff elections Sunday in key cities including Krakow and Gdansk, though it wasn’t immediately clear how hundreds of other local races were leaning.

Poland’s local elections have received more ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When pipe bombs turned up in the mail of Hillary Clinton and other prominent Democrats this week, the first recipient — billionaire investor and liberal philanthropist George Soros — quickly fell out of the headlines.

But there’s no chance his many critics and enemies have ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Academic freedom in Hungary came under question Thursday as Central European University said it will move its U.S.-accredited programs from Budapest to the Austrian capital of Vienna because of the “uncertain” academic environment in Hungary.

The government called ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister reasserted Tuesday that European Union leaders deliberately failed to stop mass migration to the continent and want to create a “European empire” to subjugate individual nations.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban, speaking during commemorations ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister says the European Union is being “insincere” with Turkey on its efforts to join the bloc.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Monday during a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the EU needs to decide whether it ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An international philanthropic organization founded by billionaire George Soros said Monday it has filed applications before the European Court of Human Rights and Hungary’s Constitutional Court to challenge recent laws in Hungary targeting civic groups working with ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister claimed Monday that the European Union is seeking to take over the defense of the bloc’s external borders from some countries in order to facilitate the entry of migrants.

Viktor Orban, a staunch opponent of immigration, said during the ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban suffered a rare political setback Wednesday as European Union lawmakers voted to pursue unprecedented action against his government for allegedly undermining the bloc’s democratic values and rule of law. Hungary called the action fraudulent ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister on Tuesday strongly rejected criticism of his government’s policies, as European Union lawmakers debated whether to sanction Budapest for allegedly undermining the bloc’s values.

The European Parliament was debating whether Hungary should face ...

ROME (AP) — Hungary and Italy are vowing to work together for an “historic change” in the way Europe deals with migration, security and other issues.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met Tuesday with Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini in Milan, as several hundred people ...

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A former comedian whose party finished second in Slovenia’s parliamentary election was appointed prime minister designate on Friday.

The political novice on the national stage, Marjan Sarec, who will propose a minority government consisting of five center-left ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, calling him a “true friend of Israel” despite the outcry over the visiting leader’s past remarks that have been interpreted as anti-Semitic.

Orban and Netanyahu held a ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has been referred to the European Union’s highest court for perceived failings to comply with the bloc’s asylum rules and is facing censure for legislation criminalizing the support of asylum-seekers by civic groups.

In a statement Thursday, the EU’s ...

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban traded barbs Thursday on the issue of migration, underlining the split within the entire European Union over how to deal with people seeking refuge or a better life on the continent.

Speaking at a joint ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Budapest-based Central European University, founded by billionaire George Soros and targeted by Hungary’s populist prime minister, said Tuesday that the school will begin recruiting students for the 2019-2020 academic year.

The announcement from the board of ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the influx of migrants in Europe (all times local):

7:15 p.m.

Leaders from four countries in Eastern Europe will not be attending a weekend emergency meeting about migration in Brussels.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday that all ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian lawmakers voted to tighten the country’s asylum eligibility rules and threatened Wednesday to incarcerate people who help asylum-seekers, votes that coincided with a United Nations’ observance dedicated to refugees.

The approved changes include a ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian civic groups under attack by anti-migration Prime Minister Viktor Orban called on the government Monday to withdraw a bill seeking to criminalize their work with asylum-seekers and refugees.   

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee and Amnesty International ...

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenian voters go to the polls this weekend in a parliamentary election expected to produce no clear winner but which could see strong gains by an anti-immigrant party backed by Hungary’s firebrand prime minister, Viktor Orban.

Sunday’s vote is formally a snap ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Hungarian government proposed constitutional amendments and a new law Tuesday that are intended to prevent Hungary “from becoming an immigrant country” by further tightening its policies on accepting refugees and asylum-seekers.

The law submitted to parliament ...

BUDPAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has taken office for a third straight term and used the moment to call for beefed-up borders to cope with migrants.

Orban said Friday the country needs to “strengthen” its defenses to cope with “tens of millions” of migrants ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The foundation of billionaire philanthropist George Soros said Tuesday that it is relocating its headquarters to Berlin from Budapest in the wake of what it called an “increasingly repressive” environment in Hungary.

The Open Society Foundations, or OSF, said the ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Monday that his country’s strong opposition to allowing migrants into Europe doesn’t mean that Hungarians have hearts of stone.

On a visit to Warsaw, Orban and his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, defended their ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament elected Prime Minister Viktor Orban to his third consecutive term and forth overall term in office on Thursday.

Orban’s Fidesz party and a small ally won 133 of 199 seats in the legislature on April 8, a super-majority which will allow them to ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s president recommended Tuesday that lawmakers re-elect Prime Minister Viktor Orban to what would be his third consecutive term as he focuses on pushing through constitutional changes.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside parliament to protest against ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian President Janos Ader has formally asked Prime Minister Viktor Orban to form the country’s next government after Orban’s sweeping victory in the parliamentary election last month.

Ader said Monday during a break in his meeting with Orban that he would ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Hungary for the second consecutive Saturday, this time against the media policies and campaign against civic groups pursued by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government.

Opposition parties from across the political spectrum ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters marched Saturday in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, demanding a new election and a new national electoral system in the biggest opposition rally in years.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban was re-elected for a fourth ...