BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Union leaders in Hungary called on Saturday for a national strike and protests on Jan. 19 to oppose labor code changes they see as a “slave law” harmful to workers.

A crowd of at least 10,000 people gathered outside the Hungarian parliament building to protest a ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of people marched in anti-government protests Friday in Budapest, upset over labor law changes, increasing corruption and limits on academic freedom under Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s nationalist government.

The protests, which started last week, have ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Recent protests in Hungary have given the fragmented opposition a real opportunity to work together as they challenge Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has led his country with increasing powers since 2010.

The protests, which started last week in the wake of new ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The recent protests in Hungary have given the fragmented opposition a real opportunity to work together as they challenge Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has an overwhelming majority in parliament.

The protests, which started last week in the wake of new labor ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary*s president says he has signed into law disputed amendments to labor rules which greatly increase overtime hours employers can request from workers.

President Janos Ader said Thursday in a statement that he had examined the law approved last week in ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A few thousand demonstrators gathered in freezing temperatures outside Hungary’s state broadcaster Monday night in a fifth day of protests against the right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Lawmakers from all opposition parties took to a temporary ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker lashed out at the leader of Hungary on Friday for spreading fake news, after EU leaders called for measures to tackle the deliberate spread of disinformation in time for European elections in five months.

“Fake news are not ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A few thousand anti-government protesters confronted police Thursday night outside Hungary’s Parliament, temporarily retreating when officers used pepper spray and tear gas to drive them back.

After marching through parts of downtown Budapest, some of the ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian trade unions on Saturday protested a government plan to raise workers’ allowable overtime from 250 to 400 hours a year and the relaxing of other labor rules meant to offset Hungary’s growing labor shortage.

The government says labor flexibility is needed ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The creation in Hungary of a giant, pro-government media conglomerate will not have to be scrutinized by media or competition authorities.

An order signed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban and published Wednesday in the official bulletin calls the merger affecting ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lawmaker with Hungary’s nationalistic Jobbik party says he is resigning his seat in parliament after the leak of a recording on which he could be heard making anti-Semitic comments.

Istvan Szavay of the Jobbik party has denied hitting or hurting a Jewish woman, ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The owners of a vast majority of Hungary’s pro-government media outlets said Wednesday they are donating their companies to a foundation, creating a huge right-wing media conglomerate.

The Central European Press and Media Foundation’s assets will include cable news ...

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Hungary’s prime minister says it’s a “gloomy Sunday” because of the Brexit agreement between Britain and the European Union.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on state TV that “no matter how well a ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian authorities will evaluate and give an opinion on the extradition request made by Macedonia for its fugitive former prime minister who has been given asylum in Hungary, the Hungarian prime minister said Friday.

Viktor Orban said on state radio that Nikola ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Macedonia’s fugitive former prime minister said Tuesday he has been granted political asylum in Hungary, a week after he fled his country to avoid serving a two-year jail sentence for a corruption conviction.

Nikola Gruevski, prime minister from 2006 to 2016, is ...

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 ...