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Hungary’s right-wing government faced fierce criticism today for awarding its top state journalism prize to a television presenter notorious for spreading Jewish conspiracy theories and describing the country’s Roma minority as “human monkeys”. Media reports from Budapest said the government … Continue reading →

Hungary should withdraw a state journalism award given to a TV presenter whose station was fined in 2011 for making derogatory remarks about Gypsies and Jews, Israel’s ambassador said Monday. Ambassador Ilan Mor said in a statement that Ferenc Szaniszlo’s … Continue reading →

After the Iron Curtain came down, István Hegedüs, 55, was a parliamentarian for Hungary’s conservative Fidesz party, which was in the opposition at the time. But now he is fiercely critical of the party’s leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and … Continue reading →

BUDAPEST – Israel and a European human rights official criticized Hungary on Monday for presenting an award to a television journalist they accuse of anti-Semitism. A dozen former recipients of the Tancsics prize for journalistic excellence handed their awards back … Continue reading →

President of the Republic János Adér met German Chanc-ellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday during a two-day visit to Berlin where she criticised the Fourth Amendment to Hungary’s new Constitution pushed through by the ruling Fidesz party the previous day despite … Continue reading →

The Un ited Nations’ human rights office has added its voice to international criticism of Hungary‘s constitutional reforms, despite the insistence of prime minister Viktor Orban that they do not endanger to his country’s democracy. Hungary’s parliament, dominated by Mr … Continue reading →

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY***–When I arrived at the Ludwig Museum—Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest on March 1, a colleague told me in a near whisper how the day before the Director of Finance had received a letter instructing that Barnabas Bencsik, the … Continue reading →