Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused his political opponents and Hungary’s allies alike of “spreading fake news” about the EU member’s coronavirus law that allows his government to rule by decree for an unlimited period. Hungary’s parliament, where Orban’s right-wing Fidesz party holds a comfortable majority, approved legislation on March 30 giving him sweeping new […]
Hungary To Expel Iranian Students For Alleged Breaches Of Quarantine
Hungary says it will begin expelling 14 Iranian students on April 16 for alleged violations of coronavirus quarantine rules.The Iranians “displayed blatantly antisocial, violent behavior” while under quarantine in a Budapest hospital last month, police Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kiss said on April 15.Eleven of the students are to be expelled on April 16; the other […]
Top EU Court Rules Budapest, Warsaw, Prague Violated Migrant Quotas
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on April 2 that Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic violated EU law by refusing to accept asylum seekers under a 2015 migrant redistribution scheme. The European Union’s top court found all three countries failed to implement a decision by the bloc to share the burden of relocating […]
EU Warns Against Using Pandemic To Undermine Democracy
In a thinly veiled warning to right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister VIktor Orban, the European Union’s executive said on March 31 that emergency measures adopted by member states to fight the coronavirus crisis cannot undercut democracy.”It is of utmost importance that emergency measures are not at the expense of our fundamental principles and values…Democracy cannot work […]
Hungary’s Orban Gets Sweeping New Powers Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Hungary’s parliament has endorsed a bill giving right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban sweeping new powers during the state of emergency declared to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The bill, passed on March 30 with 137 votes in favor to 53 votes against, enables the government to indefinitely extend the state of emergency declared on March 11 […]