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EU ramps up financial pressure on Hungary's right-wing government

Nov 8, 2022
The EU is withholding billions of euros in grants over concerns surrounding corruption and discrimination.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces mounting pressure over policies the EU says violate international standards.
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Cracking the Rubik's Cube

Oct 19, 2016
In his book, Ian Scheffler gives competitive puzzle solving a twist.
 
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Syrian refugees move from Hungary to Germany

Sep 14, 2015
Migrants on a train to Germany try to stay hopeful.

Migrant crisis continues on Hungary's border

Sep 9, 2015
The BBC spends the day at a holding camp in Roszke.

Migrant crisis challenging EU identity

Sep 1, 2015
The flood of migrants and refugees is forcing Europeans to question their values.

Europe is still reeling from the migrant crisis

Aug 31, 2015
The BBC speaks to refugees about Hungary's razor wire border fence.

Hungary finds creative solution to help the poor

Mar 9, 2012
Almost all the $7.5 billion worth of Hungarian banknotes in circulation pass through the Hungarian Central Bank annually, to make sure they are clean, untorn and suitable to be used to buy and sell things. The rest can be burned to serve as fuel for the poor.

For public good, not for profit.

Debt downgraded, Hungary asks for help

Jan 6, 2012
Hungary is the latest European Union country to head into trouble, but it isn't part of the eurozone.

European bailout fund has little force left

Nov 25, 2011
The news from Europe this morning starts with Italy, which had to pay a euro-era record rate to borrow money from the bond market. Meanwhile, Hungary's bonds were downgraded to junk status.