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19.09.2022 / 08:11

European Union moves to cut funding to Hungary for undermining democracy

TheEuropean Union executive recommended on Sunday suspending some 7.5 billion euros in funding forHungary over corruption, the first such case in the 27-nation bloc under a new sanction meant to better protect the rule of law.

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Hungary to offer optional 3rd COVID-19 vaccine dose, prime minister says

Hungary will offer the option of taking a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine from Aug. 1 and will make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for all healthcare workers, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday.Orban said doctors will decide which vaccine people should take as a third dose, and it should come at least 4 months after the second shot, unless doctors advise otherwise.Hungary, a country of 10 million, has been among the fastest countries in the European Union to inoculate the public, as the only EU state to widely deploy Russian and Chinese vaccines before they received approval from the bloc’s regulator.

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Hungary reopens for people holding COVID-19 immunity cards

BUDAPEST – Hungary on Saturday loosened several COVID-19 restrictions for people with government-issued immunity cards, the latest in a series of reopening measures that have followed an ambitious vaccination campaign.

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The Latest: Hungary loosens restrictions for vaccinated

BUDAPEST— Hungary will loosen several COVID-19 pandemic restrictions for holders of a government-issued immunity card in the latest round of reopenings that the government has tied to the number of administered vaccines.

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Populist leaders meet, seek 'European renaissance'

BUDAPEST – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted talks Thursday with populist politicians from Italy and Poland in a bid to create a new right-wing nationalist political force on the European stage.

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Hungary pulls its ruling party out of EU's conservatives

BUDAPEST – Hungary’s governing party pulled out of its conservative group in the European Union’s legislature on Wednesday following years of conflict over the rule of law and European values.

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EU moves to fine Hungary for flouting ruling on NGO law

BRUSSELS – The European Union on Thursday took an important step toward fining Hungary for refusing to lift restrictions on the financing of non-governmental organizations from abroad.

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Central European leaders mark Visegrad Group's 30 years

WARSAW – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the role of Central European nations is to help protect the European Union against “outside attacks” but also against “internal tendencies to build an empire” while guarding their own independence.

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Chinese vaccine will pull Hungary ahead of EU, PM says

BUDAPEST – Hungary will be able to vaccinate millions more people against the coronavirus by the end of May than other European countries with similarly sized populations due to its plans to use a vaccine made in China, the Hungarian prime minister predicted in a radio interview Friday.

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Hungary becomes first in EU to approve Chinese Covid-19 vaccine

Hungary became the first European Union country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine from China after Premier Viktor Orban said the country would buy Sinopharm vaccines to speed up inoculations amid the slow rollout of western shots.The decision followed a government decree that allows the automatic approval of vaccines already used on at least 1 million people abroad, Chief Medical Officer Cecilia Muller said at a briefing on Friday. Hungary is ready to place a major order with Sinopharm in days, Orban told state radio earlier in the day.Hungary is also the only EU country to have approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and the cabinet has already ordered doses to inoculate 1 million people, or a little more than a tenth of the population.

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Rights groups condemn Hungarian ban on same-sex adoptions

BUDAPEST – Human rights groups on Wednesday condemned a new Hungarian law that effectively bans adoption for same-sex couples and applies a strict Christian conservative viewpoint to the legal definition of a family.

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EU inches toward landmark budget, virus recovery fund deal

BRUSSELS – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday that the European Union is on the brink of sealing an agreement on a massive budget and a coronavirus recovery package, signaling that it has almost overcome objections from his country and Poland about tying EU funds to upholding the rule of law.“We are just one inch from reaching a consensus,” Orban told reporters as he arrived at EU headquarters in Brussels for a two-day summit, adding that all sides are fighting for ”a victory for common sense.”“It is obvious that when our nations and so many millions of people are in real need because of (the) pandemic and the economic consequences of that, we have to behave reasonably,” said Orban, whose nationalist governments has been

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Poland, Hungary PMs to meet over EU budget veto strategy

WARSAW – The prime ministers of Poland and Hungary are meeting Monday to discuss their threat to veto the European Union’s next budget and massive pandemic aid package that links the disbursement of funds to EU members’ rule of law standards. Poland and Hungary have been in conflict with the EU for years over their democracy records and fear they may be targeted by the new mechanism that allows funds to be denied to those among the EU's 27 members who do not meet the bloc's standards.

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EU warns Hungary against use of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine

Hungary's plans to import and possibly use Russia's touted Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine raise safety concerns and could damage trust in potential shots, the European Commission said, opening a new front in the EU's fraught relations with Budapest.Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's hard line against migration and what critics say is his increasingly authoritarian grip on power - an accusation he has repeatedly denied - as well as his pursuit of close relations with Russia have caused repeated clashes with the European Union.A new showdown is expected on Thursday when EU leaders hold a video conference that may address the bloc's massive COVID rescue plan and seven-year budget, which Hungary and Poland's nationalist governments are

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Hungary sticks to veto of EU budget over rule-of-law issue

BUDAPEST – Hungary's prime minister on Wednesday called the European Union's proposed mechanism to link the rule of law to budget disbursements for EU nations a “political and ideological weapon,” claiming it was designed to blackmail and punish countries that reject immigration.Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Poland are currently using their EU vetos to stop a 1.8 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery package from taking effect. They say they will continue doing so as long as other EU nations maintain their commitment to including the rule of law mechanism in the budget.

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Hungary reverses course to sharply tighten pandemic rules

BUDAPEST – Hungary’s government has imposed its strictest pandemic measures so far amid a quickly worsening situation, drastically changing course after weeks of lax restrictions and an optimistic outlook from Prime Minister Viktor Orban.The new restrictions include an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

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Hungary's Orban: Health care prepared for rising infections

BUDAPEST – Hungary’s prime minister said Friday that the government has drawn up a “war plan” to defend against the new wave of the coronavirus pandemic and that the country’s health care system is prepared to handle to rising number of new virus cases.Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on state radio that while everyone was asked to stay home during the first wave of the pandemic, the preparedness of hospitals and sufficient ventilators now made it possible for the country to keep functioning while respecting strict rules about wearing masks and social distancing. “During the first wave, all we could say was that everyone should stay at home and meanwhile we’ll get the health system ready,” Orban said.

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Coronavirus spiking in eastern Europe

BUDAPEST – The number of new confirmed coronavirus cases spiked Friday in parts of eastern Europe, with Hungary and the Czech Republic registering all-time daily highs. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his government was drafting a “war plan” to defend against the second wave of the pandemic.

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Hungary to close borders over rise in coronavirus infections

Hungary will close its borders to foreigners from 1 September to curb a rise in coronavirus infections and Hungarians returning from abroad will have to go into quarantine, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's cabinet chief said today.

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As global coronavirus cases rise above 13 million, WHO sounds alarm

STAY AT HOMEHungary has imposed new restrictions on cross-border travel as of next Wednesday in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after a surge in new cases in several countries, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Sunday.The leader of the Spanish region of Catalonia called on residents of an area that has seen a surge in coronavirus cases to stay at home despite a ruling by a judge who threw out a mandatory lockdown order for the district of 160,000 people.Spain, which has been one of the European countries worst hit by the coronavirus, lifted nationwide confinement last month, when the pandemic seemed to have come under control.Since the first cases were reported in China around the new year, it took three

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Coronavirus: Surge in COVID-19 cases in Eastern Europe prompts new restrictions

coronavirus infections, leading to new restrictive measures such as the mandatory use of face masks in Croatia and travel bans or quarantines to be imposed by Hungary.Hungarian authorities said Sunday that they would put countries in three categories — red, yellow and green — based on their rate of new coronavirus infections, and would impose restrictions, including entry bans and mandatory quarantines, depending from which country people were coming from.“We see worrisome signs about an increase in the number of cases in the neighbouring countries, Europe and the whole world,” said Gergely Gulyas, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff.

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Hungarian government launches coronavirus questionnaire

BUDAPEST – BUDAPEST, HungaryHungary’s government on Monday published a new questionnaire with 13 topics centering on the coronavirus pandemic. The “national consultation” will be mailed to citizens in coming weeks.

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The Latest: Hungary allows sports clubs to cut salaries

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Hungarian leader Viktor Orban has 'no time' for foreign fears over his new powers

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said he has "no time" for scathing criticism from fellow EU member of the sweeping powers he took on this week to tackle the coronavirus threat. Thirteen European centre-right parties urged their European People's Party political group to expel Orban's Fidesz party after he assumed emergency powers on Monday.

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Coronavirus: Hungary’s right-wing leader given ‘unlimited powers’ that could curb free speech

Hungary’s national assembly has passed a bill giving “practically unlimited power” to its right wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban as countries across the world take increasingly drastic actions to tackle coronavirus.

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Hungary's Orban gets sweeping new powers in virus fight

Hungary's parliament endorsed a bill yesterday giving nationalist premier Viktor Orban the sweeping new powers he says he needs to fight the new coronavirus pandemic.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0