Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ law broke EU rules: court advisor

LUXEMBOURG: The European Court of Justice’s top legal advisor recommended Thursday that Hungary be declared in breach of EU law over anti-LGBTQ legislation adopted in 2021, in a case pitting Budapest against a majority of its EU partners. The European …

Remembering Trianon: ‘Day of National Unity’ Commemorated Tragic Treaty for Hungary

Hungary observes 4 June as the Day of National Unity, declared in 2010 to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Trianon in 1920. The treaty, imposed without Hungarian participation at the post-WWI Paris Peace Conference, marked a major geopolitical and …

Celebrate Pentecost in Hungary at Ópusztaszer

Folk dance, folk music, traditional crafts, dog and falconry demonstrations, a Pentecost procession, an equestrian competition, and the election of the Pentecost king, await visitors during this Pentecost weekend at the Ópusztaszer National Memorial Park. …

EU Targets Hungary for Shielding Children From Gender Ideology

The EU Court of Justice (ECJ) is clearing the way for another infringement case against Hungary over LGBT rights, following the country’s 2021 child protection law that prohibited the promotion of gender transition and homosexuality in primary schools and …

Schott Pharma's €100M+ Hungary expansion; Antheia’s $56M Series C raise

Ukraine Could Soon Launch an Attack Against Hungary And Some NATO Countries May Even Support it, Warns Hungarian ...

Hungary is now the target of covert actions from Ukraine, and with a national election approaching within a year, Ukraine is increasingly portraying its neighbor as an enemy, warns Hungarian security expert József Horváth. However, beyond covert operations …

EU Court of Justice official says Hungary LGBTQ content ban violates EU law

June 5 (UPI) -- A legal scholar at the European Union's top court on Thursday said that Hungary's law limiting access to LGBTQ content in schools and on television violates EU law. Tamara Capeta, advocate general of the Court of Justice of the …

Brussels Escalates Pressure as Hungary Faces EU Court Over LGBTQ+ Restrictions

A senior legal advisor to the Court of Justice of the European Union has issued an opinion stating that Hungary’s controversial 2021 law restricting LGBTQ+ content breaches EU law. Advocate General Tamara Capeta concluded that the legislation, introduced …

Hungary: Postponement of the foreign agent-style law is a first step, EFJ calls for its withdrawal

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the announcement on 4 June 2025 of the Hungarian ruling party Fidesz to postpone the vote on the draft law on foreign-funded organisations until the autumn. The decision came a day after the EFJ General …

What’s happening to Harvard happened in Hungary first

Shattuck, currently a professor of the practice of diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, has deep experience in and knowledge of politics, diplomacy and academia. In the 1980s, he was a vice president at Harvard, …