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The European Commission has told Hungary to scrap its Transparency of Public Life bill or face possible legal consequences. “The Commission has great concerns with this draft. If adopted as it is, it would constitute a serious breach of EU principles and law,” said a commission spokesperson, in an email on Friday (23 May). ”Therefore, we ask that this draft be withdrawn from the legislative process. We will not hesitate to take the necessary action if this draft is adopted,” he added. The statement comes a day after over 300 civil society organizations demanded the Brussels-executive intervene after Hungary had...

Elvis Presley supports the refugees of the 1956 Hungary anti-Communist uprising. On his last appearance on the Ed Sullivan show on January 6, 1957 Elvis sings Peace In The Valley (a song he promised his Mother that he'd sing for her on the show. It was also a song banned by the communist regime in Hungary) and encouraging donations for Hungarian refugees. Over the next 12 months following Elvis' appearance, they raised about 25 million swiss francs (about 6 million dollars in american money in 1957) As a way of saying thanks to Elvis, 54 years later a free Hungary...

The head of Budapest’s Office for the Protection of Sovereignty claimed that tens of millions of dollars from the United States and the European Union have funded left-leaning media institutions over the past three years, with the intent of overthrowing the conservative government of Viktor Orbán in Hungary. Supposedly independent media outlets in Hungary have been propped up by money from the now-axed United States Agency for International Development (USAID), other State Department programmes, as well as from the European Commission, Tamás Lánczi said this week. The top man at the Office for the Protection of Sovereignty said that the...

Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a high-profile meeting with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán, in Budapest. Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei, has called Orbán his “comrade in this fight for the ideas of freedom,” and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is Orbán’s “Christian sister.” Last year, Donald Trump hosted the Hungarian leader three times at Mar-a-Lago. How did this one country in Europe become a beacon for right-wing ideas—and leaders—around the world? Once upon a time, Hungary was the poster child of “regime change”—the peaceful transition from communism to democracy. The process was indeed peaceful. But was it...

The amendment declares that children's rights to moral, physical and spiritual development supersede any right other than the right to life, including the right to peaceful assembly. Hungary's parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics are calling another step toward authoritarianism. The amendment, which required a two-thirds vote, passed along party lines with 140 votes for and 21 against. It was proposed by the ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The amendment declares that children's rights to moral,...

A short time after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Hungary last week, a representative of the International Criminal Court sent a request to the Hungarian government asking it to extradite him. The request, which was revealed by Channel 12, included a demand for the Prime Minister to be temporarily detained per the Treaty of Rome under which the court operates with a series of unfounded accusations including "use of starvation as a weapon of war," "crimes against humanity," and "attacking civilian areas." The court emphasized that the request is top-secret to protect the process that would allow for the...

The document on strategic defense cooperation, along with a plan for bilateral military partnership for 2025, was signed by Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic and his Hungarian counterpart, Krisztof Szalay-BobrovniczkyBELGRADE, April 1. /TASS/. Belgrade and Budapest are working towards establishing a comprehensive military alliance, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stated following the signing of a document on Serbian-Hungarian strategic defense cooperation. "We aim to forge the closest strategic relations in the field of defense, and we believe that this agreement on joint activities will pave the way for a military alliance or union between Serbia and Hungary," the Serbian leader emphasized....

In a powerful speech, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reaffirmed Hungary’s role as the last bastion of national sovereignty and Christian identity in Europe, vowing to resist the globalist forces of Brussels, Soros, and the war-driven Western elite.In a thunderous national address marking the anniversary of Hungary’s historic 1848–49 revolution against the Habsburg Empire, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered a bold and defiant speech that echoed through the streets of Budapest—and across the Western world. Speaking before a massive crowd of patriotic Hungarians, Orbán honored the past while declaring a present-day fight for Hungary’s soul, standing firmly against EU tyranny, globalist...

The Hungarian Andras Schiff has announced he will not play in then US during Donald Trump’s presidency. Schiff, 71, told the NY Times: ‘He has brought an ugliness into this world which hadn’t been there… I just find it impossible to go along with what is happening.’ He is particularly upset by the crackdown on immigrants: ‘When I hear this word deportation, it rings a bell — it rings a terrible bell… ‘My family, my Jewish family, was deported — some to Auschwitz, and some to other concentration camps.’ Full statement: Dear Friends, Colleagues and Music Lovers, Due to...

Hungarian authorities stated that the new law, which amends the law on assemblies, aims to protect the interests of childrenBUDAPEST, March 19. /TASS/. Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok has signed a bill adopted by the national parliament banning LGBT parades (the movement is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), against the wishes of the EU leadership, with government information service Magyar Kozlony publishing the document signed by the head of state as well as parliament speaker Laszlo Kover. On March 17, the bill, prepared at the government's initiative by the faction of the ruling party Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Alliance,...

Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees, prompting those in the opposition to ignite smoke bombs in parliament. video at link.

Hungary & Slovakia totally against wasting their tax payer Euros on weapons for Ukraine. 4:44

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s ruling coalition continued its crackdown on the country’s LBGTQ+ community on Monday, as members submitted a bill to parliament that would ban the popular Budapest Pride event and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees. The bill is almost certain to pass, as the ruling coalition has a two-thirds majority in parliament. The bill would make it an offense to hold or attend events that violate Hungary’s contentious “child protection” legislation, which prohibits the “depiction or promotion” of homosexuality to minors under 18. Attending a prohibited event would carry fines up to...

Ukraine has attacked the Russian pipeline that cuts off the energy to Hungary and Slovakia. Budapest declared it was an attack on its sovereignty in the official statement of the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó. Zelensky is out of control. Hungary has informed Ukraine that Hungary considers this an act of war that is an “attack on its sovereignty.” They also informed Ukraine: “We urge the Ukrainians not to attack energy infrastructure that supplies Hungary.” Video Player The former president of France stood alongside the Chancellor of Germany and declared that the purpose of the EU was to create one...

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The war in Ukraine has disproportionately hurt Hungary and Slovakia. To add insult to injury, Zelensky declined to renew a gas line deal that was providing the two European nations with essential energy. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico have once again broken ties with the European Union and shot down the latest Ukrainian aid package. Fico has said that he would not send Ukraine another euro and called “peace through strength” measures “unrealistic.” Furthermore, Fico sees through Zelensky’s victimization and is reportedly “sick” of his games. “He roams Europe begging and blackmailing, asking others...

The Orbán administration has said that the country 'should not tolerate' the public event this year. NGOs and human rights activists in Hungary have condemned the government's proposed clampdown on this year's Pride march in Budapest. In a speech last week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán hinted that his administration would crack down on the event, saying it would be "a waste of time and money" for its organisers to make their usual preparations. Then on Thursday, Gergely Gullyás, the Hungarian minister who runs Orbán's office, spoke more explicitly. “There will be no Pride in the public form in which...

In the Carpathian region, the organizers of the coup will be tried: they planned to eliminate the president and dissolve the Verkhovna Rada Russian agents who, together with the "Ukrainian choice" of the godfather of Russian President Viktor Medvedchuk, planned a military coup in Ukraine will be tried in the Carpathian region. Two public and political figures coordinated by the Russian special services were in direct contact with the reception of the creator of the "L/DPR", a former adviser to Vladimir Putin Vladislav Surkov. Video of the day https://membrana-cdn.media/obz/daily_ukr_desktop/obozrevatel-ukr-top5-basic-2166-20220829-desktop.mp4?r=77681 Russia planned to spend almost 10 million on preparing the coup....

"We believe that the country should not tolerate Pride marching through the city center,' Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff Gergely Gulyás announced.BUDAPEST, Hungary (LifeSiteNews) – The Hungarian government announced that it will not allow an LGBT “pride” parade to take place in 2025, citing the protection of children. Politico reported that Gergely Gulyás, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, declared at a weekly press conference that “there will be no Pride in the public form in which we have known it in recent decades. We believe that the country should not tolerate Pride marching through the city...

The President of the Republika Srpska entity, Milorad Dodik, said that 300 members of the Hungarian special police arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina this week. According to him, they are located in the RS MUP facilities in Banja Luka. “I must inform you that I am proud. I have agreed with Prime Minister Orban that their anti-terrorist unit, 300 people, will come to RS and that together with the RS MUP Special Anti-terrorist Unit, they will have training and exercises,” Dodik said last night during his address to the RS National Assembly. Dodik met with Viktor Orban last week, the...