Hungary's parliament passes constitutional amendment banning public LGBTQ+ events
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.
ICC sent Hungary a request to arrest and surrender Netanyahu hours after his arrival
The International Criminal Court (ICC) sent a request to the Hungarian government to arrest and surrender Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to its detention center in The Hague, due to the arrest warrant issued against him by the court last year, it emerged on Sunday.
According to a report by Channel 12 news, the surrender request was sent several hours after Netanyahu landed in the country on Thursday, but the Hungarian government refused to comply, and promptly announced it was quitting the ICC.
Hungary to pull out of ICC as Netanyahu visits Budapest
Hungary has said it will begin the process of withdrawing from the international criminal court, hours after the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu – the subject of an ICC arrest warrant – arrived in the country for an official visit.
“Hungary will withdraw from the ICC,” Gergely Gulyás, prime minister Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff, said. “The government will initiate the withdrawal procedure on Thursday in accordance with the constitutional and international legal framework.”
Hungary announces it will quit International Criminal Court as Netanyahu visits Budapest
Hungary has decided that the country will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the government said on Thursday, shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the country for a state visit.
"The government will initiate the withdrawal procedure on Thursday, in accordance with the constitutional and international legal framework," said Gergely Gulyás, chief of staff for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Hungary Withdraws from ICC as Orbán Welcomes Netanyahu
Hungary is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the head of the Prime Minister’s Office announced on Thursday. The announcement coincided with the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Budapest, where he is set to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Netanyahu visits Hungary in first EU trip amid domestic unrest in Israel and ICC warrant
Domestic Unrest Plagues Israel, Hungary Ahead of Netanyahu's First EU Visit Since ICC Arrest Warrant Orbán and Netanyahu are reportedly expected to discuss the transfer of Hungary's embassy to Jerusalem, which would go against EU policy. Meanwhile, a pro-Palestinian foundation has called on European states to 'intercept' Netanyahu's plane and arrest him
Eastern Europe's media in the crosshairs after USAID funding freeze
At a Feb. 10 editorial meeting of Hungarian investigative outlet Atlatszo, journalists discussed how they might raise money after their grants from USAID intermediaries were halted amid U.S. President Donald Trump's drive to shutter the agency.
"Without these funds it would be very hard to maintain independent media here (in Hungary)," Atlatszo's managing editor Tamas Bodoky told Reuters, adding that they would seek new donors and try to increase crowdfunding.
Ukraine could become the EU’s ‘Afghanistan,’ Viktor Orbán claims
The war in Ukraine could turn into the European Union’s “Afghanistan,” a grinding and costly engagement with “no way out,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán claimed Friday.
Speaking to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson at a media event in Dubai, Orbán noted the hundreds of billions of euros in aid the EU has spent helping Ukraine resist Russia’s full-scale invasion, which Moscow launched three years ago this month.
The populist Right is taking over the EU
Belgium has a new government. All it took was seven months of negotiation — which by Belgian standards is breakneck speed. New Prime Minister Bart De Wever had previously served as mayor of Antwerp from 2013, besides leading his N-VA party for the last two decades. An experienced and formidable politician, it’s surprising it’s taken him this long to lead his country.
Hungary backs down from veto threat and allows renewal of EU sanctions on Russia
Hungary has backed down from its veto threat and on Monday allowed the renewal of EU sanctions against Russia for an additional six months, bringing to a close the short-lived political saga that had put Brussels on edge.
The breakthrough was achieved during a meeting of foreign affairs ministers where a statement about "the integrity of the energy infrastructure" was put forward to placate Budapest's concerns, several diplomats told Euronews.