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Three controversial laws expected to be amended. A leading figure in the drafting of Hungary's controversial constitution says that he expects the Hungarian government to...

Malév blames Commission state-aid decision for driving it out of business.

'Offending' provisions are hardly novel or exceptional in a European context. Hungary's new constitution has been the subject of intense interest in recent weeks (including...

Government set to change banking legislation to comply with EU and IMF demands. The Hungarian government is expected to propose changes to its central banking legislation in...

The European Commission's objections are not the only pressure on Hungary's lawmakers. The outcry over the barrage of laws that Hungary passed before Christmas has focused on...

Mixed messages about Hungary's name. Peter Györkös, Hungary's ambassador to the EU, sent a letter to his counterparts from the other member states and to the EU...

Hungary's prime minister tells MEPs that his country is undergoing an 'exciting process of renewal'. Hungary taken to task Matolcsy on the defensive Viktor...

Deals reached with Council of Ministers. MEPs are to give their final endorsement of two compromise accords during their Strasbourg session next week – to increase the...

Hungarian prime minister will debate his country's controversial new constitution in Strasbourg, according to officials. Viktor Orbán, Hungary's prime minister, will take...

Hungary is more committed than ever to democracy, the rule of law and Euro-Atlantic integration. Twenty years after a ‘managed' transition to democracy left significant...

Commission tells Hungary it has five days to bring its constitution into line with EU law. Hungary has been given five days to bring its new constitutional provisions into...

Suspicion, overstatement, and caricature dominate discussions about Hungarian politics. Standard responses to outsiders who comment on Hungarian politics include: 1) you...

Country could lose structural funds worth 1.7% of GDP. Hungary stands to lose access to European Union cohesion funds as a penalty for fiscal laxity. The European Commission...

Fitch becomes third big rating agency to downgrade Hungary's creditworthiness. Hungary's credit rating has been cut to junk status by the rating agency Fitch, reflecting a...

Action in Budapest causes concern in Brussels. Hungary may face legal action and a freeze on emergency funding if its new constitution breaches European treaties, the...

Why the size of Viktor Orbán's majority no longer seems such a strong guarantee of support. EU threatens action When the Hungarian government recently decided to...

Hungarian problems and a new chief economist at the ECB in our round-up of what's in the newspapers. Viktor Orbán, Hungary's prime minister, rules in a way that is “no...

Move follows constitutional court ruling that law infringes press freedoms. A high-level EU taskforce on media pluralism will examine whether a controversial Hungarian media...

Opposition parties and civil rights groups claim constitutional changes will harm the rule of law. Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets yesterday to protest...