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- Hungarian President Katalin Novàk delivers her speech during Pope Francis' meeting with the authorities, civil society, and the diplomatic corps in the former Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, April 28, 2023. Hungary’s conservative president has resigned amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government. Katalin Novák, 46, announced in a televised message on Saturday Feb. 10, 2024, that she would step down from the presidency, an office she has held since 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool, File)
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Hungary's president resigns over a pardon to a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case
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Sat,02/10/24-10:39AM , 331 Reads
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s conservative president resigned Saturday amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government.
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- An ethnic Hungarian woman leaves the market in downtown Berehevo, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. Ukraine amended its laws to comply with EU membership requirements, and restored many of the language rights for minorities demanded by Budapest but Hungary's government has indicated it is not fully satisfied — a potentially explosive sticking point as EU leaders meet Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 to try and break Orban's veto of a major aid package earmarked for Kyiv. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
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Ukraine has improved conditions for its Hungarian minority. It might not be enough for Viktor Orbán
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Tue,01/30/24-11:13PM , 279 Reads
BEREHOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Under the watchful eye of their teacher, a group of students in western Ukraine used a scalpel and forceps to dissect a pig's heart during a weekend biology class.
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- Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a press conference with Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
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Hungary won't back down and change LGBTQ+ and asylum policies criticized by EU, minister says
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Thu,01/18/24-4:49AM , 346 Reads
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's government will not change policies the European Union believes infringe on LGBTQ+ rights and those of asylum seekers, even if doing so would unfreeze billions in funding the bloc h
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- Young refugees from Israel listen to a rabbi in a Yashiva in a Jewish refugee camp in Balatonoszod, Hungary, Tuesday Nov. 7, 2023. The camp, which houses around 250 people, including 100 children, provides shelter for Jewish refugees, some of whom escaped war both in Ukraine and Israel. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Jewish refugees from Israel find comfort and companionship in a countryside camp in Hungary
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Thu,11/09/23-11:24PM , 237 Reads
BALATONOSZOD, Hungary (AP) — Zusha Pletnyov left his home in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk in 2014, when Russian-backed rebels seized large swaths of eastern Ukraine. After living some years in the capital, Kyiv, he fled again to Israel when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February of last year.
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