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Hungary approves country’s first-ever higher education Jewish studies program
Hungary’s Education Ministry has approved a Jewish studies program at Milton Friedman University in Budapest, marking the first time Jewish studies will be offered as a degree program in the country. The decision was announced during a February 10 ...
Hungary’s descent in Transparency’s annual index over the last decade has pushed it into a different league of corruption, placing it now among countries such as Burkina Faso, South Africa and Cuba. Demonstrators gather on the Kossuth Square in front ...
For half the country, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán epitomizes the worst of politics. For the other half, he’s a national hero. Now comes the vote.
Péter Magyar's victory was expected to transform political dynamics within the EU, where Orbán had upended the bloc by frequently vetoing key decisions.
Hungary's opposition leader Peter Magyar's victory on Sunday's (April 12) national election is a "relief" for European leaders, indicating that illiberal democracies "have problems remaining in power,