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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Monday called for the European Union budget to be put on a “fair footing”, adding that the current concept includes amendments that shift monies from poorer countries to richer ones. After meeting European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Orbán told Hungarian journalists that he foresaw a …

Hungaryʼs governing populist party Fidesz has been suspended by the centre-right European Peopleʼs Party (EPP), the biggest political grouping in the European Parliament, after a vote triggered by what many member parties see as Fideszʼs defiance of EU policies and EPP values, according to breaking reports Wednesday evening. In an …

Germany, France and up to 21 other countries will give an ultimatum to Hungary and Poland this year demanding that they accept their quota of migrants or get out of the EU. Hungary has led a rebellion against the quotas with a challenge in the EU courts and by pushing …

Hungarianambiance.com reports: Presidents of the German, Italian, French and Luxembourg parliaments published an open letter on Sunday urging EU authorities to take action and create a federal European Union. They called on EU member states to support the idea of the United States of Europe. It is time for a …

Hungarians have voted to reject the EU’s migrant quotas in a referendum, however, the turnout was below the 50% threshold to be valid, according to an opinion poll from Nezopont think-tank.  

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Rob Khazzam, Uber’s regional director for Central Europe, said in explanation of the move that the company wants to return to Budapest, the Hungarian capital, where it began offering its service in 2014. By this summer, the monthly number of Uber rides had increased to …

The British vote to leave the European Union could slightly slow down economic growth in Hungary, analysts have told the state news agency MTI in reaction to the British electorate’s decision to leave the European Union. Takarékbank analyst Gergely Suppan said that a reduction in EU funding should not be …

Meanwhile in EU!

Britain has voted to leave the European Union, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two. Global financial markets plunged as results from Thursday’s referendum showed a near 52-48 percent split for leaving. The …

Former border posts from before the era of passport-free travel within much of the EU lie in various states of repair, from an abandoned sentry box between Austria and Hungary to a converted museum and restaurant on the French-German border. The old post between Lauterbourg in France and Berg in …