78 years on, Jewish Holocaust rescuers want their story told
Just before Nazi Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944, Jewish youth leaders in the eastern European country jumped into action: They formed an underground network that would save tens of thousands of fellow Jews from the gas chambers
washingtonpost.com78 years on, Jewish Holocaust rescuers want their story told
Just before Nazi Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944, Jewish youth leaders in the eastern European country jumped into action: They formed an underground network that in the coming months would save tens of thousands of fellow Jews from the gas chambers. This chapter of the Holocaust heroism is scarcely remembered in Israel.
news.yahoo.comCroatian president blasts EU penalties against Hungary
Croatia's president said Friday that efforts by the European Union to uphold democratic standards in member countries threatened to tear the bloc apart, and condemned EU efforts to financially penalize Hungary for its alleged breaches of rule of law standards. President Zoran Milanović made the statements during a news conference in Hungary's capital Budapest following talks with his Hungarian counterpart Katalin Novák. Milanović echoed frequent Hungarian criticism of the EU, saying the bloc was overreaching in its powers over member states and that this excessive control had precipitated Brexit and driven the United Kingdom out.
news.yahoo.comRussian Officials Throw a Tantrum After U.S. Diplomat Calls Putin ‘Small Man’
GettyThe U.S. ambassador to Hungary is the latest American official to earn the Kremlin’s ire over remarks he made last week publicly deriding Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “small man” and “a holdover from a time that most of the world has tried to move beyond.”In a speech on Jan. 6 commemorating the 45th Anniversary of the Return of the Hungarian Holy Crown, ambassador David Pressman took the opportunity to slam Russia’s war as the product of “tyranny” and “authoritarianism” before taki
news.yahoo.comDeal reached for new non-Russian power source for Europe
The leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan finalized an agreement Saturday on an undersea electricity connector that could become a new power source for the European Union amid a crunch on energy supplies caused by the war in Ukraine. The agreement involves a cable running beneath the Black Sea that would link Azerbaijan to Hungary via Georgia and Romania.
news.yahoo.comEU Commission proposes blocking billions in funds to Hungary
The European Union’s executive branch has recommended that billions of euros in EU funds be withheld from Hungary over its failure to implement solid rule-of-law reforms, a move highlighting lingering divergences between the European partners.
Orban lashes out at EU as he marks 1956 anti-Soviet revolt
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made veiled comparisons on Sunday between the Soviet troops that attacked Hungary during the 1956 revolution and the institutions of the European Union today. Marking the 66th anniversary of that crushed uprising, Orban suggested that the EU, which has sought to rein in democratic backsliding in Hungary, would end up like the Soviet Union, which dissolved more than three decades ago.
news.yahoo.comHow to Watch the UEFA Nations League on September 26 - England v. Germany, Hungary v. Italy | Channel, Stream, Preview
On the second-to-last day of group stage action in the UEFA Nations League, Group A3 will be the focus on Monday, as the big powers in the Group of Death take to the pitch in Matchday 6. Watch the UEFA Nations League on DirecTV Stream and FuboTVHUNGARY vs. ITALYGroup A3Time : 2:45 p.m. Italy is looking to make it to the semifinals for the second time in the Nations League. Watch the UEFA Nations League on DirecTV Stream and FuboTVENGLAND vs. GERMANYGroup A3Time : 2:45 p.m. Check out the Nations League schedule here
mlive.comHungary appeals for time, as EU weighs hefty fund freeze
Hungary needs time and is urging its European Union partners to be “tolerant,” the country's justice minister said Tuesday, after the bloc's executive branch recommended suspending billions of euros in funding over concerns about democratic backsliding and the possible mismanagement of EU money. Justice Minister Judit Varga said that Hungary has proposed 17 measures which are “capable of remedying all the concerns” expressed by European Commission. EU Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn recommended over the weekend that 7.5 billion euros (dollars) from Hungary’s EU funds be frozen.
news.yahoo.comHungary faces reckoning with EU that could cost it billions
After his headline performance at Hungary's Sziget Festival last month, pop star Justin Bieber held a grandiose party for his staff in a luxurious countryside setting — a 19th century castle owned by the son-in-law of the country's prime minister. The castle, to the critics of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, is emblematic of the corruption, nepotism and largesse of which the populist leader and his government have been accused for years — the kinds of behavior which now threaten to cost Hungary billions in European Union funding. A former member of Orban’s ruling Fidesz party, Akos Hadhazy left the nationalist-populist party in 2013 after becoming aware of what he describes as a clientelistic system of unchecked corruption taking shape in the Central European nation.
news.yahoo.com50 migrants relocated to Martha's Vineyard by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Martha's Vineyard welcomes 50 migrants who were flown in without warning. Florida Governor DeSantis' administration takes credit for sending the migrants, claiming it to be part of the state's relocation program in a fight against the Biden administration's border policies. Nick Giovanni reports.
news.yahoo.comEU lawmakers declare that Hungary is no longer a democracy
European Union lawmakers on Thursday declared that Hungary has become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” under the leadership of its nationalist government, and that its undermining of the bloc’s democratic values had taken Hungary out of the community of democracies. In a resolution that passed 433-to-123 with 28 abstentions, the parliamentarians raised concerns about Hungary’s constitutional and electoral systems, judicial independence, possible corruption, public procurement irregularities, LGBTQ+ rights, as well as media, academic and religious freedoms. The lawmakers said that Hungary — which its populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban characterizes as an “illiberal democracy” — has left behind many of the democratic values of the bloc.
news.yahoo.comAutocratic Hungarian leader Orban hailed by US conservatives
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is urging American conservatives to “take back the institutions,” stick to hardline stances on gay rights and immigration, and fight for the next U.S. presidential election as a pivotal moment for their beliefs.
In a first, coin bearing zodiac found off Israel's coast
Israel's Antiquities Authority said Monday it has discovered a rare 1,850-year-old bronze zodiac coin during an underwater survey off the coastal city of Haifa. The coin bears the image of the zodiac sign Cancer behind a depiction of the moon goddess Luna. Experts say the coin was minted in Alexandria, Egypt, under the rule of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, who ruled between the years 138–161 A.D. It is part of a series of 13 coins depicting the 12 zodiac signs and one of the entire zodiac wheel.
news.yahoo.comHow to Watch the UEFA Nations League on June 11: England vs. Italy, Netherlands vs. Poland | Channel, Stream Info, Preview
On a busy final day of Matchday 3 in the UEFA Nations League, a plethora of teams that have booked their tickets to Qatar compete, including of powerhouses looking to stay undefeated in the early days of the season. Watch the UEFA Nations League on FuboTV (Try now)ENGLAND (0-1-1) vs. ITALY (1-0-1)Group A3Time : 2:45 p.m. Watch the UEFA Nations League on FuboTV (Try now)NETHERLANDS (2-0-0) vs. POLAND (1-1-0)Group A4Time : 2:45 p.m. Poland was looking to also go 2-0, hoping to take advantage of a seemingly weary Belgium squad. Check out the Nations League schedule here
mlive.comHungary announces 'state of danger' over war in Ukraine
Hungary has declared a legal “state of danger” in response to Russia's war in neighboring Ukraine, the prime minister announced Tuesday, allowing the right-wing nationalist government to take special measures without the participation of the legislature. In a video on social media, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the war in Ukraine represents “a constant threat to Hungary” which was “putting our physical security at risk and threatening the energy and financial security of our economy and families.” In response, he said, a “war state of danger” would take effect beginning Wednesday, allowing the government “to respond immediately and protect Hungary and Hungarian families by any means possible.”
news.yahoo.comThis 29-year-old left the U.S. for Budapest. Now he makes $120,000 — and lives in an $800-per-month apartment
In 2018, 29-year-old Francis Nayan left the U.S. to live in Budapest, Hungary. Earning $10,000 per month as a freelance copywriter, he says moving abroad was "the best decision" he's ever made. Here's a look at his monthly spending and what he does in a typical day.
cnbc.comHungary's authoritarian leader slams Zelensky after winning re-election
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he claimed victory in the country's elections on Sunday night, per the BBC.Driving the news: "We have such a victory it can be seen from the moon, but it's sure that it can be seen from Brussels," the far-right leader said in his Sunday night speech, in a nod to his government's long-standing tensions with the European Union, CNN reports.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Ax
news.yahoo.comCroatia criticizes NATO after crash of Russian-made drone
Croatian officials have criticized NATO for what they called a slow reaction to the military drone that apparently flew all the way from the Ukrainian war zone over three alliance member states before crashing in an urban zone of the Croatian capital.