Hungarian PM Viktor Orban with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican earlier this month. Life must be protected from the moment of conception, Hungary’s ruling party said in a draft of the country’s new constitution that would effectively introduce a complete ban on abortion after several decades of liberal laws. Pope Benedict XVI earlier in December told the Hungarian ambassador it was “desirable... 

Hungary’s Fidesz and its Christian Democrat centre right governing partner virtually swept the board in Sunday’s local elections as expected, while radical nationalist party Jobbik made gains in the poor northeast and the Socialists confirmed their status as the main opposition force nationally. The jewel in the crown, Budapest, saw a tighter race with Fidesz, managing just over 51 percent... 

Hungarian disaster management spokesman Dr Attila Nyikos says a large scale clean-up is under way Hungary says it will cost tens of millions of dollars and take at least a year to clean up the damage caused by a spill of toxic, red industrial sludge. Emergency workers are trying to stop the spill, from an alumina plant, from flowing into major waterways, including the River Danube A state of emergency... 

Raoul Wallenberg New evidence from Russian archives suggests Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with rescuing tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust, was alive after Soviets reported that he had died in a Moscow prison, a Swedish magazine and U.S. researchers reported Thursday. The fate of Wallenberg, who was arrested in Budapest in January 1945 by the Soviet army, has remained... 

Hungarian Patriots On March 15th, tens of thousands of people filled the streets of Hungary’s beautiful capital Budapest, ostensibly to celebrate the 162nd anniversary of the 1848-1948 revolution and war of independence. Among the many events commemorating this anniversary across city, a multitudinous political rally for the far-right party Jobbik garnered the most attention, as restless young... 

Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom has signed a law making Holocaust denial punishable by three years in prison. The law was approved last month by Hungarian lawmakers, after more wide-ranging versions of the law had been rejected by courts for limiting free speech. Spokesman Ferenc Kumin says President Solyom signed the bill because in his opinion the law is not unconstitutional. Parliament had rejected... 

For some time now, spokespeople for Hungary’s extreme right have been arguing that Israel aims to “colonize” Hungary. As proof of this claim, the right often misinterprets an (unfortunate) quote by President Shimon Peres, who spoke about Israel’s investments abroad, and said that Israel was “buying out Manhattan, Poland, Hungary…” Now these claims have... 

Krisztina Morvai, one of Jobbik’s three MEPs is a human rights lawyer. She is very dissappointed with the EU’s attitude towards grave and systematic violations of human rights in Hungary that have been practiced especially by the highly over-politicized police on the streets of Budapest during demonstrations since the September 2006. Dr. Morvai therefore decided to take all the opportunities that... 

The Hungarian Guard Movement was re-established today, at a gathering in Budapest attended by several thousand Hungarian citizens and members of Jobbik, the Movement for a Better Hungary. After the controversial edict calling for the disbandment of the civic movement, the Guard has reasserted its legal legitimacy after several prominent politicians came out in support of it, and against the regime’s... 

Hungarian police used teargas to disperse a protest by a banned far-right group in the centre of Budapest on Saturday and detained close to 200 people, police and witnesses said. National news agency MTI said police also detained the chairman of the far-right Jobbik party, Gabor Vona. Local website Index said he was detained as part of the protests. Police would not confirm the reports. A court ruled... 

The far-right Hungarian Guard, a radical nationalist organisation, must be dissolved because in the past its marches have fuelled ethnic tensions and led to a disruption of public order, a Hungarian court ruled on Thursday. Politicians, human rights activists and Gypsy rights activists have criticised the Guard for staging intimidating marches nationwide to protest against the spread of petty crime... 

This is the newspaper distributed by the Hungarian Police officers. “Given our current situation, anti-Semitism is not just our right, but it is the duty of every Hungarian homeland lover, and we must prepare for armed battle against the Jews.” This quote appeared in a newsletter published by an organization calling itself “The trade union of Hungarian police officers prepared for...