Viktor Orban

EU attitude toward Turkey far from constructive: Erdogan

Turkish President Erdogan said that Turkey will continue hosting the four million refugees currently residing in the country regardless of the EU's help, but will open the doors to Europe if it can no longer handle the issue alone.

Hungarian science academy appeals to courts over state control fears

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has moved to tighten his grip on educational establishments as he attempts to combat proponents of so-called liberalism.

Hungary ‘indefinitely suspends’ new court in bid to win favour with EU

Critics say Hungary’s suspension of controversial administrative courts could be characterised as an attempt to avoid criticism and remain in the EU’s largest centre-right bloc, though it does little to address rule of law concerns.

Pro-Europe vote fragments but limits nationalist gains in EU election

With most votes counted across the continent of a half billion people, Mateo Salvini's hardline League party emerged as the largest in Italy, while Marine Le Pen inflicted a painful defeat on pro-European French President Emmanuel Macron.

The Bundestag’s BDS Ban: Betraying international law and democracy

By passing a resolution equating the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel with anti-Semitism, Germany is letting its Nazi past lead to support for an apartheid regime.

Austria announces snap election after far-right video scandal

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced the snap poll for September after a German newspaper published covertly filmed footage featuring his far-right coalition partners offering government contracts to purported Russian businesswoman.

UN accuses Hungary of starving rejected asylum seekers

The UN's human rights office says​ Hungary is deliberately denying rejected asylum seekers food in clear violation of international law.

Far-right parties look to form alliance for EU parliamentary elections

The new bloc would be called the European Alliance for People and Nations and would challenge the three centrist parties that have dominated the EU Parliament for more than 40 years.

Is Viktor Orban's renewed anti-migrant pitch a sign of desperation?

Experts says the populist leader continues to use the immigration hot button to make the European parliament 'more conservative.'

What does the suspension of Viktor Orban's party signify?

The Hungarian Prime Minister’s party has been suspended from the European People’s Party, but some see it as a half-measure in the face of a tougher original proposal to expel the party from Europe's largest bloc.

Hungary's Viktor Orban and his allies face expulsion vote in Brussels

The European Parliament's largest bloc will decide whether to expel Fidesz party of Prime Minister Orban, who's defiant of EU's immigration policies.

Israel’s dance with far-right movements across the world

The current far-right agenda has more to do with Islamophobia than anti-Semitism, but both sentiments are on the rise across the West. So why is Benjamin Netanyahu cosying up to these groups?