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Events surrounding Hungary's rotating EU presidency have begun to accelerate. <\/p>\n<p>European leaders met in Budapest, first within the broader organisational framework of the European Political Community, and then, on the following day, at an informal European Council meeting, where Europe\u2019s national leaders adopted the so-called \"Budapest Declaration\", mandating competitiveness measures for the Commission. <\/p>\n<p>Given all this, the Hungarian presidency can already be termed a success: a shift has taken place in Europe regarding both the war and the need to move towards greater competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>On 7\u20138 November, Budapest became the epicentre of European politics with the European Political Community Summit and an informal European Council meeting. <\/p>\n<p>Collectively, these amounted to the largest event in Hungarian diplomatic history, with Hungary\u2019s capital simultaneously hosting the summit on European security policy and the gathering of the most senior leaders of the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>It is rare for a European state to simultaneously host EU institutional and national leaders, as well as the Secretary Generals of NATO and the Council of Europe, and representatives of the OSCE. The summit\u2019s success also visibly refuted the assertion that Budapest is in some form of diplomatic isolation.<\/p>\n<h2>A new world after the US presidential election<\/h2><p>The timing of the Budapest summits is also noteworthy, coming as it did directly after the US presidential election, which brought victory for Donald Trump and the Republicans. In light of this result, it is safe to say that the world, including Europe, can expect significant changes that also present new opportunities. <\/p>\n<p>The new US leadership will likely embrace an \u201cAmerica First\u201d approach, which may provide a clear model and inspire European leaders to adopt a \u201cEurope First\u201d policy instead of the decision-makers in Brussels serving the interests of foreign nations and NGOs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">We cannot continue to rely solely on the Americans for the defence of Europe. Consequently, Europe must play a significant role in the upcoming peace talks, as these will shape our future.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//86//08//44//808x539_cmsv2_e799ac32-03b9-5ba6-85f8-c6ef8045592f-8860844.jpg/" alt=\"President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, November 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_e799ac32-03b9-5ba6-85f8-c6ef8045592f-8860844.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_e799ac32-03b9-5ba6-85f8-c6ef8045592f-8860844.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_e799ac32-03b9-5ba6-85f8-c6ef8045592f-8860844.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_e799ac32-03b9-5ba6-85f8-c6ef8045592f-8860844.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_e799ac32-03b9-5ba6-85f8-c6ef8045592f-8860844.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_e799ac32-03b9-5ba6-85f8-c6ef8045592f-8860844.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/1920x1281_cmsv2_e799ac32-03b9-5ba6-85f8-c6ef8045592f-8860844.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, November 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Allison Robbert\/licensors via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmerica First\u201d also creates a new security situation for Europe. Summit participants agreed that peace in Europe should come as soon as possible and that Europe must take greater responsibility for its future peace and security. <\/p>\n<p>We cannot continue to rely solely on the Americans for the defence of Europe. Consequently, Europe must play a significant role in the upcoming peace talks, as these will shape our future.<\/p>\n<h2>Europe\u2019s lagging competitiveness Is becoming ever more apparent<\/h2><p>There was also a consensus that Europe is in serious trouble regarding competitiveness. In research and development, productivity, demographic indicators, and self-defence capabilities, we are falling further and further behind both the US and China. <\/p>\n<p>There have been numerous signs of this over recent years, and some, including the Hungarian government, have repeatedly expressed concerns. History shows, however, that there is a price to pay for inaction, and the consequences of complacency have caught up with us. <\/p>\n<p>Decades of chronic negative trends swiftly escalated into an acute crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic and were further exacerbated by the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//86//08//44//808x539_cmsv2_619d5e64-00eb-5bcd-941d-95f60d1e5ad5-8860844.jpg/" alt=\"A woman walks in front of Druzhba hotel destroyed by Russian airstrikes in Pokrovsk, November 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_619d5e64-00eb-5bcd-941d-95f60d1e5ad5-8860844.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_619d5e64-00eb-5bcd-941d-95f60d1e5ad5-8860844.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_619d5e64-00eb-5bcd-941d-95f60d1e5ad5-8860844.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_619d5e64-00eb-5bcd-941d-95f60d1e5ad5-8860844.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_619d5e64-00eb-5bcd-941d-95f60d1e5ad5-8860844.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_619d5e64-00eb-5bcd-941d-95f60d1e5ad5-8860844.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/1920x1281_cmsv2_619d5e64-00eb-5bcd-941d-95f60d1e5ad5-8860844.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A woman walks in front of Druzhba hotel destroyed by Russian airstrikes in Pokrovsk, November 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/George Ivanchenko<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The seriousness of the situation was acknowledged by the European Commission, which recently published Mario Draghi\u2019s grim report. <\/p>\n<p>From this document, we learned what we could already see from our own eyes: Europe is shrinking and retreating on almost all fronts. <\/p>\n<p>Over the past twenty years, the EU\u2019s economic growth has consistently lagged behind that of China and the US. The EU\u2019s share of the global technology market is only 18%, compared to 38% for the US. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, an average European company pays 3-4.5 times more for energy, further eroding the competitiveness of the continent\u2019s businesses.<\/p>\n<h2>We need a new approach and real decisions<\/h2><p>Creating and maintaining competitiveness is not typically the sort of thing that can be forced solely through administrative or bureaucratic measures. This has been proven over the past decade, as we saw numerous action plans and strategies devised by Brussels, none of which managed to advance Europe\u2019s competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian EU presidency seeks to base the proposed competitiveness pact on an agreement between real decision-makers. Real political will arises from the decisions of sovereign European nations. <\/p>\n<p>As Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n emphasised, we aim to persuade our European partners not to fear either healthy competition or openness to technological cooperation. The Budapest Declaration issued at the informal European Council meeting was part of this goal.<\/p>\n<p>Within this declaration, member states identified essential directions, such as improving the functioning of the Single Internal Market in order to strengthen European competitiveness and further steps toward a single savings and capital market. <\/p>\n<p>The latter would be crucial for ensuring that innovative companies and SMEs have access to adequate resources. Funding is vital for research and development, as low levels of private investment are one of the biggest problems EU businesses face in this regard. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">In line with Hungary\u2019s connectivity strategy, the European Declaration also emphasises the importance of an open and sustainable trade policy. Economic security relies on openness and adaptability to changes in the global environment.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//86//08//44//808x539_cmsv2_63df5197-cef3-58fb-84bb-fd3734a9e91e-8860844.jpg/" alt=\"Hungary&#39;s Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, June 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_63df5197-cef3-58fb-84bb-fd3734a9e91e-8860844.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_63df5197-cef3-58fb-84bb-fd3734a9e91e-8860844.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_63df5197-cef3-58fb-84bb-fd3734a9e91e-8860844.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_63df5197-cef3-58fb-84bb-fd3734a9e91e-8860844.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_63df5197-cef3-58fb-84bb-fd3734a9e91e-8860844.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_63df5197-cef3-58fb-84bb-fd3734a9e91e-8860844.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/1920x1281_cmsv2_63df5197-cef3-58fb-84bb-fd3734a9e91e-8860844.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Hungary&#39;s Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, June 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Omar Havana<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to the EC report, the EU is still far from the goal of member states dedicating 3% of GDP to research and development\u2014a shortfall largely due to the low level of private sector investment.<\/p>\n<p>Equally important is establishing an industrial policy that advances the green transition and supports clean energy growth without overburdening businesses and risking their competitiveness. <\/p>\n<p>One of the most critical tools for improving competitiveness is the drastic reduction of bureaucratic burdens, especially for the SME sector. The European Commission should make it a key aim to develop a concrete proposal for reducing reporting requirements by at least 25%.<\/p>\n<p>Economic competitiveness and strategic autonomy also hinge on strengthening European defence capacities. For this, the European defence sector must be at the global forefront in terms of technology and production capacities. Both private and public resources must be mobilised for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>In line with Hungary\u2019s connectivity strategy, the European Declaration also emphasises the importance of an open and sustainable trade policy. Economic security relies on openness and adaptability to changes in the global environment.<\/p>\n<h2>The Hungarian Way: Realism over ideology<\/h2><p>The Budapest Declaration showed that the Hungarian presidency has succeeded in shifting European leaders\u2019 attention from ideological debates to practical issues that genuinely impact people. Contrary to widely held opinions, Hungary has been shown to be a solution rather than a problem for Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the events of recent days provide important lessons for the future. It has been shown what a rotating presidency committed to a cause looks like. The Hungarian presidency\u2019s self-chosen motto is: \u201cMake Europe Great Again\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>The motto became so popular that the Hungarian presidency is increasingly being referred to as the MEGA presidency. It has demonstrated that the road to mega-success lies through mega-effort.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Hungarian presidency is not over yet. A devastating war is still raging in Europe\u2019s immediate neighbourhood, bringing immeasurable human suffering to the continent and dimming Europe\u2019s competitiveness prospects. <\/p>\n<p>With Donald Trump\u2019s election, Western perceptions of the war are also shifting. Many Central European states, including Hungary, have pursued a peace-oriented policy from the start. <\/p>\n<p>With the peace-oriented forces now victorious in the US, it is up to Western European leaders to take action for peace. At any rate, the Hungarian presidency will continue working toward this goal. Let\u2019s make Europe competitive again.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n is a member of the Hungarian parliament and political director for Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1732014239,"updatedAt":1732018672,"publishedAt":1732018577,"firstPublishedAt":1732018577,"lastPublishedAt":1732018652,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/08\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_26419d35-2547-5773-83f1-548558426d1e-8860844.jpg","altText":"Hungarian Prime Minister and President of EU Council Viktor Orban delivers his speech in the hemicycle of the European parliament in Strasbourg, October 2024","caption":"Hungarian Prime Minister and President of EU Council Viktor Orban delivers his speech in the hemicycle of the European parliament in Strasbourg, October 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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LMBTQ PREVIEW","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Controversial Hungarian law criticised as anti-LGBT to appear before EU Court of Justice","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Hungarian law to appear before EU Court of Justice after controversy","titleListing2":"Controversial Hungarian law criticised as anti-LGBT to appear before EU Court of Justice","leadin":"The first hearing on the Hungarian Child Protection Act takes place on Tuesday at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.","summary":"The first hearing on the Hungarian Child Protection Act takes place on Tuesday at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.","keySentence":"","url":"controversial-hungarian-law-criticised-as-anti-lgbt-to-appear-before-eu-court-of-justice","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/11\/18\/controversial-hungarian-law-criticised-as-anti-lgbt-to-appear-before-eu-court-of-justice","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hungary\u2019s controversial Child Protection Law, widely criticised as being anti-LGBT, is set to appear before the EU\u2019s Court of Justice on Tuesday.\u00a0\n\nThe statute proclaimed zero tolerance for convicted paedophiles. However, the law also prohibits or heavily restricts depictions of homosexuality and gender reassignment in media content and educational material addressed to audiences under 18 years of age.\u00a0\n\nThe legislation therefore came under fire for conflating paedophilia with homosexuality, as the text\u2019s stated purpose is to strengthen the protection of children against sex offenders.\u00a0\n\nAfter the law was passed, children\u2019s rights organisation Eurochild say children have the right to healthy development and freedom of expression, and that this law \u201cviolates all these rights and risks harming the very children it claims to protect.\u201d\u00a0\n\n\u201cIt also contributes to a climate of fear, raising concerns for the well-being of all children and society,\u201d they say.\u00a0\n\nThe European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the law in the strongest possible terms, and also criticised what it alleges is the dismantling of democracy and the rule of law in Hungary.\u00a0\n\nRefusing to back down, Hungary cited a 2022 referendum where Hungarians were asked to give their opinion on the controversial law.\u00a0\n\nTo be valid, the poll needed to be answered by half of Hungary\u2019s registered voters. The threshold was not met, but of those that did respond, the vast majority backed the government\u2019s position.\u00a0\n\nInfringement proceedings were launched against Hungary over the law but were unsuccessful. \u00a0\n\nIn December 2022, the European Commission referred Hungary to the EU\u2019s Court of Justice \u2013 claiming that the law violates fundamental rights enshrined within the bloc's law.\u00a0\n\nA total of 15 EU countries joined the lawsuit to act as third parties: Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Ireland, Denmark, Malta, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, France, Germany and Greece.\u00a0\n\nThe model behind the law was taken from a similar piece of legislation enacted in Russia. The Kremlin\u2019s \"anti-gay propaganda\" law, which was initially introduced by Putin\u2019s regime in 2013, was found to be unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights four years later.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hungary\u2019s controversial Child Protection Law, widely criticised as being anti-LGBT, is set to appear before the EU\u2019s Court of Justice on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The statute proclaimed zero tolerance for convicted paedophiles. However, the law also <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//04//07//15-countries-including-germany-and-france-join-legal-case-against-hungarys-anti-lgbt-law/">prohibits or heavily restricts depictions of homosexuality and gender reassignment<\/strong><\/a> in media content and educational material addressed to audiences under 18 years of age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The legislation therefore came under fire for conflating paedophilia with homosexuality, as the text\u2019s stated purpose is to strengthen the protection of children against sex offenders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the law was passed, children\u2019s rights organisation Eurochild say children have the right to healthy development and freedom of expression, and that this law \u201cviolates all these rights and risks harming the very children it claims to protect.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also contributes to a climate of fear, raising concerns for the well-being of all children and society,\u201d they say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the law in the strongest possible terms, and also criticised what it alleges is the dismantling of democracy and the rule of law in Hungary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Refusing to back down, Hungary cited a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//04//03//hungary-election-live-voting-closes-as-viktor-orban-seeks-fifth-term-in-office/">2022 referendum<\/strong><\/a> where Hungarians were asked to give their opinion on the controversial law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To be valid, the poll needed to be answered by half of Hungary\u2019s registered voters. The threshold was not met, but of those that did respond, the vast majority backed the government\u2019s position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Infringement proceedings were launched against Hungary over the law but were unsuccessful. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In December 2022, the European Commission referred Hungary to the EU\u2019s Court of Justice \u2013 claiming that the law violates fundamental rights enshrined within the bloc's law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A total of 15 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2021//06//24//eu-countries-divided-on-russia-strategy-as-leaders-meet-in-brussels/">EU countries joined the lawsuit<\/strong><\/a> to act as third parties: Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Ireland, Denmark, Malta, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, France, Germany and Greece.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The model behind the law was taken from a similar piece of legislation enacted in Russia. The Kremlin\u2019s \"anti-gay propaganda\" law, which was initially introduced by Putin\u2019s regime in 2013, was found to be unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights four years later.\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1731945685,"updatedAt":1731962397,"publishedAt":1731959896,"firstPublishedAt":1731959896,"lastPublishedAt":1731959896,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/92\/80\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_aa51c06e-c828-5f0d-98f9-df84a525b4e4-8859280.jpg","altText":"Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a press conference in Budapest , Hungary, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.","caption":"Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a press conference in Budapest , Hungary, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Denes Erdos\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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The most sensitive information that could have been accessed was plans and data about military procurement, the official said in a press briefing. \n\n\"Nothing that could harm Hungary's national security was made public,\" said Gulyas, who did not say when the incident occurred or name the group.\n\nIt is unclear whether any of the information skimmed by hackers might have included data that could compromise NATO, of which Hungary is a member.\n\nThe hack was carried out by a group called INC Ransomware, which downloaded and encrypted all the files from the servers of the Defence Procurement Agency, according to local media. \n\nThe hackers have reportedly posted dozens of screenshots of the material online, showing details of the air and ground capabilities of Hungary's military, data on procurement, and the personal details of army staff. \n\nThe hacker group has demanded $5 million (\u20ac4.7 million) to unblock the data and not make it public, Hungarian media reported. \n\nThe EU's top cybersecurity official said earlier this year that there had been a huge increase in disruptive cyberattacks since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. \n\nRansomware attacks and those targeting public institutions were of particular concern, and most incidents were tried out in Ukraine before being expanded to EU countries, according to Juhan Lepassaar, head of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity.\n\nHungary, which shares a border with Ukraine, has been modernising its army since 2017 by buying equipment from tanks to air defence systems, and has begun building a domestic defence industry. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The IT systems of Hungary's defence procurement agency were infiltrated by foreign hackers but no sensitive data that could harm the country's national security was accessed, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Gergely Gulyas said the government was investigating the hack by a \"hostile foreign, non-state hacker group\". The most sensitive information that could have been accessed was plans and data about military procurement, the official said in a press briefing. <\/p>\n<p>\"Nothing that could harm Hungary's national security was made public,\" said Gulyas, who did not say when the incident occurred or name the group.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether any of the information skimmed by hackers might have included data that could compromise NATO, of which Hungary is a member.<\/p>\n<p>The hack was carried out by a group called INC Ransomware, which downloaded and encrypted all the files from the servers of the Defence Procurement Agency, according to local media. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8755594,8526492\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//06//24//six-people-sanctioned-for-cyber-attacks-against-eu-states-and-ukraine/">Six people sanctioned for cyber attacks against EU states and Ukraine<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//09//26//nato-trains-countries-to-respond-to-cyberattacks-on-renewables/">NATO trains countries to respond to cyber attacks on renewables<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The hackers have reportedly posted dozens of screenshots of the material online, showing details of the air and ground capabilities of Hungary's military, data on procurement, and the personal details of army staff. <\/p>\n<p>The hacker group has demanded $5 million (\u20ac4.7 million) to unblock the data and not make it public, Hungarian media reported. <\/p>\n<p>The EU's top cybersecurity official said earlier this year that there had been a huge increase in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//05//29//disruptive-attacks-double-in-eu-in-recent-months-cybersecurity-chief-says/">disruptive cyberattacks <\/a>since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Ransomware attacks and those targeting public institutions were of particular concern, and most incidents were tried out in Ukraine before being expanded to EU countries, according to Juhan Lepassaar, head of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary, which shares a border with Ukraine, has been modernising its army since 2017 by buying equipment from tanks to air defence systems, and has begun building a domestic defence industry. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1731596370,"updatedAt":1731603162,"publishedAt":1731603142,"firstPublishedAt":1731603142,"lastPublishedAt":1731603142,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/21\/00\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_bf2c3d85-61b7-536a-a801-df04514605c0-8852100.jpg","altText":"File photo: People wave a Hungarian national flag next to the Danube river, in Budapest, Thursday May 30, 2024,","caption":"File photo: People wave a Hungarian national flag next to the Danube river, in Budapest, Thursday May 30, 2024,","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":575}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":143,"slug":"hungary","urlSafeValue":"hungary","title":"Hungary","titleRaw":"Hungary"},{"id":21390,"slug":"cyber-crime","urlSafeValue":"cyber-crime","title":"cyber crime","titleRaw":"cyber 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MURDER VIGIL","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Friends and family of American tourist killed in Budapest hold vigil, suspect in custody","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Vigil takes places for American tourist killed in Budapest","titleListing2":"Family holds vigil in Budapest for murdered American tourist Mackenzie Michalski","leadin":"31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing on 5 November after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest.","summary":"31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing on 5 November after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest.","keySentence":"","url":"friends-and-family-of-american-tourist-killed-in-budapest-hold-vigil-suspect-in-custody","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/11\/09\/friends-and-family-of-american-tourist-killed-in-budapest-hold-vigil-suspect-in-custody","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Friends and family members of a 31-year-old American tourist who was killed while on holiday in Hungary have held a vigil to remember her. mourned their loss while a 37-year-old suspect was in custody Saturday.\n\nThe victim, Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing on 5 November after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest.\n\nPolice launched a missing persons investigation and reviewed security footage from local nightclubs where they observed Michalski with a man later identified as the suspect in several of the clubs the night of her disappearance.\n\nPolice detained the man, a 37-year-old Irish citizen, on the evening of 7 November and during questioning he confessed to the killing.\n\nBefore the confession, Michalski's family and friends had launched an effort to find her, starting a Facebook group to gather tips on her whereabouts.\n\nHer parents travelled to Hungary to help with the search, but while en route learned that she had been killed.\n\nInvestigators said that Michalski and the suspect met at a nightclub and danced before leaving for the man's rented apartment.\n\nThe man killed Michalski while they were engaged in an \"intimate encounter\", police said.\n\nThe suspect, whom police identified by the initials L.T.M., admitted to the killing but said it had been an accident.\n\nPolice said that he had attempted to cover up his crime by cleaning the apartment and hiding Michalski's body in a wardrobe before purchasing a suitcase and placing her body inside.\n\nHe then rented a car and drove to Lake Balaton, around 150 kilometres southwest of Budapest, where he disposed of the body in a wooden area outside the town of Szigliget.\n\nVideo released by police showed the suspect guiding authorities to the location where he had left the body. \n\nPolice said the suspect had made internet searches before being apprehended on how to dispose of a body, police procedures in missing person cases, whether pigs really eat dead bodies and the presence of wild boars in the Lake Balaton area.\n\nHe also made an internet search inquiring on the competence of Budapest police.\n\nCrime scene photographs released by police showed a rolling suitcase, several articles of clothing including a pair of fleece-lined boots, and a small handbag next to a credit card bearing Michalski's name.\n\nMichalski had visited Budapest before and called it her \"happy place\", her father said.\u00a0\n\n\"The history, she just loved it and she was just so relaxed here,\" he said. \"This was her city.\"\n\nHungarian police say the investigation is ongoing.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Friends and family members of a 31-year-old American tourist who was killed while on holiday in Hungary have held a vigil to remember her. mourned their loss while a 37-year-old suspect was in custody Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing on 5 November after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>Police launched a missing persons investigation and reviewed security footage from local nightclubs where they observed Michalski with a man later identified as the suspect in several of the clubs the night of her disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>Police detained the man, a 37-year-old Irish citizen, on the evening of 7 November and during questioning he confessed to the killing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6667444574095682\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//84//25//82//808x539_cmsv2_80b2f885-3e44-56bc-8361-094b8387f2d9-8842582.jpg/" alt=\"Friends hold candles while remembering Mackenzie Michalski, an 31-year-old American tourist who was murdered while on holiday in Budapest, 9 November, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/384x256_cmsv2_80b2f885-3e44-56bc-8361-094b8387f2d9-8842582.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/640x427_cmsv2_80b2f885-3e44-56bc-8361-094b8387f2d9-8842582.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/750x500_cmsv2_80b2f885-3e44-56bc-8361-094b8387f2d9-8842582.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/828x552_cmsv2_80b2f885-3e44-56bc-8361-094b8387f2d9-8842582.jpg 828w, 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Before the confession, Michalski's family and friends had launched an effort to find her, starting a Facebook group to gather tips on her whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>Her parents travelled to Hungary to help with the search, but while en route learned that she had been killed.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said that Michalski and the suspect met at a nightclub and danced before leaving for the man's rented apartment.<\/p>\n<p>The man killed Michalski while they were engaged in an \"intimate encounter\", police said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, whom police identified by the initials L.T.M., admitted to the killing but said it had been an accident.<\/p>\n<p>Police said that he had attempted to cover up his crime by cleaning the apartment and hiding Michalski's body in a wardrobe before purchasing a suitcase and placing her body inside.<\/p>\n<p>He then rented a car and drove to Lake Balaton, around 150 kilometres southwest of Budapest, where he disposed of the body in a wooden area outside the town of Szigliget.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//84//25//82//808x454_cmsv2_78f21334-75ca-550d-b205-8c3ed34267b3-8842582.jpg/" alt=\"Hungarian police released a video of the 37-year-old suspect in custody, 9 November, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/384x216_cmsv2_78f21334-75ca-550d-b205-8c3ed34267b3-8842582.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/640x360_cmsv2_78f21334-75ca-550d-b205-8c3ed34267b3-8842582.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/750x422_cmsv2_78f21334-75ca-550d-b205-8c3ed34267b3-8842582.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/828x466_cmsv2_78f21334-75ca-550d-b205-8c3ed34267b3-8842582.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/1080x608_cmsv2_78f21334-75ca-550d-b205-8c3ed34267b3-8842582.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/1200x675_cmsv2_78f21334-75ca-550d-b205-8c3ed34267b3-8842582.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/1920x1080_cmsv2_78f21334-75ca-550d-b205-8c3ed34267b3-8842582.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Hungarian police released a video of the 37-year-old suspect in custody, 9 November, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Screenshot from AP video 4532298<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Video released by police showed the suspect guiding authorities to the location where he had left the body. <\/p>\n<p>Police said the suspect had made internet searches before being apprehended on how to dispose of a body, police procedures in missing person cases, whether pigs really eat dead bodies and the presence of wild boars in the Lake Balaton area.<\/p>\n<p>He also made an internet search inquiring on the competence of Budapest police.<\/p>\n<p>Crime scene photographs released by police showed a rolling suitcase, several articles of clothing including a pair of fleece-lined boots, and a small handbag next to a credit card bearing Michalski's name.<\/p>\n<p>Michalski had visited Budapest before and called it her \"happy place\", her father said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The history, she just loved it and she was just so relaxed here,\" he said. \"This was her city.\"<\/p>\n<p>Hungarian police say the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1731184921,"updatedAt":1731190506,"publishedAt":1731187310,"firstPublishedAt":1731187310,"lastPublishedAt":1731187435,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/84\/25\/82\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_93b3699d-6567-52ba-b7da-ce360172da25-8842582.jpg","altText":"Photos showing Mackenzie Michalski who was murdered while on holiday in Budapest, 9 November, 2024","caption":"Photos showing Mackenzie Michalski who was murdered while on holiday in Budapest, 9 November, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Bela Szandelszky\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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PRESSMAN ABOUT US ELEX","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"US Ambassador to Hungary says Orb\u00e1n gambled with US-Hungary relations","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"US Ambassador to Hungary says Orb\u00e1n gambled with US-Hungary relations","leadin":"David Pressman, the US Ambassador to Hungary, responded to the outcome of the US presidential election during a press conference on Wednesday.","summary":"David Pressman, the US Ambassador to Hungary, responded to the outcome of the US presidential election during a press conference on Wednesday.","keySentence":"","url":"us-ambassador-to-hungary-says-orban-gambled-with-us-hungary-relations","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/11\/06\/us-ambassador-to-hungary-says-orban-gambled-with-us-hungary-relations","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The US Ambassador to Hungary spoke in a press conference on Wednesday about the US presidential 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Hungarain GDP third Q","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Hungary unexpectedly dips into recession for second time in two years ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Hungary unexpectedly dips into recession for second time in two years ","titleListing2":"Hungary unexpectedly dips into recession for second time in two years ","leadin":"Hungarian gross domestic product (GDP) turned negative for the second quarter in a row.","summary":"Hungarian gross domestic product (GDP) turned negative for the second quarter in a row.","keySentence":"","url":"hungary-unexpectedly-dips-into-recession-for-second-time-in-two-years","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/10\/30\/hungary-unexpectedly-dips-into-recession-for-second-time-in-two-years","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hungarian GDP declined by 0.7% in the third quarter (Q3) compared with the previous year, according to flash estimates from the Hungarian Statistic Office (KSH) of the seasonally and calendar-adjusted figures.\u00a0\n\nCompared with the previous quarter, GDP also fell by 0.7%, following a 0.2% drop in the three months to 30 June, indicating that the Hungarian economy has landed in a recession (two consecutive quarters with the economic performance in negative territory).\u00a0\n\nThe main drivers of the contraction appear to be the weak performance of the agriculture, industry and construction sectors which, in total, make up about one-third of the economy.\n\nThe services sector partly offset this staggering performance.\n\nAccording to KSH, the GDP in the first nine months of the year is still, in total, 0.7% higher than that of 2023.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hungarian GDP declined by 0.7% in the third quarter (Q3) compared with the previous year, according to flash estimates from the Hungarian Statistic Office (KSH) of the seasonally and calendar-adjusted figures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Compared with the previous quarter, GDP also fell by 0.7%, following a 0.2% drop in the three months to 30 June, indicating that the Hungarian economy has landed in a recession (two consecutive quarters with the economic performance in negative territory).\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8709242\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//09//06//industrial-decline-in-hungary-accelerates-as-car-production-drops/">Industrial decline in Hungary accelerates as car production drops<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The main drivers of the contraction appear to be the weak performance of the agriculture, industry and construction sectors which, in total, make up about one-third of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>The services sector partly offset this staggering performance.<\/p>\n<p>According to KSH, the GDP in the first nine months of the year is still, in total, 0.7% higher than that of 2023.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730301286,"updatedAt":1730302249,"publishedAt":1730301853,"firstPublishedAt":1730301853,"lastPublishedAt":1730301853,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/36\/10\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1d08a266-ae85-585a-8c34-e5aac727bc4a-8823610.jpg","altText":"eople wave a Hungarian national flag next to the Danube river, in Budapest, Thursday May 30, 2024,","caption":"eople wave a Hungarian national flag next to the Danube river, in Budapest, Thursday May 30, 2024,","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Denes Erdos\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":582,"urlSafeValue":"katanich","title":"Doloresz Katanich","twitter":"@doloreskatanich"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":28666,"slug":"hungarian-economy","urlSafeValue":"hungarian-economy","title":"Hungarian economy","titleRaw":"Hungarian economy"},{"id":18120,"slug":"gdp","urlSafeValue":"gdp","title":"GDP","titleRaw":"GDP"},{"id":8711,"slug":"recession","urlSafeValue":"recession","title":"Recession","titleRaw":"Recession"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2678592}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"economy","urlSafeValue":"economy","title":"Economy","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/economy\/economy"},"vertical":"business","verticals":[{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"themes":[{"id":"economy","urlSafeValue":"economy","title":"Economy","url":"\/business\/economy"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":72,"urlSafeValue":"economy","title":"Economy"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":143,"urlSafeValue":"hungary","title":"Hungary","url":"\/news\/europe\/hungary"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","84091001","84092030"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","hobbies_and_interests","hobbies_and_interests_social_networking"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/business\/2024\/10\/30\/hungary-unexpectedly-dips-into-recession-for-second-time-in-two-years","lastModified":1730301853},{"id":2662508,"cid":8814040,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241025_NWSU_56849710","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"orban polish government EU","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Viktor Orb\u00e1n claims EU installed 'puppet government' in Poland","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Viktor Orb\u00e1n claims EU installed 'puppet government' in Poland","titleListing2":"Viktor Orb\u00e1n claims EU installed 'puppet government' in Poland","leadin":"The Hungarian PM currently holds the rotating EU presidency, much to the consternation of many in Brussels.","summary":"The Hungarian PM currently holds the rotating EU presidency, much to the consternation of many in Brussels.","keySentence":"","url":"viktor-orban-claims-eu-installed-puppet-government-in-poland","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/25\/viktor-orban-claims-eu-installed-puppet-government-in-poland","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has suggested that Poland's government and its prime minister, Donald Tusk, were installed in power by the EU as part of a plot to remove the country's previous right-wing populist leadership.\n\nThe Tusk government was elected in 2023 in an election that saw voter turnout of nearly 74%, a record high.\n\nOrb\u00e1n, who faces national elections in early 2026, likened what he believes to be Brussels' meddling in domestic politics to that of the former Soviet Union.\n\n\"They're going to be working on this,\" he said of Brussels in a radio interview on Friday. \"They need a puppet government. Let's speak plainly, every empire is like that. The Soviets were like that, weren't they?\"\n\nOrb\u00e1n made his accusation two days after giving a speech in which he alleged that Brussels is plotting to topple his self-described illiberal nationalist government and install a puppet regime in Budapest.\n\nIn Friday's interview, Orb\u00e1n specifically lashed out at both EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the leader of the bloc's largest political group, European People's Party president Manfred Weber.\n\nHe said the two are seeking to do in Hungary what he claims they did in Poland in 2023, when Tusk's coalition defeated the governing Law and Justice \u2014 a right-wing nationalist party that shares many of his views.\n\n\"It's not even a secret conspiracy against Hungary, it is an openly represented, announced plan,\" Orb\u00e1n said, offering no evidence. \"The same thing happened in Poland. The Poles also went their own way, they also took an independent Polish policy on migration, gender and the economy.\"\n\nHe claimed that von der Leyen and Weber \"did their best and openly announced that the conservative Polish government should go and be replaced with a new one\".\n\n\"This is how our friend Tusk became prime minister in Poland. The same scenario is now happening in the case of Hungary.\"\n\nFrequent clashes with Brussels\n\nOrb\u00e1n has frequently clashed with the EU, which has withheld billions in financial support from Hungary over its alleged breaches of rule-of-law and democracy standards.\n\nPoland's previous nationalist-conservative government also spent years wrangling with the EU over democratic deficiencies.\n\nIn response, Orb\u00e1n has taken an increasingly combative approach to the bloc, which Hungary joined in 2004, and rallied eurosceptic parties across the EU to create a far-right political force in the bloc's legislature. \n\nHe has also moved Hungary closer to autocracies like Russia and China, seeking foreign investment and loans from Moscow and Beijing as EU funds dried up over his conduct.\n\nTusk's government has sought to restore Poland's democratic institutions that he sees as having been dismantled under the previous Orb\u00e1n-allied government, but has maintained some conservative policies such as a tough stance on illegal immigration.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has suggested that Poland's government and its prime minister, Donald Tusk, were installed in power by the EU as part of a plot to remove the country's previous right-wing populist leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The Tusk government was elected in 2023 in an election that saw voter turnout of nearly 74%, a record high.<\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n, who faces national elections in early 2026, likened what he believes to be Brussels' meddling in domestic politics to that of the former Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>\"They're going to be working on this,\" he said of Brussels in a radio interview on Friday. \"They need a puppet government. Let's speak plainly, every empire is like that. The Soviets were like that, weren't they?\"<\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n made his accusation two days after giving a speech in which he alleged that Brussels is plotting to topple his self-described illiberal nationalist government and install a puppet regime in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>In Friday's interview, Orb\u00e1n specifically lashed out at both EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the leader of the bloc's largest political group, European People's Party president Manfred Weber.<\/p>\n<p>He said the two are seeking to do in Hungary what he claims they did in Poland in 2023, when Tusk's coalition defeated the governing Law and Justice \u2014 a right-wing nationalist party that shares many of his views.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//38//09//24//808x539_cmsv2_f8daf87e-8fa4-5c81-aec7-96254b12f82c-8380924.jpg/" alt=\"Hungary&#39;s Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at an EU summit in Brussels.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/09\/24\/384x256_cmsv2_f8daf87e-8fa4-5c81-aec7-96254b12f82c-8380924.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/09\/24\/640x427_cmsv2_f8daf87e-8fa4-5c81-aec7-96254b12f82c-8380924.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/09\/24\/750x500_cmsv2_f8daf87e-8fa4-5c81-aec7-96254b12f82c-8380924.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/09\/24\/828x552_cmsv2_f8daf87e-8fa4-5c81-aec7-96254b12f82c-8380924.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/09\/24\/1080x720_cmsv2_f8daf87e-8fa4-5c81-aec7-96254b12f82c-8380924.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/09\/24\/1200x800_cmsv2_f8daf87e-8fa4-5c81-aec7-96254b12f82c-8380924.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/38\/09\/24\/1920x1281_cmsv2_f8daf87e-8fa4-5c81-aec7-96254b12f82c-8380924.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Hungary&#39;s Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at an EU summit in Brussels.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Omar Havana\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"It's not even a secret conspiracy against Hungary, it is an openly represented, announced plan,\" Orb\u00e1n said, offering no evidence. \"The same thing happened in Poland. The Poles also went their own way, they also took an independent Polish policy on migration, gender and the economy.\"<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that von der Leyen and Weber \"did their best and openly announced that the conservative Polish government should go and be replaced with a new one\".<\/p>\n<p>\"This is how our friend Tusk became prime minister in Poland. The same scenario is now happening in the case of Hungary.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Frequent clashes with Brussels<\/h2><p>Orb\u00e1n has frequently clashed with the EU, which has withheld billions in financial support from Hungary over its alleged breaches of rule-of-law and democracy standards.<\/p>\n<p>Poland's previous nationalist-conservative government also spent years wrangling with the EU over democratic deficiencies.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Orb\u00e1n has taken an increasingly combative approach to the bloc, which Hungary joined in 2004, and rallied eurosceptic parties across the EU to create a far-right political force in the bloc's legislature. <\/p>\n<p>He has also moved Hungary closer to autocracies like Russia and China, seeking foreign investment and loans from Moscow and Beijing as EU funds dried up over his conduct.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8811360,8779606\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b 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The research observing its effects is arduous and needs patience and Horvath's photography documents the process.\n\nSince the 1990s, more and more women have become involved in that work. \n\n\"You can be a fragile woman and still love the cold and go on a challenging journeys like this,\" she said, \"I would like to give an inspiration with these pictures to the young generation.\"\n\nThrough her photography, Horvath focuses on the humans behind the scientific research on climate change.\n\n\"This Norwegian climate research village, Ny-\u00c5lesund, which is the subject of this exhibition, was founded in 1963 and since then research has been going on every day without exception.\"\n\nHorvath has photographed 25 Arctic exploration expeditions since 2015.\n\nHer work has been recognised with the World Press Photo First Prize and the National Geographic Wayfinder Award, among others. \n\nThe photo exhibition 'Night Stars of the Arctic' can be seen at Capa Center in Budapest from 25 October to 31 January. \n\nWatch more in the player above.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Esther Horvath\u2019s photographs forming the centre of a new exhibition were taken at a research village said to be the epicentre of global warming. <\/p>\n<p>She stressed that climate change does not happen overnight. 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crew up for auction<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2021//04//15//this-year-s-world-press-photo-winners-are-teaching-us-about-our-planet/">This year's World Press Photo winners are teaching us about our planet<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Through her <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////estherhorvath.com///">photography, Horvath focuses on the humans behind the scientific research on climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\"This Norwegian climate research village, Ny-\u00c5lesund, which is the subject of this exhibition, was founded in 1963 and since then research has been going on every day without exception.\"<\/p>\n<p>Horvath has photographed 25 Arctic exploration expeditions since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Her work has been recognised with the World Press Photo First Prize and the National Geographic Wayfinder Award, among others. <\/p>\n<p>The photo exhibition 'Night 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The poll conducted from October 9 to 15 with 1,000 respondents shows for the second consecutive survey that TISZA has overtaken Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2019s party.<\/p>\n<p>Magyar criticised Orb\u00e1n for presiding over a \u201cmoral and economic crisis.\u201d Meanwhile, Orb\u00e1n accused the European Union of plotting to install a puppet regime in Hungary. National elections are scheduled for 2026, with TISZA gaining momentum.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1729754612,"updatedAt":1729769099,"publishedAt":1729765456,"firstPublishedAt":1729765456,"lastPublishedAt":1729765456,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/13\/60\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1a059f59-a196-5b9f-ae56-826081959600-8811360.jpg","altText":"Opposition leader P\u00e9ter Magyar and his supporters marching","caption":"Opposition leader P\u00e9ter Magyar and his supporters marching","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":176,"urlSafeValue":"caraco","title":"Alexis Caraco","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[{"id":176,"urlSafeValue":"caraco","title":"Alexis 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considered Russia's closest ally.<\/p>\n<p>His controversial comments came during his keynote speech at an event commemorating the 1956 armed uprising against Soviet repression that began in the capital and spread across Hungary before being crushed by the Red Army.<\/p>\n<p>After paying tribute to the \u201cheroes\u201d of the 1956 revolution and drawing parallels with the recent fight against the Danube floods that have hit Hungary, the prime minister turned his attention to the EU and the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why they announced in Brussels that they will get rid of Hungary\u2019s national government,\" Orb\u00e1n told the crowd in Budapest. \"They also announced that they wanted to hang a Brussels puppet government around the country\u2019s neck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials in the EU have given no public response to the remarks at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The bloc and the central European country have been at loggerheads on support for Kyiv in its two and a half years long 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So, now what? | Radio Schuman<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is not the first time that the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//10//24//viktor-orban-blasts-the-european-union-in-uprising-anniversary-speech/">Hungarian premier has used the event <\/a>to draw parallels between past occupying forces like the Soviet Union and Ottoman Empire and the EU today.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is the first time in years that Orb\u00e1n has commemorated the event in the capital, usually favouring locations in the countryside, his Fidesz party\u2019s heartlands.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1729686165,"updatedAt":1729717208,"publishedAt":1729693588,"firstPublishedAt":1729693588,"lastPublishedAt":1729716517,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/80\/75\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_64d41ea7-4a52-5021-a91d-65fa8fedc210-8807532.jpg","altText":"Viktor Orb\u00e1n at Millen\u00e1ris","caption":"Viktor Orb\u00e1n at 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This is Adolf Hitler's advice to Fidesz, to the propaganda of the ruling party. And the disciples took their master's advice. What is going on today in Hungary in 2024 under the name of public service is a global scandal,\" Magyar told the crowd.\n\n\"Enough of the nastiness, enough of the lies, enough of the propaganda. Our patience has run out. The time for confrontation has come.\"\n\nBoth Hungarian and international observers have long warned that press freedom in the country is under threat and that Orb\u00e1n's party has used media buyouts by government-connected business tycoons to build a pro-government media empire.\n\nMedia watchdog Reporters Without Borders estimates that such buyouts have given Orb\u00e1n's party control of some 80% of Hungary\u2019s media market resources.\n\nIn 2021, the group put Orb\u00e1n on its list of media \"predators,\" the first EU leader to be named as such.\n\nOn Saturday, Bal\u00e1zs T\u00f6mpe, a protester that travelled several hours to attend the demonstration, called the headquarters of state broadcaster MTVA a \"factory of lies.\"\n\n\"The propaganda goes out at such a level and is so unbalanced that it\u2019s blood boiling and I think we need to raise our voices,\" he said.\n\n\"It's nonsense that only government propaganda comes out in the media that is financed by the taxpayers.\"\n\nA retired teacher from southern Hungary, \u00c1gnes Gera, said dissenting voices were censored from the public media, limiting Hungarians' access to information about political alternatives.\n\n\"It's very burdensome and unfortunate that the system works this way where the public only hears from one side and doesn\u2019t even know about the other side,\" she said.\n\nMagyar demanded the resignation of the public media director, and echoed complaints from many opposition politicians that they are not provided the opportunity to appear on public television to communicate with voters.\n\nHe called his supporters to another demonstration on 23 October, a national holiday commemorating Hungary's failed revolution against Soviet domination in 1956.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Thousands of protesters have gathered outside the headquarters of Hungary's public media corporation to demonstrate against what they say is a propaganda network operated by the nationalist government at the taxpayer's expense.<\/p>\n<p>The protest was organised by Hungary's most prominent opposition figure, P\u00e9ter Magyar.<\/p>\n<p>He heads the TISZA party, which has emerged in recent months as the most serious political challenge for Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n since he took power nearly 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6667788057190916\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//77//32//38//808x539_cmsv2_95cfbd83-a9c2-5e07-8046-f9252388dbba-8773238.jpg/" alt=\"Participants at a demonstration organised by the Hungarian opposition Tisza Party against public media in Budapest, October 5, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/32\/38\/384x256_cmsv2_95cfbd83-a9c2-5e07-8046-f9252388dbba-8773238.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/32\/38\/640x427_cmsv2_95cfbd83-a9c2-5e07-8046-f9252388dbba-8773238.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/32\/38\/750x500_cmsv2_95cfbd83-a9c2-5e07-8046-f9252388dbba-8773238.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/32\/38\/828x552_cmsv2_95cfbd83-a9c2-5e07-8046-f9252388dbba-8773238.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/32\/38\/1080x720_cmsv2_95cfbd83-a9c2-5e07-8046-f9252388dbba-8773238.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/32\/38\/1200x800_cmsv2_95cfbd83-a9c2-5e07-8046-f9252388dbba-8773238.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/32\/38\/1920x1280_cmsv2_95cfbd83-a9c2-5e07-8046-f9252388dbba-8773238.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Participants at a demonstration organised by the Hungarian opposition Tisza Party against public media in Budapest, October 5, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Szilard Koszticsak\/MTI - Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Magyar, whose party received nearly 30% of the vote in European Union elections this summer and is polling within a few points of the governing Fidesz party, has been outspoken about what he sees as the damage Orb\u00e1n's \"propaganda factory\" has done to Hungary's democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\"Repeat a lie enough times and people will believe it to be the truth. This is Adolf Hitler's advice to Fidesz, to the propaganda of the ruling party. And the disciples took their master's advice. What is going on today in Hungary in 2024 under the name of public service is a global scandal,\" Magyar told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\"Enough of the nastiness, enough of the lies, enough of the propaganda. Our patience has run out. The time for confrontation has come.\"<\/p>\n<p>Both Hungarian and international observers have long warned that press freedom in the country is under threat and that Orb\u00e1n's party has used media buyouts by government-connected business tycoons to build a pro-government media empire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1842631268170662048\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders estimates that such buyouts have given Orb\u00e1n's party control of some 80% of Hungary\u2019s media market resources.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the group put Orb\u00e1n on its list of media \"predators,\" the first EU leader to be named as such.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Bal\u00e1zs T\u00f6mpe, a protester that travelled several hours to attend the demonstration, called the headquarters of state broadcaster MTVA a \"factory of lies.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"The propaganda goes out at such a level and is so unbalanced that it\u2019s blood boiling and I think we need to raise our voices,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's nonsense that only government propaganda comes out in the media that is financed by the taxpayers.\"<\/p>\n<p>A retired teacher from southern Hungary, \u00c1gnes Gera, said dissenting voices were censored from the public media, limiting Hungarians' access to information about political alternatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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demanded the resignation of the public media director, and echoed complaints from many opposition politicians that they are not provided the opportunity to appear on public television to communicate with voters.<\/p>\n<p>He called his supporters to another demonstration on 23 October, a national holiday commemorating Hungary's failed revolution against Soviet domination in 1956.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1728157733,"updatedAt":1728168664,"publishedAt":1728168178,"firstPublishedAt":1728168178,"lastPublishedAt":1728168178,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/32\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f3fbceb8-9373-50c8-b438-b6808c97a079-8773238.jpg","altText":"Participants wave national flags during a demonstration against public media at the MTVA headquarters in Budapest, October 5, 2024","caption":"Participants wave national flags during a demonstration against public media at the MTVA headquarters in Budapest, October 5, 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FOR HOMELESS IN BUDAPEST","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Census for collecting homeless data begins in Budapest ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Census for collecting homeless data begins in Budapest ","titleListing2":"Census for collecting homeless data begins in Budapest ","leadin":"Homelessness in Hungary was criminalised in 2018 by Viktor Orb\u00e1n's ruling Fidesz party.","summary":"Homelessness in Hungary was criminalised in 2018 by Viktor Orb\u00e1n's ruling Fidesz party.","keySentence":"","url":"census-for-collecting-homeless-data-begins-in-budapest","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/04\/census-for-collecting-homeless-data-begins-in-budapest","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Authorities in Hungary have begun collecting census data on homeless people, estimating that between 1,000 and 1,500 people spend their nights on the streets of Budapest daily. \n\nOf those, estimates say around 5,000 spend their nights in hostels, with many only having funds to stay for one night. \n\nThe Shelter Foundation's (Menhely Alap\u00edtv\u00e1ny) homeless shelter on Vajdahunyad Street in central Budapest was founded in 1990 to provide refuge for people living on the streets. \n\nP\u00e9ter Gy\u0151ri, chairman of the foundation's board of trustees, says the aim of the census is to find out how many people actually sleep without shelter in the inner districts of Budapest. Next year, his foundation plans to survey those in the outer districts. \n\nIn addition to looking at the demographic and health situation of those affected, a study into how homeless people see the potential for change in their current situation will also be conducted, according to the Shelter Foundation.\n\n\"The European Union has launched a major joint international survey. The aim is to assess the scale and composition of homelessness in 10 countries, based on a common approach and a common methodology, in order to provide targeted support to reduce homelessness,\" Gy\u0151ri said. \n\nThis year, 15 cities from 10 EU countries are taking part in the research being carried out in cooperation between V\u00e1roskutat\u00e1s Kft, the Shelter Foundation, the Budapest Methodological Social Centre (BMSZKI), and the Municipality of Budapest.\n\nEuronews Hungary spoke to several homeless people in Budapest, who say they previously had a stable life. \n\n\"I was a chef in the downtown, but COVID-19 was the absolute end of hospitality. I couldn't find a solution. First I lost my job, then my flat, then my girlfriend,\" one person living on the street told Euronews under the condition of anonymity. \n\nThe Hungarian government largely does not provide aid to assist those experiencing homelessness, with Viktor Orb\u00e1n's ruling Fidesz party instead turning to criminalisation.\n\nThe country's NGOs have said homeless people are more at risk during Hungary's cold winters, when temperatures outside regularly hit 0C.\n\nThe EU Commission promotes the use of funding for individual member states to tackle mass homelessness and to make decisions based on reliable data.\n\nA 2023 report published by FEANTSA, a pan-European, non-profit organisation working with homeless people, estimates that about 890,000 people sleep rough or in a homeless shelter on any given night across the EU.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Authorities in Hungary have begun collecting census data on homeless people, estimating that between 1,000 and 1,500 people spend their nights on the streets of Budapest daily. <\/p>\n<p>Of those, estimates say around 5,000 spend their nights in hostels, with many only having funds to stay for one night. <\/p>\n<p>The Shelter Foundation's (Menhely Alap\u00edtv\u00e1ny) homeless shelter on Vajdahunyad Street in central Budapest was founded in 1990 to provide refuge for people living on the streets. <\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9ter Gy\u0151ri, chairman of the foundation's board of trustees, says the aim of the census is to find out how many people actually sleep without shelter in the inner districts of Budapest. Next year, his foundation plans to survey those in the outer districts. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to looking at the demographic and health situation of those affected, a study into how homeless people see the potential for change in their current situation will also be conducted, according to the Shelter Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\"The European Union has launched a major joint international survey. The aim is to assess the scale and composition of homelessness in 10 countries, based on a common approach and a common methodology, in order to provide targeted support to reduce homelessness,\" Gy\u0151ri said. <\/p>\n<p>This year, 15 cities from 10 EU countries are taking part in the research being carried out in cooperation between V\u00e1roskutat\u00e1s Kft, the Shelter Foundation, the Budapest Methodological Social Centre (BMSZKI), and the Municipality of Budapest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8571620\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//07//12//code-red-issued-by-government-as-heatwave-scorches-hungarys-homeless/">Hungarian government alerts services as heatwave threatens homeless<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Euronews Hungary spoke to several homeless people in Budapest, who say they previously had a stable life. <\/p>\n<p>\"I was a chef in the downtown, but COVID-19 was the absolute end of hospitality. I couldn't find a solution. First I lost my job, then my flat, then my girlfriend,\" one person living on the street told Euronews under the condition of anonymity. <\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian government largely does not provide aid to assist those experiencing homelessness, with Viktor Orb\u00e1n's ruling Fidesz party instead turning to criminalisation.<\/p>\n<p>The country's NGOs have said homeless people are more at risk during Hungary's cold winters, when temperatures outside regularly hit 0C.<\/p>\n<p>The EU Commission promotes the use of funding for individual member states to tackle mass homelessness and to make decisions based on reliable data.<\/p>\n<p>A 2023 report published by FEANTSA, a pan-European, non-profit organisation working with homeless people, estimates that about 890,000 people sleep rough or in a homeless shelter on any given night across the 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ORBAN PEACE INITIATIVE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Hungary's Orb\u00e1n rallies China and Brazil in renewed Ukraine peacemaking push","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Orb\u00e1n rallies China and Brazil in renewed Ukraine peacemaking push","titleListing2":"Hungary's Orb\u00e1n rallies China and Brazil in renewed Ukraine peacemaking push","leadin":"Kyiv \u2014 which views Orb\u00e1n's constant overtures to Moscow and pushback against support for Ukraine as hostile \u2014 is on a peace-through-victory campaign of its own and might not have any interest in hearing out Russia's demands any time soon.","summary":"Kyiv \u2014 which views Orb\u00e1n's constant overtures to Moscow and pushback against support for Ukraine as hostile \u2014 is on a peace-through-victory campaign of its own and might not have any interest in hearing out Russia's demands any time 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doesn't include the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from all Ukrainian territories, including the unilaterally annexed Crimea Moscow took for itself during the first invasion of 2014.\n\nBut if Brussels won't back him, others might \u2014 although this could require further careful massaging.\n\nBrazil might need to be convinced Orb\u00e1n means well after Hungary provoked President Lula da Silva by offering Jair Bolsonaro refuge at its embassy in Bras\u00edlia following his failed reelection bid and a resulting storming of the country's institutions by Bolsonaro's supporters back in March.\n\nBut most importantly, Kyiv \u2014 which views Orb\u00e1n's constant overtures to Moscow and pushback against support for Ukraine as hostile \u2014 is on a peace-through-victory push of its own and might not have any interest in hearing out Putin's demands any time soon.\n\nZelenskyy told the UN General Assembly last Wednesday there's no alternative to the peace formula he presented two years ago as he continued to talk up his blueprint for victory that would force Moscow to end the war on Ukraine's terms.\n\n\u201cAny parallel or alternative attempts to seek peace are, in fact, efforts to achieve a lull instead of an end to the war,\u201d Zelenskyy said, urging nations to \u201cput pressure on\u201d Russia.\n\n\u201cDo not divide the world. Be united nations,\u201d he implored. \u201cAnd that will bring us peace.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Despite harsh criticism for his earlier mediation efforts, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n seems undeterred \u2014 and is again busy rounding up world countries to push for his peacemaking plan for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>On the sidelines of last week's UN General Assembly, the Hungarian leader quietly worked the room, asking China and Brazil to join him in organising a peace summit that would bring Moscow and Kyiv to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p>The get-together could also see leaders of France and Switzerland among those present, Swiss outlet Weltwoche, who spoke to Orb\u00e1n in New York, reported.<\/p>\n<p>\"The dying must stop,\" Orb\u00e1n said, explaining his intensive negotiations with Beijing and Bras\u00edlia came in a renewed push for what he sees as peace with Russia after his attempts to convince Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy he was running out of time failed.<\/p>\n<p>However, things did not go down well with many last time the Hungarian PM set out to do something similar.<\/p>\n<h2>'Do not divide the world'<\/h2><p>Right after the central European country took over the EU presidency in June, Orb\u00e1n went on a world peace tour to Kyiv, Moscow and Beijing, irking his European counterparts with his self-appointed role as a roving European ambassador-slash-negotiator. <\/p>\n<p>While one part of the ire came from Brussels insisting Orb\u00e1n's \u201cPeace Mission 3.0\u201d could only be done in Budapest's name, EU leaders were unhappy with the prospect of being in the same room with Russia's Vladimir Putin to discuss Ukraine on his terms, as the bloc vehemently opposes the unprovoked all-out invasion Moscow launched in early 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv has rejected any possibility of debating peace with the Kremlin that doesn't include the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from all Ukrainian territories, including the unilaterally annexed Crimea Moscow took for itself during the first invasion of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>But if Brussels won't back him, others might \u2014 although this could require further careful massaging.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil might need to be convinced Orb\u00e1n means well after Hungary provoked President Lula da Silva by offering Jair Bolsonaro refuge at its embassy in Bras\u00edlia following his failed reelection bid and a resulting storming of the country's institutions by Bolsonaro's supporters back in March.<\/p>\n<p>But most importantly, Kyiv \u2014 which views Orb\u00e1n's constant overtures to Moscow and pushback against support for Ukraine as hostile \u2014 is on a peace-through-victory push of its own and might not have any interest in hearing out Putin's demands any time soon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8756626,8754180\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//09//26//hungary-pm-orbans-advisor-in-hot-water-for-saying-resisting-russia-is-irresponsible/">Hungary PM Orb\u00e1n's advisor in hot water for saying resisting Russia is irresponsible<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//09//25//ukraine-urges-world-leaders-not-to-seek-an-out-from-russias-war-instead-of-true-peace/">Ukraine urges world leaders not to seek 'an out' from Russia's war instead of true peace<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zelenskyy told the UN General Assembly last Wednesday there's no alternative to the peace formula he presented two years ago as he continued to talk up his blueprint for victory that would force Moscow to end the war on Ukraine's terms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny parallel or alternative attempts to seek peace are, in fact, efforts to achieve a lull instead of an end to the war,\u201d Zelenskyy said, urging nations to \u201cput pressure on\u201d Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not divide the world. Be united nations,\u201d he implored. \u201cAnd that will bring us peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1727683988,"updatedAt":1727695472,"publishedAt":1727689001,"firstPublishedAt":1727689001,"lastPublishedAt":1727695472,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/19\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1dbe7f07-8144-531d-a711-0625471daccc-8761946.jpg","altText":"FILE: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban waits after delivering a speech at Tusvanyos Summer University, in Baile Tusnad, Harghita county, Romania, 27 July 2024","caption":"FILE: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban waits after delivering a speech at Tusvanyos Summer University, in Baile Tusnad, Harghita county, Romania, 27 July 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Alexandru 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Orb\u00e1n Bal\u00e1zs '56","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Hungary PM Orb\u00e1n's advisor in hot water for saying resisting Russia is irresponsible","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Orb\u00e1n's advisor slammed for saying resisting Russia is irresponsible","titleListing2":"Hungary PM Orb\u00e1n's advisor in hot water for saying resisting Russia is irresponsible","leadin":"Bal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n made comparisons between the 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, which didn't sit well with the opposition at home.","summary":"Bal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n made comparisons between the 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, which didn't sit well with the opposition at home.","keySentence":"","url":"hungary-pm-orbans-advisor-in-hot-water-for-saying-resisting-russia-is-irresponsible","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/09\/26\/hungary-pm-orbans-advisor-in-hot-water-for-saying-resisting-russia-is-irresponsible","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"If Russia rolled its tanks into Hungary as it did in 1956, Budapest would have thought twice about defending itself from the invasion, unlike Kyiv, according to the Hungarian premier's political advisor, Bal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n.\n\nOrb\u00e1n \u2014 who is not related to Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n \u2014 explained on a podcast on Wednesday that Hungary had learned its lesson and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision to stand up to Moscow in early 2022 was \"irresponsible\".\n\n\"He put his country on the defensive in a war, so many people died, so much territory was lost,\" Orb\u00e1n explained to the conservative outlet Mardiner.\n\n\"I repeat, it's their right, it's their sovereign decision, they could have done it, but if we had been asked, we would not have advised it because in '56 what happened happened.\" \n\n\"Because we have learned that we must be careful here, and we must be careful with very precious Hungarian lives. You cannot just throw them away in front of others.\"\n\nViktor Orb\u00e1n's political director also said that he believed any provocation was counterproductive, adding that 80-90% of the Hungarian people agree with the Hungarian government's policy on Russia's war in Ukraine.\n\n'Outrageous sentences'\n\nOrb\u00e1n's words sparked a series of reactions at home, leading opposition politicians to slam him over his reading of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, meant to liberate the country from the Soviet Union, which in turn crushed the resistance with tanks and rifles.\n\nP\u00e9ter Magyar, chairman of the opposition Tisza party, said that such a person should not hold public office alongside the Hungarian prime minister and should resign before 23 October, the national day commemorating the uprising, \n\n\"Quite outrageous sentences, with which the brightest 13 days of the 20th-century Hungarian history were sacrificed on the altar of vile daily propaganda communication,\" Magyar said in a post on Facebook. \n\n\"With these sentences, Bal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n has humiliated the memory of thousands of Hungarian freedom fighters, hundreds of whom \u2014 unlike Bal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n \u2014 were willing to sacrifice their lives for the freedom and independence of their country,\" Magyar wrote.\n\nMP Ferenc Gyurcs\u00e1ny, former prime minister of Hungary and leader of the centre-left Democratic Coalition party, said that the statement by the Hungarian prime minister's closest associate means that the Orb\u00e1n government would \"hand Hungary over to the Russians without resistance\". \n\nMP and the co-chairman of Hungary's Green Party, P\u00e9ter Ung\u00e1r, said that someone who considers himself a representative of the nation cannot claim that Hungary would not defend itself against Russian military aggression.\n\nBal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n fired back in a statement on Facebook, rejecting the allegations that his words were offensive to the memory of those killed in the mid-1950s revolution, calling the reactions \"outrageous\".\n\n\"There is no stopping the train of the war propaganda press,\" Orb\u00e1n said.\n\n\"The war should never have started and should have been brought to a diplomatic end as soon as possible. Everyone would have been much better off.\"\n\nIn 1956, Soviet troops intervened in the central European country, then firmly behind the Iron Curtain, killing around 6,000 Hungarians \u2014 half of which were civilians \u2014 and forcing tens of thousands into exile in nearly two weeks of fighting after revolutionaries deposed the Communist Party government in Budapest for acting as a puppet of the Kremlin.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>If Russia rolled its tanks into Hungary as it did in 1956, Budapest would have thought twice about defending itself from the invasion, unlike Kyiv, according to the Hungarian premier's political advisor, Bal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n \u2014 who is not related to Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n \u2014 explained on a podcast on Wednesday that Hungary had learned its lesson and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision to stand up to Moscow in early 2022 was \"irresponsible\".<\/p>\n<p>\"He put his country on the defensive in a war, so many people died, so much territory was lost,\" Orb\u00e1n explained to the conservative outlet Mardiner.<\/p>\n<p>\"I repeat, it's their right, it's their sovereign decision, they could have done it, but if we had been asked, we would not have advised it because in '56 what happened happened.\" <\/p>\n<p>\"Because we have learned that we must be careful here, and we must be careful with very precious Hungarian lives. You cannot just throw them away in front of others.\"<\/p>\n<p>Viktor Orb\u00e1n's political director also said that he believed any provocation was counterproductive, adding that 80-90% of the Hungarian people agree with the Hungarian government's policy on Russia's war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h2>'Outrageous sentences'<\/h2><p>Orb\u00e1n's words sparked a series of reactions at home, leading opposition politicians to slam him over his reading of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, meant to liberate the country from the Soviet Union, which in turn crushed the resistance with tanks and rifles.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9ter Magyar, chairman of the opposition Tisza party, said that such a person should not hold public office alongside the Hungarian prime minister and should resign before 23 October, the national day commemorating the uprising, <\/p>\n<p>\"Quite outrageous sentences, with which the brightest 13 days of the 20th-century Hungarian history were sacrificed on the altar of vile daily propaganda communication,\" Magyar said in a post on Facebook. <\/p>\n<p>\"With these sentences, Bal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n has humiliated the memory of thousands of Hungarian freedom fighters, hundreds of whom \u2014 unlike Bal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n \u2014 were willing to sacrifice their lives for the freedom and independence of their country,\" Magyar wrote.<\/p>\n<p>MP Ferenc Gyurcs\u00e1ny, former prime minister of Hungary and leader of the centre-left Democratic Coalition party, said that the statement by the Hungarian prime minister's closest associate means that the Orb\u00e1n government would \"hand Hungary over to the Russians without resistance\". <\/p>\n<p>MP and the co-chairman of Hungary's Green Party, P\u00e9ter Ung\u00e1r, said that someone who considers himself a representative of the nation cannot claim that Hungary would not defend itself against Russian military aggression.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8702348,8700266\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//09//03//hungary-hits-back-at-baltic-and-nordic-critics-of-visa-scheme-for-russians-and-belarusians/">Hungary hits back at Baltic and Nordic critics of visa scheme for Russians and Belarusians<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//09//04//eu-and-hungarian-officials-trade-barbs-over-visa-scheme-for-russian-citizens/">EU and Hungarian officials clash over visa scheme for Russian citizens<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bal\u00e1zs Orb\u00e1n fired back in a statement on Facebook, rejecting the allegations that his words were offensive to the memory of those killed in the mid-1950s revolution, calling the reactions \"outrageous\".<\/p>\n<p>\"There is no stopping the train of the war propaganda press,\" Orb\u00e1n said.<\/p>\n<p>\"The war should never have started and should have been brought to a diplomatic end as soon as possible. Everyone would have been much better off.\"<\/p>\n<p>In 1956, Soviet troops intervened in the central European country, then firmly behind the Iron Curtain, killing around 6,000 Hungarians \u2014 half of which were civilians \u2014 and forcing tens of thousands into exile in nearly two weeks of fighting after revolutionaries deposed the Communist Party government in Budapest for acting as a puppet of the Kremlin.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1727356072,"updatedAt":1727367812,"publishedAt":1727360145,"firstPublishedAt":1727360145,"lastPublishedAt":1727367812,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/75\/66\/26\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d5304624-123d-57e3-8851-777824c5570e-8756626.jpg","altText":"FILE: Political director of Prime Minster Viktor Orban of Hungary, Balazs Orban, attends the Worldwide Freedom Initiative event in Paris, 10 November 2023","caption":"FILE: Political director of Prime Minster Viktor Orban of Hungary, Balazs Orban, 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key interest rate by a quarter-point to 6.5%.\n\nThe decision comes after policymakers decided to hold interest rates steady in August, marking the first pause after 15 consecutive monthly cuts.\n\nEasing inflation in Hungary, along with movement from other central banks, has nonetheless allowed the MNB to resume its easing cycle.\n\nAlthough the rate of price rises was flat on a monthly basis in August, year-on-year inflation fell to 3.4%.\n\nHungary's ability to lower borrowing costs has been boosted by the Federal Reserve's decision to cut its benchmark interest rate by a half-point last week.\n\nThat was the first time the US central bank had lowered borrowing costs in more than four years.\n\nThe European Central Bank, meanwhile, reduced its deposit facility rate by a quarter-point to 3.5% earlier this month.\n\nHungary's benchmark rate is still, however, the joint highest figure in the European Union - tied with Romania.\n\n\"The central bank's cautious, patient and 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Thus, we expect that tight monetary policy is here to stay for the rest\u00a0of the year.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) has lowered its key interest rate by a quarter-point to 6.5%.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes after policymakers decided to hold interest rates steady in August, marking the first pause after 15 consecutive monthly cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Easing inflation in Hungary, along with movement from other central banks, has nonetheless allowed the MNB to resume its easing cycle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-flourish widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart u-min-height-375\" data-src=\"visualisation\/19530336?92060\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Although the rate of price rises was flat on a monthly basis in August, year-on-year inflation fell to 3.4%.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-flourish widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart u-min-height-375\" data-src=\"visualisation\/19530227?92060\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hungary's ability to lower borrowing costs has been boosted by the Federal Reserve's decision to cut its benchmark interest rate by a half-point last week.<\/p>\n<p>That was the first time the US central bank had lowered borrowing costs in more than four years.<\/p>\n<p>The European Central Bank, meanwhile, reduced its deposit facility rate by a quarter-point to 3.5% earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary's benchmark rate is still, however, the joint highest figure in the European Union - tied with Romania.<\/p>\n<p>\"The central bank's cautious, patient and stability-oriented approach was not damaged by today's decision,\" ING's senior economist for Hungary, P\u00e9ter Virov\u00e1cz, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\"The downside surprise in the August inflation data (both headline and core), the relative market stability (with the EUR\/HUF trading in a tight range) and the Fed's 50bp jumbo rate cut were more than enough reasons to cut today after a brief pause in August,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>Barna Szab\u00f3, chief economist at the Equilibrium Institute, told Euronews that despite the cut, \"the policy\u00a0stance remains\u00a0tight [and] real interest rates remain high\".<\/p>\n<p>\"MNB policy is particularly strict considering that inflation is within the 3% plus\/minus 1 percentage point tolerance\u00a0band of the MNB, and the weakness of domestic demand.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"However, the MNB puts a high priority on the stability of the forint-euro exchange rate, which explains the cautious approach. Thus, we expect that tight monetary policy is here to stay for the rest\u00a0of the year.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1727176900,"updatedAt":1727191633,"publishedAt":1727184034,"firstPublishedAt":1727184034,"lastPublishedAt":1727191633,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/75\/14\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_612450f6-11b3-54cd-8785-c9b8e5ebc198-8751458.jpg","altText":"Budapest, Hungary.","caption":"Budapest, Hungary.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2734,"urlSafeValue":"butler","title":"Eleanor Butler","twitter":"@eleanorfbutler"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":143,"slug":"hungary","urlSafeValue":"hungary","title":"Hungary","titleRaw":"Hungary"},{"id":7967,"slug":"interest-rates","urlSafeValue":"interest-rates","title":"Interest rates","titleRaw":"Interest rates"},{"id":150,"slug":"inflation","urlSafeValue":"inflation","title":"Inflation","titleRaw":"Inflation"},{"id":30008,"slug":"banque-centrale","urlSafeValue":"banque-centrale","title":"central bank","titleRaw":"central bank"},{"id":20850,"slug":"monetary-policy","urlSafeValue":"monetary-policy","title":"monetary policy","titleRaw":"monetary policy"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"flourish","count":2}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"economy","urlSafeValue":"economy","title":"Economy","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/economy\/economy"},"vertical":"business","verticals":[{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"themes":[{"id":"economy","urlSafeValue":"economy","title":"Economy","url":"\/business\/economy"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":72,"urlSafeValue":"economy","title":"Economy"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":143,"urlSafeValue":"hungary","title":"Hungary","url":"\/news\/europe\/hungary"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/business\/2024\/09\/24\/hungary-cuts-key-interest-rate-boosted-by-us-fed-reserve-decision","lastModified":1727191633},{"id":2637298,"cid":8750354,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240923_NWSU_56577351","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"HUNGARY FLOOD NUCLEAR PLANT","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Flooding did not pose threat to Hungary's only nuclear power plant","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Floods did not pose a threat to Hungary's only nuclear power plant","leadin":"The flooding as a result of the heavy rainfall across Central Europe did not pose a risk to the Paks nuclear power plant's energy production.","summary":"The flooding as a result of the heavy rainfall across Central Europe did not pose a risk to the Paks nuclear power plant's energy production.","keySentence":"","url":"flooding-did-not-pose-threat-to-hungarys-only-nuclear-power-plant","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/09\/23\/flooding-did-not-pose-threat-to-hungarys-only-nuclear-power-plant","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The heavy rainfull brought by Storm Boris left a trail of destruction as it passed over Central Europe, resulting in extreme floods from Romania to Poland.\n\nThe city of Pacs in Central Hungary was not spared by the heavy flooding, as the water levels of the Danube River peaked at 806 centimetres near the city. \n\nHowever, the high water levels, which are now\u00a0slowly receding, did not impact the plant's energy production. The\u00a0necessary precautions were taken to ensure that the Paks nuclear power plant was able to continue to operate without disruption.\n\nWatch the video in the player above to find out more.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The heavy rainfull brought by Storm Boris left a trail of destruction as it passed over Central Europe, resulting in extreme floods from Romania to Poland.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Pacs in Central Hungary was not spared by the heavy flooding, as the water levels of the Danube River peaked at 806 centimetres near the city. <\/p>\n<p>However, the high water levels, which are now\u00a0slowly receding, did not impact the plant's energy production. The\u00a0necessary precautions were taken to ensure that the Paks nuclear power plant was able to continue to operate without disruption.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the video in the player above to find out more.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1727123142,"updatedAt":1727181193,"publishedAt":1727130708,"firstPublishedAt":1727130708,"lastPublishedAt":1727130708,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/75\/03\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9f24cf07-f15d-5eff-8375-d2641f1392fb-8750354.jpg","altText":"The Paks Plant is Hungary's only nuclear power plant. ","caption":"The Paks Plant is Hungary's only nuclear power plant. 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PAGER COMPANY OWNER","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Owner of exploding pager firm under Hungarian protection, mother says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Exploding pager firm owner under Hungarian protection, mother says","titleListing2":"Owner of 'exploding pager' firm under Hungarian protection, mother says","leadin":"Cristiana B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono's company came under scrutiny after a Taiwanese firm said it had authorised BAC Consulting to use its name on the pagers that were detonated in fatal attacks in Lebanon and Syria.","summary":"Cristiana B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono's company came under scrutiny after a Taiwanese firm said it had authorised BAC Consulting to use its name on the pagers that were detonated in fatal attacks in Lebanon and Syria.","keySentence":"","url":"owner-of-exploding-pager-firm-under-hungarian-protection-mother-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/09\/20\/owner-of-exploding-pager-firm-under-hungarian-protection-mother-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The woman whose company has been linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria this week is under the protection of the Hungarian secret services, her mother has said.\n\nCristiana B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono has not appeared publicly since the deadly simultaneous attack that targeted Hezbollah on Tuesday and that has been widely blamed on Israel.\n\nShe is listed as the CEO of Budapest-based BAC Consulting, which the Taiwanese trademark holder of the pagers said was responsible for the manufacture of the devices.\n\nHer mother, Beatrix B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono, told the AP on Friday that her daughter had received unspecified threats and \"is currently in a safe place protected by the Hungarian secret services\".\n\n\"Hungarian secret services advised her not to talk to media,\" she said by phone from Sicily.\n\nHungary's national security authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and Euronews could not independently verify the claim.\n\nTwo days of attacks this week, first targeting pagers and then walkie-talkies, have killed at least 37 people and wounded more than 3,000, including civilians. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government have blamed Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied involvement.\n\nCristiana B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono's company came under scrutiny after Gold Apollo, a Taiwanese firm, said it had authorised BAC Consulting to use its name on the pagers that were used in the first attack, but that the Hungarian company was responsible for manufacturing and design.\n\nOn Wednesday, a Hungarian government spokesman said the pagers delivered to Hezbollah were never in Hungary, and that BAC Consulting merely acted as an intermediary.\n\nBeatrix B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono, who also uses the name Beatrice, echoed that.\n\n\"She is not involved in any way, she was just a broker,\" she said. \"The items did not pass through Budapest ... They were not produced in Hungary.\"\n\nBAC Consulting shares the ground floor of a modest building in Budapest with numerous other enterprises but has no physical offices and uses the property in Hungary's capital \u2014 like the other companies based there \u2014 only as an official address, according to a woman who emerged from the building earlier this week and refused to be named.\n\nThe company's website said it specialised in \"environment, development, and international affairs\". The corporate registry listed 118 official functions, including sugar and oil production, retail jewellery sales and natural gas extraction.\n\nIt brought in around \u20ac650,000 in revenue in 2022 and some \u20ac593,000 in 2023, according to the company registry. Last year, the company spent nearly \u20ac290,000, or around 55% of its revenue, on \"equipment\".\n\nThe company's website has been unavailable since Wednesday.\n\nA cross-European career\n\nBeatrix B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono said her daughter was born in Sicily and studied at the University of Catania there before pursuing a PhD in London. She worked in Paris and Vienna before moving to Budapest in October 2016 to care for her elderly grandmother.\n\nIn May 2022, she incorporated the company at the heart of the mystery of the pagers.\n\nOn social media, the younger B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono describes herself as a strategic adviser and business developer with a doctorate who has worked for major international organisations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency and the CARE humanitarian agency, as well as for venture capital firms.\n\nThe 49-year-old received her PhD from University College London, where she was enrolled in the early to mid-2000s, according to her LinkedIn page. There, she worked with \u00c1kos K\u00f6v\u00e9r, a Hungarian physicist and now-retired professor, who confirmed her enrollment.\n\nK\u00f6v\u00e9r said of B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono in an email to the AP: \"At the time, we also published some joint articles. I am not aware of her other activities, as far as I know she has not done any scientific work since then.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The woman whose company has been linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria this week is under the protection of the Hungarian secret services, her mother has said.<\/p>\n<p>Cristiana B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono has not appeared publicly since the deadly simultaneous attack that targeted Hezbollah on Tuesday and that has been widely blamed on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>She is listed as the CEO of Budapest-based BAC Consulting, which the Taiwanese trademark holder of the pagers said was responsible for the manufacture of the devices.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother, Beatrix B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono, told the AP on Friday that her daughter had received unspecified threats and \"is currently in a safe place protected by the Hungarian secret services\".<\/p>\n<p>\"Hungarian secret services advised her not to talk to media,\" she said by phone from Sicily.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary's national security authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and Euronews could not independently verify the claim.<\/p>\n<p>Two days of attacks this week, first targeting pagers and then walkie-talkies, have killed at least 37 people and wounded more than 3,000, including civilians. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government have blamed Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied involvement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8739654,8742482,8742178\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//09//18//dozens-of-hezbollah-members-wounded-in-lebanon-by-exploding-pagers/">What was Hungarian company's role in manufacturing pagers that exploded in Lebanon?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//09//18//lebanon-attack-why-is-hezbollah-using-pagers-and-how-could-they-have-been-made-to-explode/">Lebanon attack: Why is Hezbollah using pagers and how could they have been made to explode?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//09//18//further-blasts-go-off-across-lebanon-a-day-after-pagers-attack/">Further blasts targeting Hezbollah walkie-talkies go off across Lebanon a day after pager attack<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cristiana B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono's company came under scrutiny after Gold Apollo, a Taiwanese firm, said it had authorised BAC Consulting to use its name on the pagers that were used in the first attack, but that the Hungarian company was responsible for manufacturing and design.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, a Hungarian government spokesman said the pagers delivered to Hezbollah were never in Hungary, and that BAC Consulting merely acted as an intermediary.<\/p>\n<p>Beatrix B\u00e1rsony-Arcidiacono, who also uses the name Beatrice, echoed that.<\/p>\n<p>\"She is not involved in any way, she was just a broker,\" she said. \"The items did not pass through Budapest ... They were not produced in Hungary.\"<\/p>\n<p>BAC Consulting shares the ground floor of a modest building in Budapest with numerous other enterprises but has no physical offices and uses the property in Hungary's capital \u2014 like the other companies based there \u2014 only as an official address, according to a woman who emerged from the building earlier this week and refused to be named.<\/p>\n<p>The company's website said it specialised in \"environment, development, and international affairs\". The corporate registry listed 118 official functions, including sugar and oil production, retail jewellery sales and natural gas extraction.<\/p>\n<p>It brought in around \u20ac650,000 in revenue in 2022 and some \u20ac593,000 in 2023, according to the company registry. 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