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Hungary Launches Wallenberg Memorial Year
seattletimes.nwsource.com 4 weeks, 1 day agoGovernment ministers from Hungary, Sweden and Israel on Tuesday launched the Raoul Wallenberg Year, commemorating the centennial of the birth of the Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.
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EU Launches Legal Challenges Against Hungary
thestate.com 4 weeks, 1 day agoThe European Union and Hungary brought their fight over democratic rights fully into the open Tuesday, with the EU Commission launching legal challenges against the former Soviet-bloc country many fear may be slipping back toward authoritarianism. The EU's executive Commission said the new constitution that came into force Jan. 1 undermines the independence of the national central bank and the judiciary and does not respect data privacy principles. Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose grip on power has alread









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