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HUNGARY

Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 28, 2015
Some 50 migrant corpses found in Hungary-licensed refrigerator truck abandoned in Austria
Austrian police found as many as 50 dead refugees left in an abandoned truck on a highway near Vienna, sparking international calls to deal with the flood of migrants to the European Union.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 9, 2015
On European Commission leader's watch list, EU struggles to curb Hungary's Orban
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban took it as a joke but his supporters at home were furious when European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker saluted him with an audible "Hello dictator" before the world's cameras last month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2015
Putin finds warm welcome in Hungary, despite European chill
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed a deal to keep supplying gas to Hungary on Tuesday during a visit to Budapest that cemented Hungary's close ties with the Kremlin as the rest of Europe gives Russia the cold shoulder over the fighting in Ukraine.
WORLD
Oct 27, 2014
Thousands of Hungarians protest Internet traffic tax
Thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest on Sunday against a planned new tax on Internet data transfers, which they said would not only increase the tax burden but would also curb fundamental democratic rights and freedoms.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2014
Hungary: European Union's only dictatorship?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor, whose party just won an overwhelming parliamentary victory at the polls, is living proof that EU membership is not an effective antidote to authoritarianism.

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