Evangelical Leaders Agree To Tackle Europe’s “Death Culture”

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest, Hungary BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of evangelical leaders have agreed to improve cooperation between their organizations amid mounting concerns about the moral and economic decline of Europe, organizers said.

Millions To Pray For “Persecuted Church”

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST/LONDON (BosNewsLife)-- Churches in Britain and Ireland participated Sunday, October 6, in the 'International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church' (IDOP), ahead of a similar global event next week.

Hungary Buries Ex-Premier Horn, Praised For Fall Communism

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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Boshornnow BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary on Monday, July 8, buried its former Prime Minister Gyula Horn, who played a daring role in the collapse of Communism throughout Europe and the reunification of Germany, by allowing thousands of East Germans to leave to the West when his nation was still a Soviet-occupied state

Concerns Over ‘Religious Discrimination’ In Hungary’s New Constitution

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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos voa_bos_hungary_protest_300_eng_14jan11BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Smaller evangelical churches and other faith groups faced more uncertainty Monday, September 23, after Hungary's parliament adopted amendments to a controversial constitution.

BosNewsLife’s Week in Review: Worship Amid Deadly Blasts, Closing Churches, Saying Farewell (Oct.27-Nov.3)

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By BosNewsLife News Center BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- BosNewsLife's October 27-November 3 newsweek was marked by reports of deadly attacks against Christians, church closures, detentions, a violent storm and saying farewell to one of the news agency's own giants.

NEWS WATCH: Hungary Jails Home Birth Advocate Dr. Geréb

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest, Hungary BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- A Hungarian court has upheld a two-year prison sentence against an internationally respected obstetrician and midwife who advocated for home births in Hungary after years of hardline childbirth policies in this conservative-ruled nation.

Hungarians In ‘March of Living’ After Historic Holocaust Funeral

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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest MARCH OF LIVINGBUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of Hungarians have participated in the 'March of the Living' to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, shortly after the remains of about 20 executed people, most of them Ashkenazi Jews, were buried in Budapest's Jewish cemetery.

NEWS WATCH: Clinton Questions Hungary’s Democratic Credentials

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has raised concerns with Hungary's government about legislative measures that critics claim limit press freedom and reduce powers of previously independent institutions. Clinton also expressed solidarity with pro-democracy activists in Egypt, where she says the U.S. will re-open talks with the controversial Muslim Brotherhood group.

NEWS WATCH: Hungarian Intellectuals Fear Government’s “Culture War”

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungarian artists and intellectuals may be forgiven for thinking twice before expressing their thoughts these days. Critics say the center-right government and its allies have effectively launched a "culture war."

Roma ‘Fresco Village’ Turns Hungary Hardship Into Hope (Special Feature)

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Bódvalenke, Hungary FrescoBODVALENKE, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- A malnourished villager in northeastern Hungary, who claims to be 20-years-old, smiles while holding her premature baby in her arms. She likes a recently completed fresco showing Gypsy life and references to Jesus Christ. Nearby children are finishing the 33rd mural in Bódvalenke, the world's only Fresco Village painted by Gypsy artists, also known as Roma.