NEWS WATCH: 100,000 Hungarians Rally For Embattled Prime Minister Amid EU Row

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- At least 100,000 Hungarians, many of them arriving from the countryside and neighboring nations, marched for Hungary's center-right government and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Saturday, January 21, in what the opposition compared to a rally in North Korea.  

Dozens Of Catholic Missionaries Killed In 2011

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By BosNewsLife News Center
VATICAN CITY/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)--  The Vatican's missionary news agency says more than two dozen priests, nuns and lay Catholics were killed worldwide in 2011, BosNewsLife monitored Monday, January 16.

NEWS ALERT: Extremists Protest Hungary’s EU Membership; Burn Flag (News Watch)

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Supporters of a far-right party known for its antisemitic rhetoric and threats against Gypsies, or Roma, have demonstrated against Hungary's European Union membership.



		                

NEWS ALERT: Some 100,000 Hungarians Demonstrate Against Constitution,”Dictatorship”

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- As many as 100,000 Hungarians have protested against a new constitution and related laws which, they say, are used by the government to introduce dictatorship in the largest such demonstration since Prime Minister Viktor Orbán came to power.

NEWS WATCH: Europe Ushers In New Year With Worries Over Economic Future

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Europe has ushered in the New Year amid warnings from European leaders there are tough tasks ahead to save the euro currency and overcome the deepest economic crisis in decades.

BREAKING NEWS: Thousands of Hungarians Demonstrate Against “End of Democracy”

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of Hungarians demonstrated on New Years Eve against "the end of democracy" ahead of a new constitution and restrictive church law which will be enforced Sunday, January 1.   

NEWS ALERT: Hungary Approves Restrictive Church Law Amid Evangelical Protests

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of protesting pastors and other evangelical Christians failed Friday, December 30, to prevent the adoption of the European Union's most restrictive church law, limiting the number of faith groups recognized, and supported, by the state.  

NEWS WATCH: US, EU Express Concern About Hungary’s ‘Crackdown’ on Democracy

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's government says it has received a letter from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in which she reportedly expresses concerns about a perceived crackdown on democratic freedom in the country, more than two decades after Hungary threw out the Communist regime. The letter arrived just days after the European Commission urged Hungary to withdraw legislation that critics claim will lead to a government takeover of the Central Bank.
 

NEWS ALERT: Hungary’s New Churches Losing Recognition; Evangelicals Among Those Targeted

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- A key official of Hungary's ruling center-right Fidesz party has submitted a draft law to parliament that is expected to make it potentially impossible for newer evangelical churches to be recognized by the state.

American Evangelist Franklin Graham To Preach In Hungary

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest, Hungary
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- American evangelist Franklin Graham is to visit Hungary next year for a three-day evangelistic festival in the country's largest indoor sports stadium in hope to spread "the Good News of Jesus Christ" to as many people as possible, the preacher and organizers said.