NEWS WATCH: 10 Million To Die Of Tuberculosis, Red Cross Warns
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent reporting from Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFCR) warned Thursday, March 24, that millions of people will die of tuberculosis, unless the international community intervenes.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFCR) warned Thursday, March 24, that millions of people will die of tuberculosis, unless the international community intervenes. BUDAPEST BRAINWAVE: Hungarian ‘Aid’
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife Columns)-- Stop the press! Hungary's center-right government is launching an aid operation for victims of Japan's worst earthquake on record and tsunami.NEWS WATCH: Hungarian Intellectuals Fear Government’s “Culture War”
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."Poland Parliamentarians Back Resolution Defending Persecuted Christians
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST/WARSAW (BosNewsLife)-- A parliamentary commission has urged Poland's parliament to support a resolution in defense of persecuted Christians, following the killing of a Polish missionary priest and a Christian minister in Pakistan.
NEWS WATCH: Belarus Denies Torture Of Political Prisoners
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent, BosNewsLife
MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Belarus has denied allegations of large-scale torture in a secret service jail for political prisoners. The statement comes after a just-released former presidential candidate and a leading activist spoke to reporters about the alleged mistreatment of inmates.
NEWS WATCH: EU, NATO, UN Discuss Intervention in Libya
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST/GODOLLO (BosNewsLife)--United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay has called for international intervention in Libya to stop mass killings and bloodshed that she said may amount to crimes against humanity. Her comments Friday came as European defense ministers met in Hungary, where NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen did not rule out enforcing a no-fly zone above Libya among other measures to end the violence. NEWS ALERT: Hungary To Change Media Law; Christian News Agency Not Yet Celebrating
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The founder of Central and Eastern Europe's first online Christian news agency has welcomed the Hungarian government's pledge to ammend a controversial media law that critics saw as a threat to press freedom, but he cautioned it was to early to celebrate.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The founder of Central and Eastern Europe's first online Christian news agency has welcomed the Hungarian government's pledge to ammend a controversial media law that critics saw as a threat to press freedom, but he cautioned it was to early to celebrate. NEWS WATCH: Austria, Germany, Visegrad Group Condemn Belarus Crackdown
By BosNewsLife News Center
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The Austrian and German chancellors and prime ministers of Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland have condemned the arrests of dissidents in Belarus and say they support a travel ban and freeze of assets of Belarus officials.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The Austrian and German chancellors and prime ministers of Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland have condemned the arrests of dissidents in Belarus and say they support a travel ban and freeze of assets of Belarus officials. Hungary Nominates Cuban Dissident For Nobel Peace Prize
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
BUDAPEST/HAVANA (BosNewsLife)-- One of Cuba's most known "political prisoners" has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Hungary's prime minister and other prominent politicians, a well-informed advocacy group confirmed Monday, February 14.Top War Crimes Suspect Charged In Hungary
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewslife
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungarian prosecutors say they have charged a former Hungarian military officer with war crimes in the World War Two massacre of up to 1,200 civilians in neighboring Serbia. The decision to charge Sandor Kepiro follows pressure from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which is searching for Nazi war criminals around the world.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungarian prosecutors say they have charged a former Hungarian military officer with war crimes in the World War Two massacre of up to 1,200 civilians in neighboring Serbia. The decision to charge Sandor Kepiro follows pressure from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which is searching for Nazi war criminals around the world. 
