Hungary

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest  HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The appointment of a right-wing director at Budapest's New Theater raises new worries about freedom in the arts. Hungarians are protesting what they see as too much interference by the government.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLIfe reporting from Budapest, Hungary BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The former prime minister of Hungary, Ferenc Gyurcsány, has ended a week-long hunger strike that he said was aimed at ensuring free and fair elections. Gyurscany has expressed concerns over plans by the government to overhaul the election system in the young democracy of this European Union nation.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- European Union leaders have ruled out a multi-billion dollar rescue plan for Eastern Europe in the face of the global economic crisis, despite warnings from Hungary that the rejection could lead to an economic "iron curtain" across the continent.

Listen to the shorter BosNewsLife News report via Vatican Radio: BNLRadio By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspodent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewslife)-- The Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center has welcomed a decision by Hungarian authorities to charge one of the world's most wanted war crimes suspects with involvement in abusing Jews and assisting in their murder during World War Two.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife Columns)-- We knew Viktor Orbán's government was arrogant. Hungary's autocratic prime minister doesn't like criticism. He is in a war-of-words with virtually all Europe-minded organizations on the planet. But his arrogance has reached a new high, or low.

--Late Author Accused Of Stealing Identity By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- A Hungarian-born Jewish survivor of Nazi death camps isn't surprised that only a few people attended the funeral for self-proclaimed Holocaust witness and famed author Elie Wiesel. "They buried Wiesel quickly after his death so journalists could not see that he didn't have a tattoo of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp," said Nikolaus (Miklós) Grüner.

BosNewsLife WORLD WATCH By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST/KELEBIJA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of migrants fleeing war, persecution, and poverty camped at the border with...

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with reporting from Brussels and Jerusalem JERUSALEM/BRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Israel's government has condemned the shooting and killing of as many as four people at the Jewish Museum in Belgium's capital Brussels, saying the attack underscores wider anti-Jewish sentiments.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The Visegrad Group of European Union Foreign Ministers have agreed to support Serbia and other western Balkan countries to become full fledged members of the EU and North Atlantic Treaty Organization, despite remaining nationalistic tensions in the region, even among officials. They made the decision at a special ministerial meeting in Budapest, Tuesday, October 6.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- After 60 years, the oldest synagogue in Hungary's capital Budapest will reopen September 5 during a ceremony attended by Israel's government and other leaders, a chief rabbi has told BosNewsLife.