NEWS WATCH: Bulgaria’s ‘Badman’ Wins Parliamentary Poll

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
Bos report Download (MP3) ap_bulgaria_boiko_borisov_06jul09_210SOFIA, BULGARIA (BosNewsLife)-- Bulgaria's main center-right opposition party said Monday, July 6, it would launch coalition talks after winning the country's first parliamentary elections since it joined the European Union in 2007. The governing Socialists were defeated following several corruption scandals and concerns over the economy.

Hungary Commemorates 20th Anniversary of Iron Curtain Collapse

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent, BosNewsLife ironcurtain-150x1501BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Leaders and elected officials from European countries and the United States have remembered how Hungary, exactly 20 years ago, helped to remove the Iron Curtain, which divided Eastern and Western Europe for decades. But the celebrations on Saturday, June 27, were overshadowed by concerns over Europe's future.

BREAKING NEWS: Hungary’s Far Right Party Enters European Parliament (UPDATE)

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent reporting from Budapest jobBUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's main far-right party, accused by rights groups of spreading anti-semitic views and hatred towards the country's up to 800,000 Gypsies, known as Roma, has received three seats in the European Parliament, official results showed.

FBI To Help Hungary Solve Deadly Roma Attacks (Special Feature)

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Tatárszentgyörgy, Hungary kep-139TATARSZENTGYORGY, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary has asked the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, to help solve a series of deadly attacks against the country's gypsies, who prefer to be known as Roma. At least seven people have died and many more injured in what rights groups describe as Hungary's worst anti-Roma violence in recent years and the most serious in Eastern Europe.

Hungary’s “Anti-Roma, Anti-Jewish” Party Marching To Europe (Special Feature)

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest morvai_krisztina23-202x300BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Lawyer Krisztina Morvai is a beautiful blond mother who smiles on campaign posters of the far-right party, the Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik). However the red, lipstick smile, of Jobbik's primary candidate for the European Union Parliament soon disappears when asked about her views on Hungary's estimated 800.000 gypsies, who prefer to be known as the Roma, and Jewish people.

NEWS ALERT: Hungary’s Ruling Party Names New Prime Minister; Thousands Protest

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest mda76398_1903471BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Over 10,000 protesters, many of them waving flags used by Hungary's pro-Nazi regime during World War Two, demanded early elections Sunday, April 5, after the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party agreed on a new candidate for prime minister to tackle the worst economic crisis in generations.

NEWS WATCH: Czechs Bracing For Anti-Missile Protests Ahead Of Obama’s Visit

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife prezident_2PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Czechs were bracing for possible riots Saturday, April 4, as activists opposed to U.S. plans to install part of a missile defense system in their country said they would go ahead with a protest march during President Barack Obama's visit to Prague this weekend, despite a ban on the demonstration.

NEWS ALERT: Plane Crashes Kill 16 In US, Japan (News Watch)

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By BosNewsLife News Center _45591380_grab226iWASHINGTON/TOKYO/BUDAPEST-- Officials on Monday, March 23, began investigating plane crashes in three countries which killed 16 people, most of them in United States, where aviation experts wanted to know why a single-engine plane plunged into a cemetery in the northwestern state of Montana.

BREAKING NEWS: Hungary’s Prime Minister To Resign Amid Crisis

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife 000252392_f2_gal1BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurscany said Saturday, March 21, he is resigning because of his government's plunging popularity as it struggles to overcome Hungary's worst economic crisis in recent memory.

Incestuous Austrian Father Admits Wrongdoing in Court

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ap-josef-fritzl-austria-190eng16mar09_11VIENNA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- An Austrian man who fathered seven children with a daughter he held captive in a cellar for more than two decades has pleaded guilty to rape and incest, but denies murdering a newborn son. Josef Fritzl spoke Monday, March 16, at the start of what has been dubbed Austria's trial of the century.