NEWS WATCH: Turkey Demands Hungary’s Help for EU Membership

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary says it supports Turkey's efforts to join the European Union and that it will try to push Turkey's case when it assumes the bloc's rotating presidency next year. The announcement comes despite EU concerns over the treatment of the Christian minority and other controversies in the country.  Turkey's chief negotiator for talks with the European Union, Egemen Bagis, urged Hungary on Wednesday, October 27, to use its influence on Turkey's behalf.

NEWS WATCH: Europe Remembers 9/11 Attacks Amid Heightened Security

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Europe is commemorating the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States amid heightened security after police in Sweden detained four people suspected of plotting a terrorist attack there. Four former Communist nations that joined the EU in the last decade are among the Union's member states commemorating the 9/11 attacks.

BREAKING NEWS: BosNewsLife Ordered To “Register” With Hungary’s Media Authority

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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Central and Eastern Europe's first online Christian news agency, BosNewsLife, was ordered Wednesday, February 9, to register with Hungarian authorities under a new controversial law that critics say is part of a crackdown on independent media.

NEWS WATCH: Hungary’s Right Wins, Socialists Lose Elections

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife 8164_copy_2_20100412_2380BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of Hungarians celebrated in downtown Budapest late Sunday, March 11, as official election results showed that the center right Fidesz party had won Hungary's parliamentary elections with at least 206 of the 386 seats in parliament -- ousting the ruling Socialists -- amid widespread anger over economic difficulties and corruption scandals.

NEWS WATCH: Hungary’s EU presidency doomed by controversy? (Feature)

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary took over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union on January 1. It comes at a time when the country is in the midst of a heated controversy over a new media law.

Hungary Asks Court To Probe ‘Islamic State’ Crackdown On Christians

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By BosNewsLife News Center with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bosministernow BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's foreign minister says his country has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the "brutal actions" committed against Christians by the Islamic State group.

NEWS WATCH: Hungary Remembers 1956 Revolution Amid Election Tensions

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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest 0_21_102206_hungary BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary has commemorated the crushed 1956 Revolution against Soviet domination amid increasing tensions between the government and opposition ahead of next year's elections.

NEWS WATCH: Hungary Condemns Downgrade to Junk Status

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary has condemned a decision by the Moody's corporation to downgrade the country's credit rating to a non-investment 'junk status'.  Moody's announcement came after Hungary asked the International Monetary Fund and European Union for possible financial aid as the country suffers from the debt crisis in the 17-nation eurozone, although it does not use the euro currency.

Hungary’s Worst Snowstorm In Memory Halts Protests

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Listen to this BosNewsLife News report via Vatican Radio click: SNOWSTORMREPORT  By Stefan J. Bos, BosNewsLife Chief International Correspondent reporting from Budapest, Hungary Police block the traffic at M1-M7 highway outside of BudapestBUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's worst snowstorm in living memory forced the opposition to cancel rallies against a perceived autocratic amendment to the Constitution that critics claim threatens religious freedom and democratic principles.

NEW EUROPE Hungary Detains 4 Suspect After 71 Migrants Die In Truck

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest and border areas refugeesfilenow BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Four people remain detained after the decomposing bodies of 71 migrants fleeing war and poverty, including eight women and four children, were found in a truck on Austria's main highway after apparently arriving from neighboring Hungary. Hungarian police said they detained the suspects as part of a wider investigation into human smuggling.
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