Hungarian Police Detain 4 Men in Gypsy Killings

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife hungary_budapest_debrecen_2101BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungarian police have detained four men on suspicion of carrying out attacks in which at least six Roma, or Gypsies as they are also called, were killed. The violence has underscored growing ethnic tension in the European Union nation.

Hungary’s Teachers Protest Religion Law

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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's largest trade union of teachers, Pedagogusok Szakszervezete (PSZ), has turned to the Constitutional Court, asking for the new religion law to be annulled.

NEWS WATCH: Hungary’s President Resigns in Plagiarism Scandal

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Hungary BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's embattled President Pal Schmitt has resigned after a Hungarian university revoked his doctoral title because an investigation found he mainly copied his thesis from other authors.

Hungary Evangelicals Protest Poster At Gay Pride Parade

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife image0014BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungarian evangelical Christians have protested against a poster carried during last weekend's annual Budapest Gay Pride Parade for more rights for homosexuals. The poster says: "Jesus had two fathers too."

’Evangelist Billy Graham’s Death On Earth Opens New Era Of Evangelism’, Son Says

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLifeBy Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife WASHINGTON/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)— The son of late evangelist Billy Graham says the death of his father on Wednesday at age 99 is not the end but the beginning of a new era in evangelism. In a letter obtained by BosNewsLife, Franklin Graham acknowledges that “Many have said that his death ends an era.”

Hungary Forbids Recording Of Bannon Speech At Europe Conference

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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Participants at a Hungarian government-sponsored conference on the future of Europe were told to stop recording and streaming online, moments before U.S. President Donald Trump's ex-advisor Stephen K. Bannon was about to speak.

Christian Refugees Face Obstacles Following Terror Attacks

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By BosNewsLife News Center with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos torAsotthalom8PARIS/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- With more than a hundred people killed in France's worst terror attacks since World War Two, thousands of Christian refugees from Syria and Iraq face an uncertain future, rights activists say. Aid workers have expressed concern about a developing humanitarian crisis after most nations along Europe's refugee corridor abruptly shut their borders this month to those not coming from war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan or Iraq.

US Congress Delegation Remembers Holocaust Hero Wallenberg in Hungary

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent reporting from Budapest, Hungary BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- A United States Congressional delegation and other officials have gathered in Hungary's capital Budapest to remember Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who is credited with saving the lives of as many as 100,000 Hungarian Jews during World War II. Friday's commemoration was part of a series of events marking the Raoul Wallenberg Year to commemorate his centennial birth.  

America Remembers September 11 Amid Controversy

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
NEW YORK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Christians around the world were among those remembering the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States, but pastors expressed concerns that in New York no clergy-led prayer was includedin a ceremony near where the World Trade Center towers collapsed.

NEWS WATCH: Hungary’s Orban Condemns International Critics Amid Economic Uncertainty

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- A defiant Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is defending his financially troubled nation's new constitution and related laws, saying those criticizing it are motivated by greed and want to keep Hungary indebted. Orban's comments come as he faces mounting criticism over perceived autocratic legislation and after his Romanian counterpart resigned amid widespread protests there.