NEWS WATCH: President: ‘Europe To Shore Up Troubled Euro’
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- European Union President Herman van Rompuy says the bloc is prepared to do more to ensure stability in the Euro Zone, amid concerns over the future stability of the European single currency. Van Rompuy spoke Tuesday, December 21, in Hungary, which takes over the rotating six-month E.U. presidency on January 1.NEWS WATCH: Hungary’s Parliament Votes On “Totalitarian” Media Law
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's parliament is voting Monday on a government backed media law that critics say will turn the clock back and re-introduce "totalitarian rule" in the former Communist-nation. Under the legislation, journalists can face huge fines if their coverage is deemed unbalanced. The controversy comes just weeks before Hungary is to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union on January 1.NEWS WATCH: Kosovo Prime Minister Claims Victory In Tense Elections
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
PRISTINA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Incumbent Prime Minister Hashim Thaci claimed victory Sunday, December 12, in Kosovo's first parliamentary elections since it declared independence from Serbia, but the vote was overshadowed by ethnic tensions and allegations of fraud.
NEWS ALERT: Europe Urged To Halt Death Sentence Of Iranian Pastor
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent, BosNewsLife
BRUSSELS/TEHRAN (BosNewsLife) -– A Christian member of the European Parliament urged the European Union's executive body, the European Commission, on Wednesday, December 1, to prevent the death sentence of Iranian house church leader Yousef Nadarkhani.
NEWS WATCH: Hungary Threatened By New Chemical Disaster, Experts Warn (BosNewsLife Investigation)
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Almasfuzito, Hungary
ALMASFUZITO, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Environmentalists have warned of a new industrial accident in Hungary that they say could once again threaten villages, towns and even Budapest with toxic red sludge. Just outside the Hungarian capital, a reservoir is being watched which has potentially similar problems as the one that collapsed in western Hungary in early October, killing at least ten people and injuring over 120 others. A BosNewsLife investigation.BosNewsLife Remembers: Ukraine’s Christian Hero Svetlana Milchevich Dies At 64
By BosNewsLife
UZHHOROD, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- Svetlana Milchevich, an evangelical Christian who became a voice of the voiceless with her public fight against abuse of power and corruption by Ukrainian authorities, has died after officials refused to allow her to seek medical treatment in neighboring Hungary. She was 64
UZHHOROD, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- Svetlana Milchevich, an evangelical Christian who became a voice of the voiceless with her public fight against abuse of power and corruption by Ukrainian authorities, has died after officials refused to allow her to seek medical treatment in neighboring Hungary. She was 64
NEWS WATCH: Turkey Demands Hungary’s Help for EU Membership
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.Christians in Turkey Acquitted of ‘Insulting Turkishness’
By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent
ISTANBUL,TURKEY (BosNewsLife)-- Two Turkish Christians were free Tuesday, October 26, after they were acquitted on charges of insulting Turkey and its people by spreading Christianity following a long legal battle.
ISTANBUL,TURKEY (BosNewsLife)-- Two Turkish Christians were free Tuesday, October 26, after they were acquitted on charges of insulting Turkey and its people by spreading Christianity following a long legal battle.
NEWS WATCH: European Aid In Hungary’s Toxic Flooding
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- European Union crisis response chief Kristalina Georgieva says massive toxic flooding in Hungary that killed nine people and injured more than 120 others has underscored the need for a stronger European disaster response.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- European Union crisis response chief Kristalina Georgieva says massive toxic flooding in Hungary that killed nine people and injured more than 120 others has underscored the need for a stronger European disaster response. NEWS WATCH: Villagers Return To Devastated Hungarian Village after Toxic Flood
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Kolontar and Budapest
KOLONTAR/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Nearly two weeks after toxic sludge flooding in Hungary killed at least nine people and injured over 120 others, villagers are returning home. The arrivals come shortly after the government ordered the resumption of production at the MAL Zrt aluminum plant that has been linked to the disaster.
