Category: Hungary

NATO Member Scrambles Fighter Jets Over Unidentified Incursion From Ukraine

Hungary scrambled fighter jets after an unidentified aircraft entered its airspace from Ukraine, according to the NATO country’s Ministry of Defense. The NATO Joint Air Operations Center in Hungary scrambled Saab JAS 39 Gripen jets after the ministry was “alerted to an aircraft arriving from Ukraine,” said a statement released on Monday. “The unidentified aircraft…


EU Can Withhold Funds From Hungary, Poland, Top Court Rules

BRUSSELS—The European Union’s highest court said Wednesday that the 27-nation bloc can suspend support payments to member states if they breach rule of law principles. The right-wing governments of Hungary and Poland, which had challenged the EU’s right to take such action, responded by arguing that the rule lacked a proper legal basis and would…


Finding the Best of Budapest: Grand Delights and Little Discoveries

Budapest is full of surprises. With grand buildings rising on both sides of the Danube River and connected by a series of soaring bridges, it is undeniably one of Europe’s most dramatic capitals. The riverbanks are preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it is a place where you could spend days just marveling…


Hungary to Defy EU Court Ruling Over Migration Policy, Orban Says

Hungary will not change its immigration laws despite a European court ruling, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday. Orban said illegal immigration and LGBTQ rights, two issues that have caused conflict with the European Union, would dominate the agenda as his Fidesz party prepares for its first contested election after three landslides since 2010….


7 Migrants Killed, 3 Injured in Car Accident in Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungary—Seven migrants were killed and three others injured when the vehicle they were traveling in crashed into a house while fleeing a police stop, Hungarian police said. The accident occurred just before midnight Monday near the center of Morahalom, a town of around 6,000 people less than five miles from Hungary’s border with Serbia….


Food and Fuel Costs Rise Drastically Due to Inflation in Central Europe

On either side of the Atlantic, inflation is affecting many nations, with the developing economies of Central and Eastern Europe bearing the brunt of the global supply chain crisis along with high energy costs. Lithuania posted one of the highest annual inflation rates recorded with 8.2 percent, while Estonia registered 6.8 percent, Hungary 6.6 percent,…


The Lion and The Mule: Volunteering During Lockdown

FULLERTON, Calif.—Inside Wings Café, an American aviation diner at the Fullerton Airport filled with vintage World War II décor, Matt Hunyadi, 81, recalls stories his parents and older siblings told him about their escape from Germany in 1945. Before the war ended, he and his family, forced by the Nazis, rode in the Holocaust trains…


The Lion and The Mule: Volunteering During Pandemic

FULLERTON, Calif.—Inside Wings Café, an American aviation diner at the Fullerton Airport filled with vintage World War II décor, Matt Hunyadi, 81, recalls stories his parents and older siblings told him about their escape from Germany in 1945. Before the war ended, he and his family, forced by the Nazis, rode in the Holocaust trains…


The Lion and The Mule: Volunteering During the Pandemic

FULLERTON, Calif.—Inside Wings Café, an American aviation diner at the Fullerton Airport filled with vintage World War II décor, Matt Hunyadi, 81, recalls stories his parents and older siblings told him about their escape from Germany in 1945. Before the war ended, he and his family, forced by the Nazis, rode in the Holocaust trains…


At Anniversary of Hungarian Revolution, Some Refugees See Communism Creeping Into U.S.

When the 65th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution against Russian communists was commemorated on Oct. 23, Andras Pongratz of Scottsdale, Arizona, was among those speaking to thousands in Budapest about the importance of that time and the reasons for their uprising. You’d never know it by looking at the short and stocky, bespectacled silver-haired man,…