Hungary

Ireland has decided to sign up to a global deal that will push its corporate tax rate to 15%, marking a huge shift in its policy.

Pope Francis is urging Hungary to open its arms to everyone, in a veiled critique of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s anti-migrant policies

Some bookstores in Hungary placed notices at their entrances this week telling customers they sell “non-traditional content.”

The World Health Organization’s top official has warned of a “catastrophic moral failure” because of unequal Covid vaccine policies.

Germany, Hungary and Slovakia have begun administering their first coronavirus vaccinations with the European Union’s first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

The latest European impasse over a much-needed stimulus package has finally been overcome, meaning cash-strapped countries will soon get access to a historic level of funding.

The European Union could implement its massive coronavirus stimulus plan without Hungary and Poland, which are vetoing its budget, top EU officials have said.

European officials will be entering “intensive” negotiations after Hungary and Poland blocked a deal on the region’s $2 trillion stimulus plan.

EU’s Gentiloni is worried that a $2 trillion stimulus plan will not be delivered as quickly as planned after veto from Hungary and Poland.

Poland and Hungary have put the EU’s coronavirus stimulus plan at risk, by vetoing the historic deal.

Protesters in cities across the world staged rallies Friday demanding leaders take tougher action against climate change, days before the latest global conference, which this year takes place in Madrid. The rallies kicked off in Australia, where people affected by recent devastating wildfires joined young environmentalists protesting against the government’s pro-coal stance. Janet Reynolds said she had come to the...

It’s been two years since comedian Louis CK admitted in the New York Times that the allegations of lewd behavior made about him by several women were true. He said in the statement that he planned to “step back and take a long time to listen,” but the Times reported on Nov. 2 that the comedian is embarking on a...

A senior U.S. diplomat told Congress that he was briefed on conversations President Donald Trump had with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban in which the two foreign leaders talked Trump into a negative view about Ukraine and its new leader. George Kent, a senior State Department official responsible for Europe, told House investigators that Putin...

Transcript of key State Department official’s testimony reveals more damaging evidence against President Trump.

Coco Gauff is still not quite used to hearing her name shouted by thousands of U.S. Open spectators reveling in each booming serve, each “How did she do that?” shot and each victory by a 15-year-old American who is the youngest woman in the U.S. Open’s third round since 1996. Imagine what things might be like for what comes next:...

The American won his semifinal heat in 49.50 seconds — 0.32 seconds better than Phelps’ mark set at the 2009 world meet in Rome at the height of the high-tech suit era.

Microsoft is paying more than $25 million to settle federal corruption charges involving a bribery scheme in Hungary and other foreign offices. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Microsoft will pay about $16.6 million to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. While the case centered on Hungary, the SEC said it also found improprieties at...

Nik Wallenda says he “freaked” out when his balancing pole slipped during a high-wire walk with his sister 25 stories above Times Square.

Ambassadors to the United States from dozens of African, Asian and Eastern European nations toured the U.S.-Mexico border south of San Diego Monday under the invitation of the U.S. State Department.

Pope Francis braved a rain-soaked, twisting drive through the mountains of Transylvania on Saturday to visit Romania’s most famous shrine, urging Romanian and ethnic Hungarian faithful to work together for their future. Storms forced Francis to change his travel plans and add in a three-hour car ride through the Carpathian mountains that he had planned to traverse via helicopter. The...