Viktor Orban

21 June 2021, Netherlands, Amsterdam: Two women hold placards during a demonstration against this legislation by Hungary's parliament bans the dissemination of content in schools deemed to ˜promote homosexuality and gender change. Photo: Ana Fernandez/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa.

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LGBT RIGHTS

EU threatens legal action against Hungary over anti-LGBT legislation

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/23/21

"The Hungarian bill is a shame," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday

21 June 2021, Netherlands, Amsterdam: Two men hold placards asking for help to the Europe Union during a demonstration against this legislation by Hungary's parliament bans the dissemination of content in schools deemed to ˜promote homosexuality and gender change. Photo: Ana Fernandez/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa.

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LGBT

Hungarian move to restrict LGBT youth content slammed by EU partners

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/22/21

Critics see the new law as an effort to introduce homophobic censorship along Russian lines into the EU country.

HANDOUT - 14 June 2021, Belgium, Brussels: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a plenary session at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit. Photo: -/NATO/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

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BAN ON BOOKS, FILMS

Hungary's parliament approves homophobic censorship law

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/15/21

The law provides for a ban on books, films and other content carriers that are accessible to children and young people and in which sexuality is depicted that deviates from heterosexuality.

28 May 2021, United Kingdom, London: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks to media in Downing Street after meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo: Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Wire/dpa

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VIKTOR ORBAN'S PLANS

Thousands of Hungarians protest against Chinese university project

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/6/21

The future university would be located on a site in Budapest that was originally intended for the construction of low-cost homes for Hungarian students.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a business conference in Budapest, Hungary, March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

World

Orban defends segregation of Roma schoolchildren in Hungary

The Nomad Today 5/16/20

Hungarian Prime Minister described as "unfair" a Supreme Court ruling awarding damages to children from the Roma minority who were put in separate classes on the ground floor.

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto attends an interview with Reuters in Budapest, Hungary, October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Marton Dunai

Finland

Hungary summons Finnish ambassador over criticism of Orban's rule

The Nomad Today 5/14/20

The origin of the incident is in a letter sent on 6 May to the Council of Europe by the Foreign Ministers of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland.