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Arianna Fontana of Italy, celebrates after winning the final of the women's 500-meter during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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FILE - In this June 14, 2021 file photo a drag queen waves a rainbow flag during an LGBT rights demonstration in front of the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. Populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has long used soccer to advance his right-wing politics, and now widespread international criticism of a new Hungarian law that is seen as targeting the LGBT community has turned this month's Euro 2020 tournament into a major stage for his challenge to Europe's liberal values. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky, File)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 15, 2021 file photo a view of the Ferenc Puskas stadium before the Euro 2020 soccer championship group F match between Hungary and Portugal in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has long used soccer to advance his right-wing politics, and now widespread international criticism of a new Hungarian law that is seen as targeting the LGBT community has turned this month's Euro 2020 tournament into a major stage for his challenge to Europe's liberal values. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh, Pool, File)

Hungary's PM uses soccer to push vision of right-wing Europe

By Justin Spike Jun. 23, 2021 06:42 AM EDT

France's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, center, France's goalkeeper Mike Maignan, right, and France's goalkeeper Steve Mandanda attend a training session at the Ferenc Puskas stadium in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, June 18, 2021, the day before the Euro 2020 soccer championship group F match between Hungary and France. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Hungary: Plan to build Chinese university branch protested

Jun. 05, 2021 03:18 PM EDT

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and UC Davis Assistant Nurse Manager Claudio Alvarado select the first 15 Californians to be awarded $50,000 for doing their part in getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at the California Lottery Headquarters on Friday, June 4, 2021, in Sacramento, Calif. It was the first in a series of drawings for $16.5 million in prize money aimed at encouraging Californians to get their shots ahead of June 15, when the state plans to lift almost all virus-related restrictions. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP)

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Hungary donates COVID-19 jabs amid slowing vaccination drive

By Justin Spike May. 28, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's prime minister on Friday urged Hungarians to register for their COVID-19 jabs, following a sharp drop in what was until...

Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, right, walks with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto during a meeting of foreign ministers from four central European countries known as the Visegrad Four in Lodz, Poland, Friday, May 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Europe's 4 Visegrad nations lift some travel restrictions

By Monika Scislowska May. 14, 2021 07:11 AM EDT

An elderly homeless woman walks in the corridor of the hospital for the homeless in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. A bitter conflict has emerged between Hungary’s right-wing government and the liberal leadership of the country's capital city over a hospital for the homeless that may soon have to close. The Budapest hospital provides medical and social services and shelter to more than 1,000 people annually. But the Hungarian government has ordered it to vacate the state-owned building it occupies. Budapest's mayor says the eviction will risk the lives of the hospital's homeless patients as Hungary struggles with a deadly COVID-19 surge. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Hungary's government spars with mayor over homeless hospital

By Justin Spike Apr. 21, 2021 04:55 AM EDT

Hungary to assist Slovakia in inspection of Russian vaccine

By Justin Spike Apr. 09, 2021 10:31 AM EDT
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Slovakia’s deputy prime minister traveled to Hungary to ask for assistance in inspecting doses of the Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine, a...

A staff member of a flower shop holds tulips in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday April 7, 2021. Hungary's government lifted several lockdown restrictions on Wednesday, even as some doctors and medical experts urged caution after a record-breaking day of COVID-19 deaths, a move that came as Hungary reached 2.5 million first-dose vaccinations, a benchmark the government set for when a gradual reopening could move forward. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Hungary lifts some restrictions despite virus death spike

By Justin Spike Apr. 07, 2021 10:22 AM EDT

Hungary to ease lockdown after hitting vaccination milestone

Apr. 06, 2021 01:40 PM EDT
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's prime minister says some lockdown restrictions will be lifted Wednesday after more than a quarter of the population has been...

An employee checks the newly arrived coronavirus vaccines from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm at the logistics base set up to in the parking lot of the government office in the 13th district of Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 29, 2021. (Noemi Bruzak/MTI via AP)

Hungary first in European Union for vaccinations, and deaths

Justin Spike Mar. 29, 2021 08:09 AM EDT

In break from region, hard-hit Hungary to loosen lockdown

By Justin Spike Mar. 26, 2021 01:02 PM EDT
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Despite struggling with the worst COVID-19 death rate in the world and record new infections, Hungary announced plans Friday to scale...

Hungary approves 2 more vaccines from outside EU amid spike

Justin Spike Mar. 22, 2021 09:37 AM EDT
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has issued initial approval to two more COVID-19 vaccines from outside the European Union's common procurement program,...

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, people receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Las Vegas. Nevada's top coronavirus official didn't guarantee the state can meet President Joe Biden's goal of offering a vaccination to every adult who wants a shot by May 1, but said it gives everyone something to work toward. COVID-19 Task Force chief Caleb Cage said everything depends on vaccine allocations. Seventeen new COVID-19 deaths were reported statewide Friday, March 12, 2021, bringing the pandemic total in Nevada to almost 5,100. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

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Poland, Hungary file complaint at EU court over budget rule

By Vanesa Gera Mar. 11, 2021 08:34 AM EST
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The right-wing governments of Poland and Hungary filed a complaint with the European Union's supreme court on Thursday challenging a new...

Employees unload the newly arrived coronavirus vaccines from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm at the logistics base set up to in the parking lot of the government office in the 13th district of Budapest, Hungary, March 3, 2021. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP)

Hungary closes stores, schools to curb surge due to variants

By Justin Spike Mar. 08, 2021 07:27 AM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 file photo, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, arrives to a European People's Party's meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels. Hungary's governing party pulled out of its conservative group in the European Union's legislature on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, following years of conflict over the rule of law and European values. In a letter Wednesday to Manfred Weber, chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced Fidesz's decision to leave the group. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Hungary pulls its ruling party out of EU's conservatives

By Justin Spike Mar. 03, 2021 08:45 AM EST