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Olena, a Russian citizen fleeing from Kyiv, Ukraine (no family name given for safety reason) stands near the River Danube in downtown Budapest on Friday, March 4, 2022. Olena who years ago left her home country in opposition to Vladimir Putin's government has been forced to flee again — this time from her adopted home of Kyiv — as Putin's armed forces assault Ukraine. (AP Photo/Balazs Kaufmann)

Putin critic who left Russia flees Kyiv as “double refugee”

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

FILE - A Black Friday shopper wearing a face mask leaves a Walmart store with a TV in Pic Rivera Calif., Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. From appliance stores in the United States to food markets in Hungary and gas stations in Poland, rising consumer prices fueled by high energy costs and supply chain disruptions are putting a pinch on households and businesses worldwide. As economies recover from lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, increased consumer demand has helped lead to rising inflation. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Food, gas prices pinch families as inflation surges globally

By Justin Spike and Paul Wiseman and Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

A couple sit in the outside terrace of a bar in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, April 24, 2021. Hungarians had their first taste of normality in nearly six months Saturday as the outdoor terraces of restaurants and bars filled up in the country's capital, marking the newest round of openings in a country that's been among the hardest hit by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Vaccines mean Hungary’s restaurants open for outdoor service

By JUSTIN SPIKE - Associated Press

Patients sit outside 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 - Associated Press

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 coronavirus variants

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban, right, and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during a news conference at a meeting marking 30 years of central Europe's informal body of cooperation called the Visegrad Group, at a conference center in Krakow, Poland, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

EU moves to fine Hungary for flouting ruling on NGO law

By LORNE COOK and JUSTIN SPIKE - Associated Press

Boxes containing vaccines are unloaded from a Hungarian Airbus 330 cargo plane as the first batch of the vaccine against the new coronavirus produced by Sinopharm of China arrives at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The vaccine will not be used without its examination and approval by the National Public Health Center of Hungary. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)

Chinese vaccine arrives in Hungary, a first in the EU

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Agnes Keleti, former Olympic gold medal winning gymnast, poses in Budapest, Hungary Monday Jan. 4, 2021. The oldest living Olympic champion turns 100 and says the fondest memory of her remarkable life is simply that she has lived through it all. Agnes Keleti is a Holocaust survivor and winner of five Olympic gold medals in gymnastics and 10 overall. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh) **FILE**

‘I love life’: Oldest living Olympic champion turns 100

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Poland, Hungary veto EU budget over rule-of-law issue

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. European Union leaders will be assessing relations with China during their final day of a summit meeting which already saw bruising talks on foreign affairs issues. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)

EU court rules against Hungary’s Orban over Soros university

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

A supporter leans on a wooden cross which reads &quot;The truth will win&quot; as he protests against the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange outside Belmarsh Magistrates Court in London, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. The U.S. government and Assange will face off Monday over extradition, a decade after WikiLeaks infuriated American officials by publishing a trove of classified government documents. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Hungary closed to most, open to fans for soccer’s Super Cup

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Hungary to unveil statue of late President George H.W. Bush

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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Ambulances and firefighters stand next to a bus after the vehicle went off the road and overturned in a ditch at the 115-meter section of the M5 motorway leading to Budapest, in Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hungary, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. One person is known to have died in the accident and others are reported injured aboard the tourist bus travelling from Poland to Hungary. (Ferenc Donka/MTI via AP)

1 killed, 3 seriously hurt in bus crash in Hungary

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In this Friday, May 15, 2020, file photo, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban listens to a question during a press conference after a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia. Hungary's prime minister says that his country won a “very important battle” at the European Union summit this week, where national leaders of the 27-member bloc decided on a seven-year budget and economic recovery package to counter the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Hungarian PM claims EU win but rule-of-law dispute not over

By Pablo Gorondi - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 11, 2019, file photo, a crane lifts the sightseeing boat out of the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary. Preparations are underway for commemorations to be held on the first anniversary of the May 29, 2019, mishap on the Danube River in which a sightseeing boat carrying mostly tourists from South Korea sank after a collision with a river cruise ship. Just seven of the 33 South Korean tourists aboard the Hableany (Mermaid) survived the nighttime collision at Budapest's Margit Bridge. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Hungary commemorates victims of 2019 Danube boat catastrophe

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the family of Arie Even, shows Israeli, Arie Even. On March 20, 2020, the 88-year-old Holocaust survivor was infected last month in his assisted living facility in Jerusalem and became Israel’s first coronavirus fatality. (Family of Arie Even via AP)

Lives Lost: Holocaust survivor was Israel’s 1st virus victim

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press