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Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at the U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) **FILE**

Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian foreign minister, blasts ‘liberal media,’ defends democratic record

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

People attend a ceremony that commemorates the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest Jewish ghetto in Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. The ghetto was liberated by the Soviet Red Army during World War II on January 17, 1945. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP)

Hungary commemorates 1945 liberation of Budapest ghetto

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of the governing Fidesz party prepares to cast his ballot at the nationwide local elections in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Orban’s party suffers major losses in Hungary’s local votes

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban of the governing Fidesz party prepares to cast his ballot at the nationwide local elections in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

The Latest: Hungary opposition parties win big in Budapest

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Sex tapes, scandals in Hungary’s local election campaign

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, right, shakes hands with Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne, left, at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

Finnish PM: EU members agree on budget link to rule of law

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan joins members of the crowd ahead of the Pride in London Parade in central London, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (Dominic Lipinksi/PA via AP)

Pride celebrations in Europe mark 50 years since Stonewall

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

A crane places the wreckage of the sightseeing boat on a transporting barge at Margaret Bridge, the scene of the fatal boat accident in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. The Hableany sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean tourists and two Hungarian staff was crashed by a large river cruise ship and sank in the River Danube on May 29. Seven tourists survived, twenty people died, eight persons are still missing. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)

Captain of cruise ship in Hungary crash released on bail

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

A crane lifts the sightseeing boat out of the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Eight people are still missing from the May 29 collision between the Hableany (Mermaid) sightseeing boat and the Viking Sigyn river cruise ship at Budapest's Margit Bridge. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

The Latest: Crane lifts sunken tour boat out of Danube River

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A crane float on the Danube river under the Margaret Bridge where a sightseeing boat capsized in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, June 10, 2019. A huge floating crane is in place at Margit Bridge as preparations continue to lift the boat off the river floor. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Sunken Danube tour boat is raised in Hungary, 4 bodies found

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Preparations are made to lift the sunk shipwreck at Margaret Bridge, the scene of the deadly boat accident in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, June 10, 2019. A sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean tourists was crashed by a large river cruise ship and sank in the River Danube on May 29, 2019. (Tamas Soki/MTI via AP)

Hungarian rescuers ‘not far’ from lifting tour boat wreckage

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

A Korean flag adorns the rail of Margaret Bridge, the scene of the deadly boat accident in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, June 8, 2019. A sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean tourists was crashed by a large river cruise ship and sank in the River Danube on May 29. The body of seven tourists on board were retrieved on that night, seven tourists survived, 21 persons, including the two Hungarian crews went missing. Twelve more victims have been found and identified since then. (Balazs Mohai/MTI via AP)

Sunken Danube tour boat unlikely to be raised before Tuesday

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

A power shovel fixed onto a pontoon works in Danube river near Margaret Bridge, the scene of a boat accident, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, June 6, 2019. Search operations continue after a sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean tourists was crashed into by a large river cruise ship and sank on May 29, killing at least fifteen tourists. (Marton Monus/MTI via AP)

Hungary: Floating crane arrives to sunken Danube tour boat

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, restaurant and tour boats are docked on the Danube River near the Elizabeth Bridge in Budapest. A tourism boom in the Hungarian capital has led to major congestion on the river flowing through the city, with sightseeing boats and floating hotels competing for better positions in front of spectacular neo-Gothic buildings, ornate bridges and churches lining the Danube. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Budapest boat crash puts focus on Hungary’s tourist boom

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

A boat taking part in the rescue operations is anchored under Margaret Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. A sightseeing boat carrying 33 South Korean tourists was crashed by a large river cruise ship and sank in the River Danube at a pier of Margaret Bridge on May 29, killing at least seven tourists. Seven other tourists were injured, 21 persons, including the two crew members, went missing. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)

The Latest: Death toll rises to 19 in Danube tour boat crash

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A rescue crew works on the Danube river where a sightseeing boat capsized in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Divers and rescue crews slowly are recovering the bodies of a growing number of people killed when a sightseeing boat and a long river cruise ship collided in Hungary's capital. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

The Latest: Cruise ship in fatal crash returning to Budapest

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Family members of missing South Korean tourists watch the ongoing search operation from the Margaret Bridge over the Danube river where a sightseeing boat capsized in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, June 3, 2019. Preparations for salvage efforts of a sunken tour boat in the Danube River have resumed in Budapest. The boat carrying South Korean tourists capsized and sank Wednesday night after colliding with a much larger river cruise ship near the Hungarian Parliament building. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

The Latest: 11th victim found in sunken Danube boat accident

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A rescue crew works on the Danube river where a sightseeing boat capsized in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, June 4, 2019. Divers recovered the bodies Monday of two more victims who were on a tour boat that capsized and sank in the Danube River after a collision with a river cruise ship. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Death toll in Danube sunken tour boat accident rises to 11

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

A cruise ship passes by St. Mark's Square filled with tourists, in Venice, Italy, Sunday, June 2, 2019. Groups that want to ban cruise ships on Venice's busy canals say a collision that injured four tourists has served as a wake-up call. Opponents say cruise ships are out-of-scale for Venice, cause pollution, threaten the lagoon's ecosystem and dangerous. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Venice, Budapest crashes renew debate on cruise ship safety

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Members of a Hungarian rescue team unload equipment onto a barge anchored near the spot in the Danube river where a sightseeing vessel had capsized in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, June 3, 2019. Hungarian water management authorities said on Sunday, June 2, that the Danube river's high water levels, which have stymied efforts to reach a sunken tour boat where 21 missing people could be trapped, are falling. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Hungary: Death toll from Danube boat collision reaches 9

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press