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FILE - In this April 16, 2014, file photo, South Korean rescue helicopters fly over South Korean ferry Sewol, trying to rescue passengers from the ship in waters off Jindo, South Korea. The deadly sinking of a boat in Hungary carrying South Korean tourists on Thursday, May 30, 2019, is touching a nerve in South Korea, where many are still traumatized over a 2014 ferry sinking that killed more than 300 people, mostly school kids. That grief is compounded by some South Korean tour agents and travelers' claims that there have long been worries over safety at the site where the collision happened. (Yonhap via AP, File)

Tour boat sinking revives memories of SKorea ferry disaster

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

A rescue boat searches for victims late Wednesday, May 29, 2019, after a tourist boat crashed with a river cruise boat, in River Danube in Budapest. The boat capsized and sunk in the river Wednesday evening, with dozens of people on board, including passengers and crew, Hungarian media reported.(Peter Lakatos/MTI via AP)

The Latest: Police take cruise ship captain into custody

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Responders sit in a rubber dinghy preparing for the search of victims next to a landing dock after a tourist boat crashed with another ship late Wednesday, May 29, 2019. The boat capsized and sunk in the Danube River Wednesday evening, May 29, 2019, in Budapest, with dozens of people on board, including passengers and crew, Hungarian media reported. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP)

7 dead, 21 missing after South Korean tour boat sinks in Hungary

By Pablo Gorondi and Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Ballots are being prepared ahead of Sunday's European Elections, in Rozzano, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 25, 2019. Some 400 million Europeans from 28 countries head to the polls from Thursday to Sunday to choose their representatives at the European Parliament for the next five years. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The Latest: Salvini says populists will control 150 EU seats

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Jozsef Tichy-Racs, of the Hungarian Two-Talied Dog Party, dressed in a chicken costume, stands outside the headquarters of Hungary’s state media company in Budapest, Hungary, May 18, 2019, ahead of the European election on May 26. Given just five minutes to present their European Parliament election campaigns on Hungary’s state media, opposition parties have been using their meager opportunities in novel and creative ways. During his party’s five-minute slot on state television, Tichy-Racs answered a reporter’s questions with chicken clucks. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

No time to chicken out: Hungary’s opposition gets creative

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Rights expert calls out Hungary on refugees, NGOs, judiciary

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

"We are proud to stand together with the United States on fighting against illegal migration, on terrorism and to protect and help the Christian communities around the world," said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump heaps praise on Viktor Orban of Hungary during White House visit

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Viktor Orban Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Viktor Orban visit to Washington could be a new chapter for Hungary

By April H. Foley

FILE - In this Saturday, April 7, 2018, file photo, a man walks by an anti-migration billboard from the Hungarian government, on a street in Budapest, Hungary. With a campaign centered on stopping immigration, Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is expected to continue its dominance in the European Parliament election at the end of May. While Hungary has been practically closed to immigrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa since Prime Minister Viktor Orban had border fences built in 2015, he continues to warn voters about the threat of a “migrant invasion” that would put at risk Europe’s Christian culture. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Hungary stems migrant flow, but issue remains big in EU vote

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, not pictured, during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Thursday, April 25, in Beijing. (Parker Song/Pool Photo via AP)

Hungarian PM Orban, Trump to focus on migration in May talks

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Italian deputy premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini attends the inauguration ceremony of a new police station in Corleone, Sicily, Italy, Thursday, April 25, 2019. As most Italian leaders are holding observances on Liberation Day, which celebrates the end of the country's fascist dictatorship during World War II, the Interior Minister didn't take part at any official celebrations. (Francesco Militello Mirto)

Anti-migrant politicians bond at razor wire fence in Hungary

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Slovenia dismisses Hungary embassy protest of Orban cartoon

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech during the MCC Budapest Summit on Migration titled 'The Biggest Challenge of Our Time?' organized by the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) in Varkert Bazaar in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, March 23, 2019. Hungary hosts the global migration conference attended by many experts, decision-makers and diplomats in the field from around the world from March 22 to 24. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP)

Hungarian PM Orban launches campaign with anti-migrant plan

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Croatia beaten by Hungary in European qualifying, Wales wins

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File - In this Thursday, June 4, 2015, file photo, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, and group leader of the European People's Party, EPP, Manfred Weber, right, give a statement following their talks at the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, Hungary. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP, File)

Hungary’s Orban to attend meeting on party’s possible ouster

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 22, 2015 file photo, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, and European Council President Donald Tusk, left, greet Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a summit in Riga, Latvia. As the Hungarian prime minister’s conflicts with the European Union appear headed to a breaking point, calls are increasing for greater scrutiny of his government’s spending of EU funds. An opposition lawmaker in Hungary has gathered over 470,000 signatures to pressure Prime Minister Viktor Orban into joining the budding European Public Prosecutor’s Office as Orban’s Fidesz party may be suspended or expelled next week from the main center-right group in the European Parliament, it was announced Thursday, March 14, 2019 (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Hungarian PM Orban apologizes for insulting EU allies

By RAF CASERT and PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

A poster from a Hungarian government campaign showing EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Hungarian-American financier George Soros with the caption &quot;You, too, have a right to know what Brussels is preparing to do&quot; is displayed on a phone booth in Budapest, March 4, 2019. Hungarian officials said the campaign claiming that EU leaders like Juncker, backed by Soros, want to bring mass migration into Europe, would end by March 15. (AP Photo/Pablo Gorondi)

Hungarian leader may turn to Polish party in EU Parliament

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A billboard from a campaign of the Hungarian government showing EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Hungarian-American financier George Soros with the caption &quot;You, too, have a right to know what Brussels is preparing to do.&quot; is displayed at a street in Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 26, 2019. The Hungarian government claims that EU leaders like Juncker, backed by Soros, want to bring mass migration into Europe. The billboard has been sprayed with graffiti saying &quot;Orban thief,&quot; in reference to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (AP Photo/Pablo Gorondi)

Hungary’s Orban: European party opponents ‘useful idiots’

By DAVID RISING and PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Judicial credibility in Hungary worries corruption expert

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

A billboard from a campaign of the Hungarian government showing EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Hungarian-American financier George Soros with the caption &quot;You, too, have a right to know what Brussels is preparing to do.&quot; is displayed at a street in Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 26, 2019. The Hungarian government claims that EU leaders like Juncker, backed by Soros, want to bring mass migration into Europe. The billboard has been sprayed with graffiti saying &quot;Orban thief,&quot; in reference to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (AP Photo/Pablo Gorondi)

Hungary’s Orban says EU didn’t learn from terror attacks

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press