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Participants march on the Szent Istvan Boulevard during the demonstration of the Hungarian Trade Union Confederation in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. The protest was held against planned 50 days overwork in a year and for freedom of scientific research and the freedom of education. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP)

Hungarian unions protest plan to relax labor ‘slave law’

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 2016 file photo, the American Flag flies outside the Justice Department in Washington. The Russian father and son were in a Hungarian jail, charged after an elaborate plot to ship weapons to Mexican drug cartels and cocaine to the U.S. They found a lawyer in New York, anticipating an inevitable extradition and trial. But then the case took an unexpected turn. Instead of being extradited to the U.S., Vladimir Lyubishin senior and junior were sent back to Russia, where, the State Department says, it’s not clear if they will face trial. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

US loses to Russia in case of 2 arms trafficking suspects

By MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, a newsstand including Saturday papers with Nepszabadsag daily is pictured in Budapest, Hungary. The creation in Hungary of a giant, pro-government media conglomerate will not have to be scrutinized by media or competition authorities as the order published Wednesday Dec. 5, 2018, is signed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (AP Photo/Andras Nagy, FILE)

Hungary exempts pro-govt media firm from competition rules

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo Hungarian born US billionaire philanthropist and Honorary Chairman of Board of Trustees of Central European University George Soros, right, speaks as President and Rector of CEU John Shattuck, left, and Pro-Rector Katalin Farkas, center, listen during the ceremonial opening of the new academic year of the university in the session hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary. Central European University is confirming that it will move its U.S.-accredited degree programs from the Hungarian capital of Budapest to Vienna from Sept. 2019, as Hungary's government is refusing to sign an agreement allowing it to stay. (Lajos Soos/MTI via AP, file)

Soros-backed university in Hungary moves programs to Vienna

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

A huge photo of the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt is seen on the billboard of a van parking in front of the Prime Minister's Office after it was introduced by government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs during his press conference in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Nov. 28. 2018. The placard says 'Hundreds have died in terrorist attacks since 2015, but Guy Verhofstadt says: 'We don't have a migration crisis. (07/04/2018)' 'This is insame!' (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)

Hungary launches mobile billboard to counter criticism

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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2016 file picture a man shows the last printed edition of Nepszabadsag during a demonstration organized to express solidarity with Hungarian political daily Nepszabadsag in Budapest, Hungary. The owners of a vast majority of Hungary’s pro-government media outlets are donating their companies to a foundation, creating a huge right-wing media conglomerate. The Central European Press and Media Foundation’s assets will include cable news channels, internet news portals, tabloid and sports newspapers, all of Hungary’s county newspapers and numerous magazines, among others. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP, file )

Huge pro-government media conglomerate formed in Hungary

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Poland latest country to withdraw from global migration pact

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The Latest: Hungary opposition wants Gruevski extradition

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In this Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, file photograph, children attend class at the Velyka Dobron High School in Velyka Dobron, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Ukraine’s Hungarian minority threatened by new education law

By Pablo Gorondi - Associated Press

Macedonia to seek arrest in Hungary of former prime minister

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES and PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, right, welcomes US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (Lajos Soos/MTI via AP)

US says Europe needs diversity from Russian energy supplies

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Hungary says EU’s rule-of-law procedure deepens rift in bloc

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In this Thursday, April 27, 2017, file photo, George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundation, waits for the start of a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. (Olivier Hoslet/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Soros, the far right’s boogeyman, is again a target

By ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 8, 2017 file photo, Hungarian-American investor and CEU founder George Soros attends a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany. Central European University says it will move its U.S.-accredited programs from Hungary’s capital of Budapest to the Austrian capital of Vienna because of uncertainty over its academic freedom. (AP Photo/Ferdinand Ostrop, file)

Soros-backed university in Hungary partly moving to Vienna

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

England's Raheem Sterling, left, celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Spain and England at Benito Villamarin stadium, in Seville, Spain, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti)

England hands Spain its first home loss in 15 years

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, his wife, Emine Erdogan, second right, Hungarian President Janos Ader and his wife Anita Herczegh pose for the photographers on the terrace of the presidential Alexander Palace in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Erdogan is paying a two-day official visit to Hungary. (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP)

Hungary’s Orban says EU ‘insincere’ with Turkey on accession

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Watchdog groups say residency bonds cost Hungary $76 million

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FILE -- In this Wednesday, July 12, 2017 photo activists of the Egyutt (Together) party tear down an ad by the Hungarian government against George Soros, in Budapest, Hungary. The Open Society Foundations, created by billionaire philanthropist George Soros, says it has filed applications before the European Court of Human Rights and Hungary's Constitutional Court about recent laws in Hungary targeting civic groups working with refugees and asylum-seekers. (AP Photo/Pablo Gorondi, file)

George Soros foundation sues Hungary on laws targeting NGOs

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at the informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

Understanding ‘illiberal democracy’ and the fight for the West

By L. Todd Wood

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2015 file photo Hungarian police use water canons against refugees at the &quot;Horgos 2&quot; border crossing into Hungary, near Horgos, Serbia. A Hungarian appeals court on Thursday lowered to five years from seven the prison sentence of a Syrian man convicted of entering Hungary illegally and of complicity in throwing rocks at police during a 2015 border riot. The case stems from rioting at the Hungary-Serbia border on Sept. 16, 2015, when dozens of police officers, migrants and some journalists were injured in clashes a day after Hungary closed the frontier, stranding hundreds of migrants. (Tamas Soki/MTI via AP, file)

Hungary: Court cuts Syrian’s sentence over migrant riot

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