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Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Peter Szijjarto, holds a press conference in response to the recent remarks by Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP) ** FILE **

Peter Szijjarto, top Hungarian official, ties tax cuts to increased marriage, fertility rates

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 file photo, demonstrators hold placards and copies of the Cumhuriyet daily newspaper as they stage a protest outside a court where the trial of about a dozen employees of the newspaper on charges of aiding terror groups, continues in Istanbul. In several countries news organizations are under attack in dramatic ways, as elected governments turn public outlets into their mouthpieces and try to silence critical voices. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Some countries reverse free expression, seeing it as threat

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 25, 2017, file photo, United States' Katie Ledecky reacts after winning the gold medal in the women's 1500-meter freestyle final during the swimming competitions of the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Ledecky was named The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Katie Ledecky swims to AP Female Athlete of the Year honors

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

In this June 8, 2017, file photo Hungarian-American investor George Soros attends a press conference prior to the launch event for the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Ferdinand Ostrop, file)

EDITORIAL: Free speech, free elections frighten George Soros

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, file photo, nationalists, burning flares as they march in large numbers through the streets of Warsaw to mark Poland's Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland. Fascists and other far-right extremists are set to assemble in Warsaw for a march that has become one of the largest gatherings in Europe for increasingly emboldened white supremacists. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Polish far-right march goes global, drawing people from afar

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

In this file photo dated Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, a Hungarian police officer stands guard at Serbia's border with Hungary near a makeshift camp for migrants in Horgos, Serbia. The European Court of Justice on Wednesday Sept.6, 2017, rejected efforts by Hungary and Slovakia to stay out of a European Union scheme to relocate refugees. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, FILE)

Hungary immigration and tax policies bear many lessons

By Cal Thomas

Hungary's Akos Elek, right, vies for the ball with Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, during the World Cup Group B first round soccer match between Hungary and Portugal, at the Groupama Arena, in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP)

Switzerland wins 8th straight game, Portugal stays close

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 28, 2017 file photo a police officer with a dog patrols along the border fence on the Hungarian-Serbian border near Roszke, 180 kms southeast of Budapest, Hungary. Hungary's prime minister is asking the European Union to pay for half of the costs of anti-migrant fences it built on its southern borders, some 440 million euros ($523 million). In a letter dated Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 to EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the fences erected in 2015 protect not just Hungary &quot;but entire Europe&quot; from &quot;the flood of illegal migrants.&quot; (Zoltan Gergely Kelemen/MTI via AP, file)

Hungary asks EU to help pay for anti-migrant border fence

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, left, celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup Group B qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Faroe Islands at the Bessa Stadium in Porto, Portugal, Thursday Aug. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)

Ronaldo scores 3 in Portugal’s win, passes Pele’s tally

Associated Press

FILE -In this Sept. 17, 2016 file photo, Hungarian film director and screenwriter Karoly Makk looks on during the 13th Jameson CineFest International Film Festival in Miskolc, 173 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary. Makk, one of Hungary's greatest film directors whose &quot;Cats' Play&quot; was nominated for an Oscar in 1975, has died at 91, it was reported on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. (Janos Vajda/MTI via AP, File)

Renowned Hungarian film director Karoly Makk dies at 91

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Pavel Tordaj, 42, a farmer, shows corn damaged by drought as he stands inside his field of corn in Padina, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Authorities and experts are warning that extremely hot and dry summer this year in the Balkans has decimated crops, dried rivers and hurt the animal world. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Extreme heat decimating crops in parts of Europe

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

Croatia beats host Hungary to win water polo world title

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 1956 file photo blood streams from the cut eye of Hungarian Ervin Zador injured during a fight with a member of the Soviet team in the closing stages of the Hungary vs. CSSR water polo match in Melbourne, Australia. Hungary faces old rival Russia for a place in the semifinals in men's water polo at the world championships. One previous match looms over the rest, the famous &quot;Blood in the Water&quot; duel against the Soviet Union at the 1956 Olympics, and memories are long in Budapest. (AP Photo/files)

Hungary’s proud water polo tradition goes on at home worlds

By CIARAN FAHEY - Associated Press

Hungary searches international trains after bomb threat

Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, listens to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a press conference held after the talks of Netanyahu with heads of government of the Visegrad Group or V4 countries in the Pesti Vigado building in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Netanyahu is staying on a four-day official visit in Hungary. (Balazs Mohai/MTI via AP)

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli PM, caught on hot mic, raps ‘crazy’ EU, admits Syria strikes

By Pablo Gorondi and Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Hungary coach offers fans free tickets after humbling loss

Associated Press

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after scoring during World Cup Group B qualifying match between Latvia and Portugal at the Skonto Stadium in Riga, Latvia, Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)

Andorra wins again after 13 years; Ronaldo leads Portugal

Associated Press

Aleksander Bukharov of Russia, left, and Barnabas Bese of Hungary fight for the ball during the international friendly soccer match between Hungary and Russia at the Goupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, June 5, 2017. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP)

Russia beats Hungary 3-0 in friendly but Zobnin injured

Associated Press

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

George Soros hits back at Hungary’s Viktor Orban, denounces ‘mafia state’

By Pablo Gorondi and Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

President and Rector of the Central European University, CEU, Michael Ignatieff, center, speaks during a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Sitting at left is deputy rector in charge of Hungarian issues Zsolt Enyedi and at right deputy rector for the Social Sciences and Humanities at the CEU, Eva Fodor. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)

Hungary seeks talks with New York state on Soros school

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press