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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech during the Demographic Forum of the Budapest Family Summit conference in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday May 25, 2017. Hungary’s prime minister says the government will reduce mortgages for families with three or more children and build or renovate many nurseries to help boost the country’s birth rate. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has also announced the cut or elimination of student loans owed by women with two or more children and says the government would like to increase the number of children born per woman from 1.5 now to 2.1 by 2030. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Hungary reveals new ideas to increase birth numbers by 2030

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 4, 2017 file photo demonstrators face policemen as they protest against the amendment of the higher education law seen by many as an action aiming at the closure of the Central European University, founded by Hungarian born American billionaire businessman George Soros, in front of the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary’s government says Thursday, May 25, 2017 it sees no reason to alter its recently amended education law which could force a university founded by billionaire George Soros to leave the country. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP, file)

Hungary sees no reason to change law affecting Soros school

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Supporters of Hungary's political opposition display a banner during an anti-government protest, at Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, May 21, 2017. At least 5,000 protesters marched in downtown Budapest, calling on the government to repeal legal amendments which could force Central European University to leave the country. (Balazs Mohai/MTI via AP)

New York governor offers talks with Hungary on Soros school

Associated Press

AP Exclusive: Chinese spent $24B on US, other ‘golden visas’

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

The April 18, 2017 photo provided by the Mental Disability Advocacy Center MDAC on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 shows a patient lies on his bed at an institution in the city of God, near Budapest, where some 220 people reside. MDAC said in a report Wednesday that it found signs of ill-treatment and malnutrition. (MDAC via AP)

Hungary: Group calls for closure of state homes for disabled

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Bernadett Szel, a lawmaker from the green party Politics Can Be Different, shows a copy of an appeal she presented to the Constitutional Court outside the court's headquarters on Friday, April 21, 2017. Szel and other opposition lawmakers are seeking the repeal of amendments to the law on higher education they say seeks to shut down Budapest-based Central European University, founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros. (AP Photo/Pablo Gorondi)

Hungary: Opposition seeks repeal of law about US university

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Demonstrators in front of the parliament building in Budapest hold a banner reading "Let's stop Fidesz" (party) as they protest an amendment of the higher education law seen by many as an action aiming at the closure of the Central European University, founded by Hungarian born American billionaire businessman George Soros. (Associated Press/File)

George Soros, Viktor Orban clash on Hungary university

By Petra Hajdu and John Dyer - Special to The Washington Times

Correction: Europe-Hungary story

By RAF CASERT and PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos speaks during a joint press conference with Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pinter at the interior ministry in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Avramopoulos is calling on Hungary to comply with the bloc’s rules on dealing with asylum seekers. (Noemi Bruzak/MTI via AP)

EU commissioner calls on Hungary to comply with asylum rules

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Hungary opens base for army border patrols to stop migrants

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo a Hungarian soldier patrols at the transit zone at Hungary's southern border with Serbia near Tompa, 169 km southeast of Budapest, Hungary. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, an early supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has ordered the reinforcement of fences on Hungary’s southern borders to keep out migrants, many of whom are Muslims. (Sandor Ujvari/MTI via AP, file)

Hungary’s leader calls migration ‘Trojan horse’ of terrorism

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Convicts build the fence of the second defence line behind the first protective fence on the border between Hungary and Serbia near Kelebia, 178 kms southeast of Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. The Hungarian government decided to construct a second fence along the border with Serbia to prevent migrants' illegal entry into Hungary last Thursday, Febr. 23. (Sandor Ujvari/MTI via AP)

Hungary’s 2nd fence on Serbian border to be built by May 1

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, is greeted by Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto at the to Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP)

Vladimir Putin visits Hungary, his 1st trip to the EU since the U.S. election

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Flames engulf a bus that crashed near Verona, northern Italy, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Police say 16 people have died when the bus carrying Hungarian school students returning home from France crashed into the side of a highway near Verona. Thirty-nine people survived. The bus was returning to Budapest with students ages 15 to 17. (Lanfranco Fossa' via AP)

Hungarian official: Bus crash victim IDs could take days

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

In this Aug. 13, 2016, file picture a person on motorbike passes a government poster promoting the Oct. 2 referendum against any EU quotas to resettle migrants. reading "Did you know?" Hungarians will vote Sunday in a referendum called by Prime Minister Viktor Orbans government, seeking political support against any future plans by the European Union to resettle refugees or asylum seekers among members of the bloc. (AP Photo/ Pablo Gorondi, file)

A look at Hungary’s referendum on EU refugee quotas

By Pablo Gorondi - Associated Press

United States' Ashleigh Johnson makes a save during their women's water polo quarterfinal match against Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

U.S., Hungary advance to women’s water polo semifinal

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

In this Sept. 30, 2015, file photo, former Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks at a news conference in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Polish leader: Bill Clinton should have brain examined

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Police officers organize groups of migrants after they arrive from Croatia in Sredisce ob Dravi, Slovenia, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. Hungary shut down its border with Croatia to the free flow of migrants, prompting Croatia to redirect thousands of people toward its border with Slovenia. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Thousands stranded on new migrant route through Europe

By RADUL RADOVANOVIC - Associated Press

Razor wire is photographed during the installation of a temporary fence at the border between Hungary and Croatia near Magyarboly, 218 kms south of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. (Janos Marjai/MTI via AP)

Hungary close to completing fence on Croatian border to stem flow of migrants

By Pablo Gorondi and Danica Kirka - Associated Press