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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 file photo, hospitality sector workers, backdropped by a banner reading 'Stop the Restrictions&quot; attend a protest against coronavirus restrictions, in Budapest, Hungary. Hungary’s government has launched an online questionnaire asking citizens to give their opinions on lifting pandemic restrictions. The government calls the set of seven questions that went up on Thursday, Feb. 18 a “national consultation&quot; to gauge public sentiment. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh, file)

Hungary seeks citizen input on easing pandemic restrictions

By JUSTIN SPIKE - Associated Press

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban, right, and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during a news conference at a meeting marking 30 years of central Europe's informal body of cooperation called the Visegrad Group, at a conference center in Krakow, Poland, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

EU moves to fine Hungary for flouting ruling on NGO law

By LORNE COOK and JUSTIN SPIKE - Associated Press

Prime ministers from central Europe Igor Matovic of Slovakia, left; Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland, center; The Czech Republic's Andrej Babis, second right and Viktor Orban of Hungary, right, with European Council President Charles Michel, second left, taking a family photo following a news conference at a meeting marking 30 years of central Europe's informal body of cooperation called the Visegrad Group, at a conference center in Krakow, Poland, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Central European leaders push for faster vaccine deliveries

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Boxes containing vaccines are unloaded from a Hungarian Airbus 330 cargo plane as the first batch of the vaccine against the new coronavirus produced by Sinopharm of China arrives at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The vaccine will not be used without its examination and approval by the National Public Health Center of Hungary. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)

Chinese vaccine arrives in Hungary, a first in the EU

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

A man receives a shot of Russian vaccine Sputnik V at Central Hospital of the Hungarian Defence Forces (military) in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, as the vaccination with Sputnik V against the new coronavirus begins in the country. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP)

Chinese vaccine will pull Hungary ahead of EU, PM says

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Central Europe leaders focus on vaccination, nuclear energy

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Poland's President Andrzej Duda touches ellbows with the Czech President Milos Zeman to greet him for for a two-day summit with the presidents of Hungary and The Czech Republic marking 30 years of the Visegrad Group, an informal body of political and economic cooperation in the region, at the presidential residence in the Hel Peninsula, Poland, on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.(Jakub Szymczuk / KPRP via AP )

Central Europe presidents mark 30 years of Visegrad Group

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A medical worker wearing protective gear waits for people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, at Belgrade Fair makeshift vaccination center in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. China is ready to consider &quot;vaccine cooperation&quot; with Central and Eastern European countries, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday in a meeting held by video link with European leaders. Serbia has received 1 million doses of a Chinese-developed coronavirus vaccine and Hungarian and Chinese vaccine developers are cooperating. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Xi: China open to ‘vaccine cooperation’ with Eastern Europe

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Hungarian radio station to go off the air after court ruling

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, and his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis shake hands prior to their press conference in Orban's office in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Feb. 2021. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Czech PM in Hungary to discuss Russian, Chinese vaccines

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People wearing masks take part in a hospitality sector workers protest, in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. Protesters gathered at a central square in Hungary's capital of Budapest on Sunday demanding a rethinking of the country's lockdown restrictions. As the lockdown limiting restaurants to take-away service approaches the three-month mark, many business owners complain that they have received little to none of the government’s promised financial assistance while other businesses like shopping malls and retail stores have been permitted to remain open. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Hungarian cafe mulls civil disobedience to avoid bankruptcy

By JUSTIN SPIKE - Associated Press

A man speaks to police officers while his ID is checked in a hospitality sector workers protest, in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. Protesters gathered at a central square in Hungary's capital of Budapest on Sunday demanding a rethinking of the country's lockdown restrictions. As the lockdown limiting restaurants to take-away service approaches the three-month mark, many business owners complain that they have received little to none of the government’s promised financial assistance while other businesses like shopping malls and retail stores have been permitted to remain open. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

Hungarian restaurant workers protest lockdown restrictions

By JUSTIN SPIKE - Associated Press

Hungary first in EU to approve Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

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FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, April 8, 2019, a sign reading: &quot;State Border&quot; is attached to a fence at Hungary's border with Serbia near the village Asotthalom, Hungary. The European Union’s border control agency Frontex, said Wednesday Jan. 27, 2021, it is suspending operations in Hungary after the government in Budapest did not comply with a ruling by Europe’s highest court on the rights of asylum-seekers. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, FILE)

EU border agency suspends operations in Hungary

By JUSTIN SPIKE and LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Agnes Keleti, former Olympic gold medal winning gymnast, poses in Budapest, Hungary Monday Jan. 4, 2021. The oldest living Olympic champion turns 100 and says the fondest memory of her remarkable life is simply that she has lived through it all. Agnes Keleti is a Holocaust survivor and winner of five Olympic gold medals in gymnastics and 10 overall. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh) **FILE**

‘I love life’: Oldest living Olympic champion turns 100

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FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 16, 2020 file photo, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit in Brussels. A senior legal adviser said Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 that the European Union's top court should reject Hungary's attempts to overturn a European Parliament action aimed at holding the country to account for what lawmakers consider to be a breach of the bloc's values. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP, File)

Top court rules Hungary flouted EU law by detaining migrants

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, July 6 2013 file photo participants walk down Andrassy Street under a giant rainbow flag during the 18th Budapest Gay Pride March in Budapest, Hungary. Human rights and LGBT groups have condemned an amendment to Hungary’s constitution approved on Tuesday that effectively bans adoption for same-sex couples and enshrines a strict Christian conservative ideology into the legal conception of the family. (AP Photo/MTI, Imre Foldi, file)

Rights groups condemn Hungarian ban on same-sex adoptions

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks as he arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. European Union leaders meet for a year-end summit that will address anything from climate, sanctions against Turkey to budget and virus recovery plans. Brexit will be discussed on the sidelines. (John Thys, Pool via AP)

EU strikes deal on landmark budget, virus recovery fund

By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Sources: EU close to sealing major budget, virus fund deal

By RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2020 file photo, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, left, and Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban share a word as they line up for a group picture prior to a meeting in Beja, Portugal. Polish government officials insisted on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, that they are sticking to their tough negotiating position ahead of a key European Union summit next week that should finalize the bloc’s next seven-year budget and a major pandemic recovery package. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Pressure mounts on Hungary, Poland to unlock EU stimulus

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press