In the coming days, cardinals will converge in the Vatican to choose the next head of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis, who ...

Hungarian Nikoletta Bogadi's life was turned upside down when one of her four children came out as gay and another one as ...

The amendments to Hungary’s Fundamental Law represent yet another escalation in the Orbán government’s ongoing efforts to ...

Hungary's parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities. Legal scholars and critics call Monday's decision another ...

The changes seek to bolster Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s base as opposition pressure mounts.

The amendment declares that children’s rights to moral, physical, and intellectual development supersede the right to ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian lawmakers are preparing to vote on a constitutional amendment viewed by many critics as both a crackdown on the freedoms of assembly and expression and the most ...

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Protesters demonstrate outside the Hungarian parliament on the day it votes on constitutional amendments targeting the LGBTQ community, in Budapest, Hungary, April 14, 2025. BERNADETT SZABO ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian lawmakers are preparing to vote on a constitutional amendment viewed by many critics as both a crackdown on the freedoms of assembly and expression and the ...

Hungary has banned public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government. The amendment to Hungary's ...

Hungarian lawmakers are preparing to vote on a constitutional amendment viewed by many critics as both a crackdown on the freedoms of assembly and expression and the most recent move by the ...