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by Will Collins Print this article Joseph Conrad once observed that to a sailor, all foreign shores are the same. Protest marches in cosmopolitan enclaves have a similar generic quality. In early June, thousands in Budapest marched down a boulevard named for a forgotten Habsburg minister chanting slogans in a language that is notoriously difficult for English speakers to learn, but the atmospherics of the rally would have been instantly recognizable to most Americans. And while th...

City breaks in Europe are a popular type of holiday for those on a tight budget and many cities off the beaten track have lots to offer travelers. City breaks in Europe are a popular type of holiday for those on a tight budget and many cities off the beaten track have lots to offer travelers. Eastern Europe is particularly affordable and a long weekend in countries such as Bulgaria, Poland and Croatia definitely does not have to break the bank. Here are five of the best for an affordable city b...

Hungary: Plan to build Chinese university branch protested June 5, 2021 GMT BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Several thousand people rallied in Hungary’s capital Saturday against plans by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to host a Chinese university in Budapest. A strategic agreement that Hungary signed with Shanghai-based Fudan University envisages opening a branch in the city’s 9th district. Plans call for the Budapest campus to be completed by 2024. It would enroll international students and repre...

Pope Francis to Meet PM Orbán and President Áder in Budapest Pope Francis will celebrate the closing mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) in Hungary on September 12, 2021. Contrary to circulating media reports, the pontiff is scheduled to meet President János Áder, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, members of the government, and other high-ranking state leaders at a separate meeting, according to a statement by the Hungarian Catholic Bishops Conference. In the statement rel...

The Fudan issue is a matter of national sovereignty, Budapest Mayor Karácsony said at a demonstration against the establishment of a local campus of China's Fudan University in Budapest.

Several thousand people rallied Saturday in Hungary's capital against plans by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to host a Chinese university in Budapest. A strategic agreement...

Several thousand people rallied in Hungarys capital Saturday against plans by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to host a Chinese university in Budapest.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Several thousand people rallied in Hungarys capital Saturday...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Several thousand people rallied in Hungary's capital Saturday against plans by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to host a Chinese university in Budapest.

Dalai Lama, Uyghur martyrs, Free Hongkong would be the new public street names around the future site of Fudan University after the opposition mayor's move.