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Thursday 1 June 2023 Dublin: 15°C

# Hungary

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# Hungary
Watch: thousands take to the streets to protest against Hungarian government
Opposition groups claim that the governing Fidesz party have passed laws which will erode democracy.
# EU
What's in the new EU deal - and what does it mean for Ireland?
We try to cut through the legal language and figure out precisely what 26 EU members have signed up to in Brussels.
# EU
Hungary may adopt new EU deal - with UK veto the only obstacle to Treaty change
Hungary may now also sign up to the deal agreed by euro members overnight – leaving the UK as the only EU member outside it.
# Eurozone
In full: the deal struck by 26 of the 27 EU members
The full text of the deal adopted by euro members, and by at least six – and potentially nine – of the other 10 EU members.
# Brussels
UK and Hungary veto plans for EU Treaty change after all-night talks
Overnight talks in Brussels fail to reach a deal, with at least 23 countries instead signing up to a ‘fiscal compact’.
# Smuggling
Retailers warn Dublin airport is 'a hub' for cigarette smuggling
Retailers Against Smuggling has called for the government to impose a minimum fine for cigarette smuggling.
# Hungary
On Ireland's bailout anniversary, Hungary seeks EU-IMF assistance
Oh the irony…
# Olympics 2012
Aquatic Centre attracts synchronised swim and water polo Olympians
Britain’s water polo team will train here ahead of the London Olympics, bringing to four the number of squads we’ve attracted here for training – so the games are not proving to be exactly the goldmine we hoped for.
# Budapest
Murder investigation launched over Budapest bodies
Local reports say a man claims he survived being buried alive, but that more victims could be found.
# War Crimes
Nazi war crimes suspect acquitted
Sandor Kepiro, 97, has been acquitted of war crime charges related to the execution of 35 Serbs and Jews in Serbia in 1942.
# Dynasty
Whatever happened the Habsburgs...and three other fallen dynasties?
The story of the Habsburgs and other famous dynasties that are no more.
# Work Can Wait
Canine contortions: Photos from the dog and frisbee championships
Gallery: Dog days in Hungary as people and pooches compete in the Skyhoundz Disc Dog European Championships.
# Elvis
Elvis to be named honorary citizen of Budapest
Iconic singer Elvis Presley is to be posthumously honoured in Hungary because of his support for the country’s anti-Soviet revolution in 1956.
# Iran
Iran invites world powers to tour nuclear sites
Iran invites the EU and several other powers to tour the country’s contentious nuclear sites, buts snubs its greatest critic – the United States.
# Toxic Sludge
Hungary races to build emergency dam
Authorities fear the toxic sludge reservoir could completely collapse and send a second poisonous flood into the nearby villages and rivers.
# Toxic Sludge
Hungarian village evacuated as new reservoir damage found
Village of over 700 evacuated amid fears of fresh toxic sludge leak.
# Toxic Sludge
IN PICS: Death toll rises but Danube toxic sludge fear recedes
PICS: The toxic sludge disaster wreaks havoc to homes in Hungary.
# Toxic Sludge
Hungary toxic sludge spill reaches Danube
The toxic sludge has reached one of Europe’s main waterways.
# Toxic Sludge
Hungary declares emergency as toxic sludge leak kills four
GALLERY: A toxic by-product of alumina production leaks out and kills at least four, with more missing.