Hungary

Hungary

• Hungary appeals order to play in empty stadium

  Hungary's Football Association has asked sport's highest court to quash FIFA's order to play a World Cup qualifier in an empty stadium because of ... 

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  Spanish football wasn't always beautiful Tiki-Taka

  The two goals that finally confirmed Spain's rise as a football superpower, scored a couple of years apart, were demonstrations of a system that has ... 

• Hungary makes central bank chief nomination

  Hungary's prime minister said Friday that he is nominating Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy as the new head of the National Bank of Hungary. 

• Top Hungarian court overturns disputed church law

  Hungary's top court issued a ruling on Tuesday on the procedure the country should follow to decide which religions to officially recognize. But the ... 

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  Arrested Singaporean reveals match-fixing secrets

  When police arrested Wilson Raj Perumal in Finland, it didn't take long for him to realize that his criminal buddies had ratted him out. He's been ... 

• Louisiana Guard honored for helping 1957 refugees

  Hungary's ambassador to the United States will pay tribute to the Louisiana National Guard for sheltering more than 100 Hungarian refugees who stayed ... 

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  Club: Player questioned on Liverpool game in 2010

  A goalkeeper linked to attempts to fix a Champions League match against Liverpool was questioned by UEFA about the case in 2010, his club said Tuesday 

• FIFA upholds sanctions in Hungary, Bulgaria case

  FIFA has upheld sanctions imposed on Hungary and Bulgaria for anti-Semitic and racist behavior by fans. FIFA says both teams will play home World Cup ... 

• Hungary groups call for ad boycott of newspaper

  Hungarian civic groups are calling on companies to pull their ads from a newspaper that published a column in which a member of the governing Fidesz ... 

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  Hungary homeless face winter, fear return of fines

  Homeless men and women huddle on street corners amid Budapest's majestic domed palaces, shivering under old blankets and cardboard boxes in frigid ... 

• Hungary appealing FIFA penalty for racism at match

  The Hungarian Football Federation says it is appealing a FIFA ruling forcing it to play its next World Cup qualifier in an empty stadium after fans ... 

• Prosecutors reject report against Hungary lawmaker

  Hungarian prosecutors have rejected a complaint from a Jewish congregation against a lawmaker who said Jews could represent a national security risk. 

• FIFA punishes Bulgaria, Hungary for racial abuse

  FIFA denounced "abhorrent, shameful" racist and anti-Semitic abuse by Bulgaria and Hungary fans at opposing teams on Tuesday, and ordered each team ... 

• Article about Roma is widely criticized in Hungary

  A founding member of Hungary's governing Fidesz party has been sharply criticized for writing a newspaper column that contained offensive remarks ... 

• Hungary top court deals government electoral blow

  A top Hungarian court dealt the ruling party a blow Friday by striking down key provisions in a new electoral law that critics say skewed the ... 

• Sweden honors WWII hero with commemoration day

  Sweden will honor its World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg with an annual commemoration day in recognition of his achievements in saving thousands of ... 

• German court nixes match-fixing sentences

  A German court ordered a partial retrial for two Croatian men found guilty in a match-fixing scandal that rattled Europe's football establishment and ... 

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  Hungarian students protest education reforms

  Hungarian high school and university students went ahead Wednesday with protests against changes in the education system despite the government's ... 

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  Lochte sets world record at short-course worlds

  Ryan Lochte broke his own world record in the 200-meter individual medley on Friday at the short-course world championships in Istanbul, and he ... 

• Hungarian students protest scholarship cuts

  Hundreds of Hungarian university students are marching in Budapest to demand more funding for higher education and to protest government plans to ... 

• Draghi supports Hungary's embattled central bank

  European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on Friday defended his Hungarian counterpart against the government's efforts to limit his independence ... 

• Electrical failure shuts Hungary's main airport

  Hungary's Budapest Airport has been shut down due to electrical problems in the control tower. Airport spokesman Mihaly Hardy said Friday that flights ... 

• Hungary's president asks review of election law

  Hungary's president says certain aspects of the new election law may be unconstitutional and has asked the Constitutional Court to review the ...