MOHACS, Hungary, December 12 (UNHCR) - Members of Hungary's Roma community have been seeking asylum in Sweden in unprecedented numbers in recent months, pleading extreme poverty and alleging labour ...

STORY: Peter Magyar is a political novice with big ambitions: He hopes to challenge Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 14-year iron grip over Hungarian politics. And last month Magyar met with prospective ...

Hungary's new anti-vagrancy laws — the toughest in Europe — now mean that homeless people sleeping on the street can face police fines or even the possibility of jail time. Advocacy and human-rights ...

Another year of geopolitical instability, economic hardship and surging prices has taken a hard toll on the livelihoods of Central Europeans and fractured social cohesion. While the situation should ...