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A woman wearing the Ukrainian flag is handed a beverage at the train station in Przemysl, Poland, on Thursday. Ukrainians have been welcomed into Poland and other neighboring countries as they flee Russian attacks.

Race, culture and politics underpin how — or if — refugees are welcomed in Europe

9:26pm March 03, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

The embrace of those fleeing the Russian invasion is far different from the cold shoulder refugees from the Middle East and Africa have received. Race, culture and politics are all part of the story.

Nigeria students in Ukraine wait at the platform in Lviv railway station on Sunday.

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African students say they're facing discrimination as they try to leave Ukraine

3:58pm March 02, 2022

Africans and South Asians studying and working in Ukraine have had added difficulty leaving the country because of discriminatory treatment by local authorities.

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Rozi Galambica in her home in Ozd, Hungary. Galambica attends university in the Netherlands.

Hungarian Roma are translating Amanda Gorman; her poetry speaks to their experience

8:08pm January 29, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

White European translators have hesitated to work on Gorman's poetry because of criticism that their race makes them inappropriate for the job. In Hungary, a marginalized community steps up.

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gives a press conference following a meeting of prime ministers of central Europe's informal body of cooperation, called the Visegrad Group (V4) in Budapest, Hungary, last month.

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A discomfort with Western liberalism is growing in Eastern Europe

4:41pm December 04, 2021

by Joanna Kakissis

People of the former Soviet bloc rejoiced when the Iron Curtain fell and embraced membership in the European Union. Hungary is an example of a growing culture clash in the conservative East.

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Activists pose for a photo after raising a large rainbow heart in front of Hungary's parliament building in Budapest on Thursday. The activists are protesting against a new law they say discriminates against and marginalizes LGBTQ people.

Hungary Bans LGBTQ Content From Schools, But Some Teachers Say They Will Defy It

6:40pm July 09, 2021

by Esme Nicholson

Hungary is banning LGBTQ content from classrooms and media that reaches minors. Not if these educators can help it.

Radio journalists work in the studio at the headquarters of the independent Hungarian radio station, the Klubradio in Budapest on Feb. 9. It was removed from the airways after the national media regulator would not renew its license, raising new press fre

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As Hungary Cuts Radio Station, Critics Say Europe Should Put Orban On Notice

2:14pm March 08, 2021

by Rob Schmitz

Taking Klubradio off the air was the latest blow to press freedom in a country where the right-wing populist leadership and its allies have increased control and influence over the media.

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Zsolt Jeszenszky, creative director of Hungary's Pesti TV, hosts his talk show, Political Hobbyist. In Trump's refusal to concede, he hears a message for European nationalists: "If there is a system that's against you, you should fight, and you should not

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Pro-Populist Media In Eastern Europe Promote Trump's Baseless Voter Fraud Claims

3:39pm December 04, 2020

by Joanna Kakissis

Media that are supportive of leaders in Hungary, Poland and Slovenia either repeat the false claims or suggest President-elect Joe Biden is part of a vast liberal conspiracy to stifle conservatives.

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President Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in May 2019.

After Trump, Europe's Populist Leaders Will Have 'Lost One Of Their Cheerleaders'

1:42pm December 01, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

Leaders of nations like Poland, Slovenia and Hungary are having a hard time accepting that President Trump lost the election. Joe Biden says he is committed to rebuilding ties with the European Union.

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Protesters gather outside Poland's Supreme Court in January, demonstrating against the government's efforts to curtail the judiciary's independence. The European Commission is investigating Poland and Hungary for violating standards of democracy and rule

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Hungary And Poland Block EU Budget With Pandemic Relief Funds For Hard-Hit Nations

3:00pm November 17, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

The two Eastern European countries are in a long-running dispute with the European Union over their consolidation of state power and restrictions on free speech and an independent judiciary.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at a news conference on May 15.

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Hungary's Government Asks U.S. Media To Apologize For Critical Reports

4:32pm June 03, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

NPR received a letter from a government spokesman late Tuesday saying "Hungary has been subjected to a barrage of attacks" and requesting an apology from American news organizations and think tanks.