European Court of Justice says amendments, which effectively forced education institute funded by philanthropist to leave the country, were not in line with the bloc's law

Both countries' governments violate bloc's rule of law standards; foreign ministers protest and establish 'institute of comparative law' to monitor EU countries

In new book 'Twilight of Democracy,' Anne Applebaum describes how her former friends helped bring about the Trump era, Brexit, and authoritarian governments in Poland and Hungary

Rabbi Gabor Finali kicked out of Mazsihisz umbrella organization for a statement he later retracted; has also said Jewish state appropriated money of Holocaust victims

In half-day visit, Péter Szijjártó to meet Netanyahu and Ashkenazi to discuss fight against COVID-19; annexation not high on agenda, Jerusalem officials say

Judges agree to discuss lawsuits by groups saying they were forced to sell artifacts to Nazis; decision to focus on whether cases belong in US courts

Hungarian minister laments closure of so-called transit zones, where rights groups allege migrants were kept in inhumane conditions

Freedom House cites crackdown on press, new bill allowing Prime Minister to rule by decree as examples of erosion of democratic norms in the Central European nation

Main ceremony at Yad Vashem national memorial site prerecorded and held in front of empty venue; President Rivlin, Prime Minister Netanyahu and survivors deliver messages by video

When Germany occupied Hungary in 1944, Arie Even, his mother and brother had to go into hiding for nearly a year, at times in bales of hay and in underground cellars