The Brussels–Berlin–Kyiv axis is trying, through coercion, to strip Hungary of the very sovereignty the heroes of 1848 fought and gave their lives for.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The bountiful creative milieu of 19th- and early-20th-century Paris, teeming with such artistic giants as Claude Monet, Amedeo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso, ...

Part of the answer is simple geography. For many people fleeing Syria and other countries, Hungary is the first nation they encounter within the European Union. Thousands crossed the border just ...

Flick through a Hungarian history book for high school students, and you’re left in no doubt about the government’s view on migrants. The section on “Multiculturalism” opens with a photo of refugees ...

Steve Inskeep talks to Stefano Bottoni, a historian at the Hungarian Academy of Science, about Hungary's past experiences of migration, and how that influences its present attitudes toward migrants.