Separately, MEPs have asked the European Commission to refuse Hungary access to the €750bn Covid-19 pandemic recovery plan, if Viktor Orban's government does not reverse course (Photo: Kuba Bożanowski)

Open letter from 30 embassies ahead of Budapest Pride

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by Cristian Gherasim, Bucharest,

The Hungarian government is at odds not only with the EU - but with embassies and institutions around the world over its controversial new anti-LGBTIQ law, ahead of Budapest Pride this Saturday (24 July).

A total of 30 embassies and 12 cultural institutes have signed an open letter expressing "full support for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and in...

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Cristian Gherasim is a freelance journalist contributing to EUobserver, Euronews, EU Reporter, Katoikos, Von Mises Institute, and bne IntelliNews, with a particular focus on European and regional affairs.