ROB CAMERON

BBC Prague Correspondent
Articles tagged 'Hungary'

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Csatáry
CsatárySlovakia calls on Hungary to extradite Nazi war crimes suspect Csatáry

Slovakia has called on Hungary to extradite 97-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect László Csatáry, over his alleged role in the murder of 15,700 Jews in the Slovak city of Košice during the war. Csatary was tracked down in Budapest in August 2012, and is now being questioned by Hungarian prosecutors for war crimes. He escaped to Canada after the war.

BBC World Service2012-11-18holocaust hungary jews nazis slovakia world-war-two
Francis
FrancisPope’s Slovakia visit sends signal after brief Hungary stop

Pope Francis has begun a four-day visit to Slovakia, the first papal visit to the country in 18 years. Typically, he’s going out of his way to embrace the most excluded members of society. He’s spending 70 hours in Slovakia, after just seven in Hungary, and commentators believe Francis was sending a very subtle message to Viktor Orban in Budapest.

BBC News2021-09-13catholic hungary religion roma slovakia zuzana-caputova