Hungary

The flood peak on the Danube could leave Hungary on Tuesday, but vigilance must be maintained, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a press conference on Sunday, after a meeting of the operative body for flood protection.

Budapest has "passed the flood defence test", Gergely Karacsony, the city's mayor, told a press conference held near the River Danube on Saturday.

Hungary's government bears responsibility for the fate of Hungarian communities beyond the border, Balazs Hanko, the minister of culture and innovation, said on Saturday in Odorheiu Secuiesc (Szekelyudvarhely), where he inaugurated a new building of a Reformed Church school.

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has accused the government of planning to usher in an "austerity package" containing 130 measures.

Flooding on the River Danube poses no threat to energy services in Hungary, the energy ministry said on Saturday.

Hungary can breathe easier after five more "difficult days", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a press conference on flood protection in Budapest on Saturday.

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on Friday called on Hungary to align legislation on lifelong prison sentences with the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights without delay.

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has called on Hungary to work to ensure asylum-seekers access to means of legal entry and end its practice of collective expulsions to Serbia.

Policy makers are discussing how to boost the competitiveness of the transportation sector at an informal meeting of European Union transport ministers in Budapest on Friday.

There is a need for peace in Europe, and for this a strong defence industry is key, the defence minister told a conference in Budapest on Friday.