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Hungary seeks indefinite extension to state of emergency

by Associated Press
| March 23, 2020 6:03 AM

The Hungarian government is seeking to extend indefinitely the country's state of emergency because of the coronavirus epidemic, leading some to fear an unjustified power grab and an erosion of press freedoms in a country where the ruling party has long been accused of acting undemocratically.

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