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Thousands of cattle have had to be culled as the country tries to contain the outbreak.

Horrifying footage of blood oozing from the ground in Hungary, where cattle infected with foot-and-mouth disease were buried, has sparked widespread panic and raised serious concerns over potential water contamination.

Hungary’s government is “on Putin’s team” when it comes to attitudes to the war in Ukraine, according to Estonia’s foreign minister.

Hungary's government is planning a law that would prevent protesters blocking bridges in order to defend the rights of those not protesting, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.

Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed concern over Hungary's decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Foot-and-mouth disease mostly affects cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals.

Israel’s PM has praised Budapest’s ‘bold and principled position.’

Hungary has withdrawn from the International Criminal Court, becoming the first EU member state to do so, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the country.

Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán this morning.

Poland has introduced strict veterinary checks on its border with Slovakia as it braces for the potential spread of foot-and-mouth disease from its southern neighbor, lawmakers were told on Wednesday.

Human rights groups have called on Hungary to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he lands in Budapest on Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Hungary this week, his office said on Sunday, defying an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court issued over allegations of war crimes in Gaza.

Hungary’s opposition leader has accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of pushing the country toward “civil war” after activists from his party were attacked by an alleged government sympathizer.

More than 2,000 cattle are to be culled on a Hungarian farm after cases of foot-and-mouth disease were identified, according to the news website Euronews.

A group of embassies in Budapest, including European powers but not the United States, has expressed concern in a joint statement over a law passed by Hungary's ruling party that bans a Pride march by the LGBTQ+ community.

Europe’s largest union of journalists has demanded an apology from Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán after he characterized reporters as “bugs” and threatened a “clean up” of the media and other sectors.

The Hungarian opposition called on the EU leaders on Wednesday to join the Budapest Pride parade in a show of solidarity after the Hungarian parliament voted to ban it.

Hungary’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday to ban a Pride march by LGBTQ+ communities and backed a resolution opposing joint EU borrowing for defense spending as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gears up for a summit in Brussels later this week.

Despite the impending ban, organizers insist the parade will go ahead as planned.

Around 50,000 protesters descended on Budapest on Saturday.