Soros’s Foundation Quits Hungary Under Government Pressure
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been pressuring NGOs in Hungary, whom he believes threaten Hungarian society
A network of aid groups founded by George Soros is set to close its offices in Budapest, citing an increasingly hostile political environment toward the Hungarian-born billionaire.
The Open Society Foundations will move local staff to Berlin and base its operations for Hungary out of the German capital, the group said in a statement Tuesday, in what represents a fresh escalation in the conflict between Prime MinisterViktor Orban and civil society groups.-- More...
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