Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán ejected after 16 years, in European electoral earthquake

[ad_1] BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger in a bombshell election result with global repercussions. It was a stunning blow for Orbán — a close ally […]

Denmark votes in an early election that follows a crisis over US designs on Greenland

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish voters went to the polls Tuesday in a general election, with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen seeking a third term at the helm of the Scandinavian country after a standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump over the future of the kingdom’s semiautonomous territory of Greenland. More than 4.3 million people are […]