BUDAPEST -- The debate over anti-Semitism in Hungary has sharpened since the anti-Israel, anti-Jewish and anti-Roma (Gypsy) Jobbik movement entered Parliament two years ago as the country’s third largest party. Seeking scapegoats and channeling paranoia...

Israel’s ambassador to Hungary has cancelled a planned visit to the northern town of Eger to protest reported anti-Semitic comments directed at Jewish actor Jozsef Szekhelyi. Ambassador Ilan Mor expressed support for Szekhelyi, a veteran actor who has...

PRAGUE -- A Hungarian government official rejected charges of anti-Semitism in the asylum case of Hungarian-Jewish writer Akos Kertesz. Following Kertesz's political asylum request last week to Canada, the head of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat...