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Media organisations in Ireland and UK also affected as apparently coordinated effort to cause chaos continues

In spite of Hungary’s democratic transition in 1990, efforts to disclose communist-era archives have repeatedly failed, with critics blaming successive governments’ reluctance to implicate public figures across the political spectrum.

Hungarian lawmakers elected a new prosecutor general on Tuesday as part of Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s push to hold nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orbán and his allies accountable over alleged corruption.

As part of the Houdini 100 series of events, a four-day programme has begun in Budapest to mark the 100th anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death. In tribute to the Hungarian-born American illusionist and escape artist, a relief is being unveiled and, among other things, a film festival and circus performances await visitors.

The Ring, the Euronews weekly debate show, travels to Budapest to find out how Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar is resetting relations with the EU after years of tension under the previous government.