Saturday, 21. January 2012
Topic: EU - on January 21, 2012 at 9:07:00 PM CET
100,000 march in Hungary pro-government rally
About 100,000 sympathizers of Hungary's government marched Saturday to parliament in support of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has come under heavy criticism from the European Union for laws seen as curbing democracy.
The long procession dubbed the "Peace March for Hungary" left Heroes' Square at 1500 GMT (10 a.m. EST) and began arriving two hours later at the Neo-Gothic legislature on the banks of the Danube River.
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