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Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. | Photo Credit: Reuters Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not take his seat in parliament following a landslide election loss this month, and will instead focus on rebuilding his nationalist-populist political community, he announced on Saturday (April 25, 2026) in a video on social media. Hungary’s April…
Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza speaks during a press conference, on the day of the parliamentary election, in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nationalist Viktor Orban, who has ruled Hungary for 16 years, on Sunday (April 12, 2026) conceded defeat to conservative Peter Magyar in parliamentary elections. With votes…
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U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance will travel to Hungary on Tuesday on a mission to boost the electoral campaign of the country’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who faces the toughest re-election bid of his political career. During the two-day visit, coming just days before the April 12 parliamentary elections, Mr. Vance will meet with…
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The UNHCR has urged Hungary to reconsider the decision. A new law threatening to drive thousands of migrants from Ukraine back to their home country or onto the streets has been implemented in Hungary. With effect from Wednesday, this legislative move denied Ukrainian refugees access to government-subsidised accommodation. This new rule is the outcome of…
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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a joint news briefing, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on July 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday to consider a ceasefire to accelerate an end to the war with…
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Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban toured key European capitals last week. | Photo Credit: AP Hungary takes over the European Union’s (EU) rotating presidency on July 1, promising to be an “honest broker” despite widespread concerns over what critics see as an authoritarian, Russia-friendly government. Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has run the central…
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Viktor Orban last week on Friday travelled to Florida to meet his “good friend” Donald Trump. Budapest: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has asserted former US president Donald Trump told him during a meeting that he would “not give a penny” to the war in Ukraine — a claim Trump’s team did not comment on….
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A file photo of former U.S. President Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban | Photo Credit: AP Former U.S. leader Donald Trump will not give money to help Ukraine fight Russia if he wins the presidency again and that will hasten an end to the war, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after…
A file photo of former U.S. President Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban | Photo Credit: AP Former U.S. leader Donald Trump will not give money to help Ukraine fight Russia if he wins the presidency again and that will hasten an end to the war, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after…
Newly elected Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok looks on as people applaud, during the spring session of parliament in Budapest, Hungary, on February 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hungary’s Parliament on February 26 elected a political novice as President following the resignation of his predecessor, who caused outrage by pardoning a man convicted in a…
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