The magnitude of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s defeat is surprising, perhaps even shocking. The fact his Fidesz party lost by a solid margin, however, should have surprised no one. Orbán is widely derided by Western elites as an autocrat, and … Read More
“We should not tie together things that are not connected to each other at all,” High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Monday amid a new crisis caused by back-to-back Hungarian vetoes. On the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s … Read More
Centrist and leftist MEPs called on the EU to act against Hungary over the LGBTQ+ Pride ban, while the far right defended the move of Viktor Orbán’s government. Around 70 MEPs will travel to Budapest next weekend to support LGBTQ+ … Read More
The amendment declares that children’s rights to moral, physical and spiritual development supersede any right other than the right to life, including the right to peaceful assembly. Hungary’s parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government … Read More
MOSCOW (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Moscow on Friday for a rare meeting by a European leader with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed peace proposals for Ukraine, which triggered condemnation from Kyiv and some European leaders … Read More
Hungary was the last major hurdle to historically neutral Sweden joining NATO. Russia has long opposed the expansion, and says it will respond if the alliance establishes a military presence there. Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden’s bid to … Read More
EU ministers expressed “discomfort” on Tuesday at political outlier Hungary taking on the bloc’s rotating presidency next year, but Budapest vowed nothing could prevent it filling the prominent role. The European Parliament is to vote on a non-binding resolution on … Read More
BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday called for European Union financing for border fences, reviving an idea long seen as inadmissible ahead of a summit of the bloc’s leaders to discuss curbing irregular immigration. The gathering … Read More
About 9,000 -10,000 refugees from Ukraine are reaching Hungary every day, according to the figures provided by the Chief Security Advisor György Bakondi. The number of refugees from Ukraine has surpassed 601,000 since the start of the war, according to … Read More