Magyar sworn in as Hungary’s ‘regime change’ PM
Pro-European conservative Peter Magyar was ceremonially sworn-in as Hungary’s new prime minister on Saturday, vowing “regime change” after nationalist Viktor Orban’s 16 years in power.
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April 13, 2026 Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar’s Hungary election landslide
Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power is over and a system condemned as an “electoral autocracy” lies in tatters, defeated by a 45-year-old former party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to bring it to an end. “We did it,” Péter Magyar told a crowd of cheering supporters beside the River Danube, overlooking Budapest’s […]
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EUROPE
April 11, 2026 Hungary’s independent media has already won the election
Free media does exist in Hungary, and it’s making its voice heard as the country lurches towards an election that could sweep away 16 years of Viktor Orbán’s rule.
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WORLD
April 6, 2026 Hungary alleges plot to blow up gas pipeline ahead of election
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has convened an emergency meeting of the National Defence Council after explosives were found near a pipeline that transports Russian gas to Hungary. The discovery in a border area of neighbouring Serbia comes as Orban’s party is badly trailing in opinion polls ahead of crucial elections next Sunday. Opposition leader […]
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EUROPE
October 4, 2025 EU urged to ‘protect freedom of assembly’
The Pride march in Pécs, Hungary is set to take place tomorrow Saturday (4 October) despite a ban.
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EUROPE
June 10, 2025 Martin Schirdewan MEP Demands EU-Wide Ban on Extraditions to Hungary
By Martin Banks The call, by the joint leader of The Left Group in the EU parliament, comes in the wake of a hunger striker by Maja T., a 24-year-old from Germany.
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OPINION
May 15, 2025 Hungary’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court: An alarm for the International Law and the European Union?
By Konstantinos Anagnostakis, Analyst KEDISA In November 2024, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán extended an invitation to his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, to visit Hungary. On April 3rd, the meeting was held, with Netanyahu arriving in Budapest despite an active arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Shortly after the visit, Hungary announced its intention […]
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EUROPE
March 14, 2025 Hungary drops veto and agrees to prolong EU sanctions on Russian individuals
The clock for renewal was ticking fast as sanctions on Russian individuals and companies were set to expire by midnight on Saturday.
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EUROPE
October 7, 2024 Hungary top of the agenda for MEPs this week
By Martin Banks MEPs will this week discuss with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán the programme for Hungary’s six-month Council Presidency that started on 1 July.
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EUROPE
October 6, 2024 Thousands protest in Hungary demanding end to state media propaganda
Thousands of Hungarians gathered outside the headquarters of the country’s state television on Saturday, protesting against what they described as the government’s “propaganda machine” and calling for an independent public service media. The protestors, from the opposition TISZA party, say that the state broadcaster MTVA is running biased propaganda, featuring only politicians from Prime Minister […]
