Hungary’s populist prime minister Orban faces tight electoral contest on April 3
The Hungarian general election has been set for April 3 with semi-autocratic populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban facing his biggest…
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OSCE questions fairness of Hungary’s spring election as Orban struggles with plausible challenger
Hungary’s general election, which is expected in April or May, will not offer the opposition coalition a level playing field,…
Bosnians condemn incendiary Hungarian PM Orban comments on Muslim community
Bosnian leaders have denounced Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for questioning if Bosnia and Herzegovina could be integrated into the…
Hungary’s six-party opposition coalition selects political outsider to challenge Viktor Orban in next year’s election
Peter Marki-Zay, a conservative provincial mayor in Hungary, has been selected to challenge populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban in next…
Pope Francis urges Hungarians to embrace those in need and fight anti-Semitism
During his visit to Hungary, Pope Francis has warned of the “lurking” threat of anti-Semitism in Europe. He spoke after…
Hungary’s Orban targets Roma with national survey
Hungary’s strongman prime minister, Viktor Orban, has announced a “national consultation” of households during March to collect public opinion in…
Hungary offers free IVF as population slumps
Hungary’s populist government says it will offer free in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment from February 1 in another attempt to try…
Central Europe ‘vulnerable’ to foreign meddling: report
The Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are “particularly vulnerable” to influence from Russia, China and Turkey, according to a report…
Hungary priest condemns Orban’s ‘Christian’ claims
Pastor Gabor Ivanyi (pictured), president of the Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship, a small Methodist church which battled communism during the 1970s…
Populists in Poland and Hungary suffer setbacks
Sunday’s general election in Poland saw the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) lose control of the upper house and…
Orban ally loses Budapest mayoral race
Budapest’s newly elected liberal mayor, Gergely Karacsony (pictured), has celebrated a strong performance by the opposition in Hungary’s municipal elections,…
Hungary marks first Iron Curtain breach
Thirty years ago this week Hungarian border guards allowed hundreds of East German citizens to cross into Austria in the…
Macron blasts EPP rivals over Orban compromise
French President Emmanuel Macron has criticised the compromise reached by the European People’s Party (EPP) to suspend rather than expel…
Hungary takes on Brussels and Sweden in diplomatic showdown
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed Brussels in the escalating fight between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party and…
Orban tries to encourage Hungarian childbirth
Hungary’s populist prime minister, Viktor Orban, has promised to boost financial aid and subsidies for families to boost the population….
Hungary removes memorial to 1956 leader
A memorial to Imre Nagy (pictured), Hungary’s prime minister during the 1956 uprising against the Soviet occupation, has been removed…