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3 days ago · Updated 4:54 PM PDT, June 9, 2024. BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s nationalist party took the most votes in Sunday’s European Parliament elections but sharply underperformed its past dominance in a race that pitted the long-serving leader against a new challenger that has upended Orbán’s grip on ...
15 hours ago · BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary agreed on Wednesday not to veto NATO support for Ukraine but Prime Minister Viktor Orbán insisted that his government would provide neither funds nor military personnel for any joint assistance effort. At a summit in Washington next month, U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts are expected to agree on a ...
3 days ago · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party was on track for its worst result in a national or EU vote in nearly two decades at Sunday's European Parliament election, where a political ...
Feb 12, 2024 · Hungary’s conservative president has resigned amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government.
Apr 23, 2024 · Viktor Orbán, Europe’s longest-serving prime minister, has ruled Hungary virtually unchallenged since 2010. But in just three months, a former ally-turned-rival has garnered so much support...
Sep 16, 2022 · Viktor Orban has been in power since 2010 and was re-elected to a fourth term earlier this year. Hungarian civil liberties groups have welcomed a new EU report that says the country cannot be...
Apr 4, 2022 · Viktor Orban (C), a self-styled illiberal democrat, has repeatedly clashed with the EU. You could almost hear the collective thud of EU hearts sinking on Sunday night as Viktor Orban made...
Feb 1, 2024 · Hungary's Viktor Orban has long opposed EU sanctions on Russia. European leaders are meeting on Thursday in Brussels in the hope of ending a standoff over financial aid for Ukraine. Hungary's...
2 days ago · 0:39. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ruled out holding early parliamentary elections to cement his advantage in local and European Union ballots following a surprisingly strong showing by a ...
3 days ago · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz and its smaller allies scored 44.6 percent, significantly lower than polls had predicted. Fidesz has only won less than 50 percent of the vote once in the past two decades, scoring 47.4 percent in 2004. The preliminary results would give Orbán 11 MEPs and Magyar seven seats.
