Jul 11 Hungary’s nationalist leader visiting Trump in Florida after NATO summit By Justin Spike, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is travelling to Florida to meet with Donald Trump following a NATO summit in Washington. Continue reading
Jul 05 Hungary’s Orbán visits Putin in Moscow, drawing backlash from some European leaders By Justin Spike, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press 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 and officials. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 5:40 Hungary’s Orbán gives Trump an ‘illiberal’ roadmap for American conservatives By Nick Schifrin, Ethan Dodd Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is meeting with former President Donald Trump on Friday, after a visit to Washington Thursday where he met no one from the Biden administration. Orbán has delayed both European aid to Ukraine and Sweden’s bid… Continue watching
Mar 01 Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to visit former president Donald Trump at Florida home next week By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Orban, who has been in office since 2010, has promoted what he calls “illiberal democracy” and has been criticized by international observers, including the U.S. State Department, for leading an increasingly autocratic system in Hungary. Continue reading
Feb 26 Hungary’s parliament ratifies Sweden’s bid to join NATO By Justin Spike, Associated Press The Monday vote cleared Sweden's final hurdle after it first applied to join the alliance in May 2022. Continue reading
Feb 18 Hungarian government declines to meet U.S. senators seeking approval for Sweden’s NATO bid By Justin Spike, Associated Press A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators has made an official visit to Hungary’s capital to call on the nationalist government to immediately approve Sweden’s request to join NATO. Hungary is the only one of NATO’s 31 members not to have… Continue reading
Feb 17 Embattled Orbán addresses nation a week after Hungary’s president quit in a scandal By Justin Spike, Associated Press Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sought to contain the political fallout of a presidential pardon scandal during an annual state of the nation address on Saturday, his first public appearance since Hungary's president, his ally, resigned a week ago. Continue reading
Feb 12 Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a rare political crisis after president’s resignation By Justin Spike, Associated Press Hungary's long-serving government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a rare political crisis after the president resigned amid public anger over her pardoning of a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case. Continue reading
Feb 10 Hungary’s president resigns after pardoning man convicted in child sexual abuse case By Justin Spike, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Feb 05 Orbán’s party boycotts a session of Hungary’s parliament to further stall Sweden’s bid to join NATO By Justin Spike, Associated Press The governing Fidesz party, which holds an absolute majority in the Hungarian parliament, has stalled Sweden's bid since July 2022, alleging that Swedish politicians have told "blatant lies" about the condition of Hungary's democracy. Continue reading