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Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march. They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week

Happening now in Budapest: Anti-government protesters have occupied four bridges, opposing Viktor Orbán’s crackdown on freedom of assembly under the guise of “child protection.” Though aimed at the Pride march, Orbán’s law threatens banning any kind of protests or rally

@predsednikrs Aleksandar Vučić met today with Hungarian Defence Minister @SzBobrovniczky in Belgrade with whom he discussed the continuation of cooperation in the field of defense, as one of the most important aspects of cooperation between the two countries. Also signed a document that operationalizes and concretizes the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in the Field of Defense, which was reached in 2023. President Vučić also expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister @PM_ViktorOrban for everything he has done to improve Serbian-Hungarian relations

Vucic Disappointed with Kosovo-Croatia-Albania Military Agreement, Signs Agreement with Hungary

The anti-Orban protest tonight in Hungary escalated to a bridge blockade

People in Budapest protest against a law that limits freedom of assembly, a law that aims to ban the annual Pride march

Orbán’s close ally, Speaker László Kövér, banned the entire liberal Momentum party faction from parliament and fined them €175,000 for protesting Orbán's Pride crackdown—setting a precedent to ban other elected opposition MPs too

Hungary just became the first EU country to ban Pride events in Viktor Orbán's latest anti-LGBTQ crackdown, allowing facial recognition to identify and punish disobedient attendees. Liberal opposition MPs (Momentum party) protested inside parliament by using smoke grenades

Big ovation followed the Hungarian opposition figure Peter Magyar's words: "The spring is here, The spring of the Hungarians, and We, together will end Orban's winter"

Thousands gathered in Budapest at a rally held by opposition party TISZA, calling for the end of Viktor Orban's rule in Hungary. Orban earlier called all opposition politicians "cockroaches" in his National Day speech. Photo: BIRN

Hungarian Prime Minister: We demand the expulsion of Soros agents from the European Commission and the removal of corrupt lobbyists from Parliament.

Maďarský premiér Orbán zveřejnil příspěvek se seznamem požadavků EU

Dodávky ropy z Ruska do Maďarska byly pozastaveny kvůli útoku ukrajinského dronu na měřicí stanici ropovodu Družba, řekl maďarský ministr zahraničí Peter Szijjarto.

Hungary reported first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in over 50 years

Orban: After meeting with both the former and current Presidents of France, it was a pleasure to meet with the future President. Thank you for the insightful discussion @MLP_officiel

Spolusponzoři návrhu rezoluce USA na Valném shromáždění OSN o válce na Ukrajině: Izrael, Maďarsko, Gruzie a Severní Makedonie

Maďarský FM: Prováleční vůdci chtějí zabránit mírové dohodě na Ukrajině

Hungarian FM says student protests destabilize Serbia

Podněstří nyní získává ruský plyn – přes Maďarsko a Moldavsko, hrazený z ruských půjček. 14. února neznámý region změnil trasy dodávek: plyn přichází přes maďarskou společnost přes Moldovagaz, financovaný Moskvou. Podněsterský vůdce Vadim Krasnoselskij poděkoval Rusku za jeho „podporu v obtížné energetické situaci

Abascal, Le Pen, Salvini and Orban proclaim from Madrid their brotherhood with Trump: "High fences make good neighbors"

Maďarský premiér Orbán pohrozil, že bude vetovat sankce Evropské unie proti Rusku, když mají být obnoveny za šest měsíců, pokud Ukrajina do té doby neobnoví tranzit ruského plynu

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has pledged to review penalties the Biden administration imposed on Hungary, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after holding talks with his US counterpart

Zelenskyj: "USA, Maďarsko, Slovensko a Německo jsou proti našemu členství v NATO."

Ukrajinské MZV v reakci na maďarská prohlášení, že ukrajinské rozhodnutí zastavit tranzit plynu náhle zasáhlo zákazníky z EU: Pokud se Maďarsko bude chtít připojit k Rusku, SNS nebo CSTO, Ukrajina ráda zaujme uvolněné místo v EU a NATO

US Treasury OFAC is sanctioning Antal Rogan, a senior Hungarian government official, "for his involvement in corruption in Hungary."

Hungarian Foreign Minister: We will not give up cooperation with Russia in the energy sector

Orbán hints at granting political asylum to more Polish fugitives. He said it twice, the second time when he was asked about Daniel Obajtek: "He's an MEP, so it's not an issue. But in general it is true that we have to face up to the fact that there may still be cases like this."

The Hungarian ambassador received a protest note from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with the decision to grant political asylum to M. Romanowski. He was also informed about the decision of Minister @sikorskiradek to summon the Polish Ambassador in Budapest for consultations in Poland,- @MSZ Spokesperson Paweł Wroński

Hungary’s government is in advanced talks with Chinese rail giant CRRC to purchase trains, locomotives, and signaling systems on a large scale, while ending cooperation with European firms like Siemens, Stadler, and Alstom

Hungary grants Poland's former Deputy Justice Minister, Marcin Romanowski, political asylum