1 day agoIran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the ambassador to Hungary, the rotating president of the EU, to protest the latest EU and UK sanctions against Iranian entities and individuals including Iran's shipping line over alleged ballistic missile supplies to Russia
3 day agoHungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar compared supermarket prices in Poland and Hungary, finding that Hungary is 20-35% more expensive (~100 HUF = 1 PLN). Hungary also has the highest VAT rate in the EU at 27%, including on fruits and veggies. In Poland, that's 5% (used to be 0)
"Hungary's government believes China's investments will offer a lifeline to an economy facing severe challenges that have placed it among the weakest performers in the EU. Hungary is now in recession, with GDP falling by 0.7 per cent in the third quarter
Hungarian Foreign Minister: EU will not be able to support Ukraine alone, it will have to change approach on after Trump's win
Hungarian PM: Trump will end US support for Ukraine
1 week agoPresident of Ukraine Zelensky met in Budapest with President of France Macron, UK PM Starmer, NATO General-Secretary Rutte, also with re-elected President of Moldova Maia Sandu and other
1 week agoCypriot President Nikos Christodoulides meets Erdogan in Budapest
2 week agoLavrov holds talks with Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto
Hungary summons Swedish ambassador over Swedish PM's comments regarding PM Orban's visit to Georgia - Foreign Ministry
3 week agoFootage shows Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban leaving his hotel in Tbilisi, near the Georgian parliament where tens of thousands gather right now to protest election rigging, as he was met with loud boos from the crowd on his way to his escort
4 week agoThe first reliable poll showing Péter Magyar's TISZA party leading over Orbán's Fidesz
Gazprom: Memorandum signed on possible increase of Russian gas supplies to Hungary
.@EU_Commission has decided to refer Hungary's law on the protection of sovereignty to the @EUCourtPress. However, it is not asking the court for interim measures, which means that it does not request a suspension of the law until a decision is taken, @nepszava reports
1 month agoSpain's far-right Vox party admitted that it was indeed the Orbán-linked MBH Bank (Magyar Bankholding) which financed their 2023 parliamentary and municipal election campaigns
1 month agoUkrainian Foreign Minister Sybiga had a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Sijarto
Szijarto: Budapest wants to strengthen ties with Moscow despite EU sanctions
1 month agoSo far this year, the Hungarian authorities have arrested more than 6,500 border violators - Hungarian State Media reports
2 month agoAn explosion sound that was audible in the city of Eger, caused by a fighter jet
The pager devices used in mass detonations in Lebanon were never in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government said in a statement on Wednesday
2 month agoFlooding in Budapest
The pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria were made by Budapest-based BAC Consulting KFT, according to a statement released by Taiwanese company Gold Apollo, whose branding appeared on the devices
Orbán's family company makes millions of euros on China's Belt and Road project, the Budapest-Belgrade railway reconstruction, selling overpriced railway stone from the family's mine in Gánt to the construction, internal docs obtained by @444hu show
Orban: Hungary will not become an immigrant country, no matter what Brussels does
2 month agoNew poll shows opposition leader Péter Magyar's Respect and Freedom (TISZA) party polling 39 percent against the 43 percent of PM Orbán's ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition among decided voters (25 against 30 percent among all adult citizens)
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrived in Yerevan.
2 month agoToday, elected representatives were denied access to Hungary’s parliament by Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly László Kövér. U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman stated: “It is beyond extraordinary to see elected members of a European Union member state’s parliament denied access to parliament itself because they wish to discuss human rights. Denying a meeting space within the parliament to elected representatives of that body raises serious and concerning questions.”
2 month agoThe Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of his visit to Romania, visits the chairman of the RMDSZ, Mr. Kelemen Hunor, and agitates in favor of the Hungarian minority party in the elections. He points out that only elections will enable the RMDSZ to return to government
Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto Meets with Gazprom CEO
2 month agoForeign Minister of Hungary Szijjártó has arrived in St.Petersburg, Russia "to secure energy supplies"
Hungarian Foreign Minister: We oppose Ukraine's use of long-range weapons to strike Russia
