The situation in Hungary deteriorated so much this week with moves against Transparency International Hungary and investigative outlet Átlátszó that US Ambassador Pressman warned today: "As it assumes its EU Council presidency, Hungary's actions make 2024 feel more like 1984."
Viktor Orbán on the 216 million EUR fine issued by @EUCourtPress for not following asylum laws: this judgement has been delivered by the court of George Soros” He also promised to find a way how to find a solution that would “hurt them more than it hurts us.”
EU's top court says Hungary will have to pay a 200 million euro fine for not implementing the necessary measures in its migration policy requested by a 2020 ruling, as well as paying a 1 million euros fine every day until it fully implements them
5 month agoNATO Secretary General Stoltenberg has reconfirmed to PM Orban that Budapest has no obligation to participate in any way with defending Ukraine. Stoltenberg says Orban has agreed not to block the other 31. This was the main purpose of Stoltenberg's visit
NATO's eastern flank leaders will have a more coordinated approach towards supporting Ukraine after the Hungarian president stayed away from their summit in Riga, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics said on Tuesday
6 month agoFM of Hungary Sijarto in St.Petersburg: there should be peace talks on Ukraine now, Hungary will attend peace summit in Switzerland, Hungary will not stop to use Russian oil and natural gas, The West cannot prohibit Sijarto to attend forum in Russia
Kremlin spokesperson says Kremlin agrees with the statement of PM of Hungary Orban that Europe is being pulled into war with Russia
Prime Minister of Hungary: Europe is entering the stage of preparation for war with Russia
Orban says Hungary wants to "redefine" its role in NATO
Donald Tusk: Dozens of bombs and rockets fell on the Lviv region today. One of them is 15 km from our border. At this time, Morawiecki is establishing a common anti-European strategy with pro-Putin politicians of the far right in Budapest
Head of Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Péter Szijártó are preparing a meeting between Zelenskyi and Orban, the Office of the President reported
Tens of thousands of Hungarians, led by former gov insider Péter Magyar, protested against Orbán's leadership today
8 month agoThousands gathered near Prosecutor General's office in Budapest Tuesday evening at the call of Péter Magyar. "We won't allow the biggest legal and political scandal of the last thirty years to be hushed up," he said in his speech. Photo: Lujza Hevesi-Szabó / Telex
After meeting Alexei Likhachev, the head of Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom, in Sochi, FM Péter Szijjártó said the upgrade of Hungary's nuclear power plant in Paks will stand as a "long-term guarantee" of Hungary's competitiveness
Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjártó visits Russia, where he will take part in the Atomexpo forum
European Parliament to sue EU-Commission over released funds for Hungary. (Vote in Legal Affairs Committee: 16 /1-). Response to Von der Leyen unlocking 10bn for Orban in exchange for his veto
Hungary will oppose Mark Rutte’s NATO candidacy, foreign minister says
Kremlin spokesperson says Hungary's PM Orban fears of joint border with Russia is are baseless
Hungary ratifies Sweden's NATO bid
9 month ago"We don't agree on everything," Swedish PM Kristersson says, standing next to his Hungarian counterpart, but he says Sweden and Hungary have agreed on deepening cooperation as they will "soon be allies." Stockholm expects parliamentary/govt approval Monday for NATO accession
9 month agoIran and Hungary foreign ministers are now meeting in Tehran
Hungary to vote on Swedish NATO bid on Monday, says ruling party— AFP
Hungarian Foreign Minister: The European Union continues its wrong strategy by adopting a new package of sanctions against Russia
9 month agoMore than 50,000 people at a major protest against the Hungarian govt, organised by content creators and artists in Budapest this evening, following the child-abuse pardon scandal that led to President Katalin Novák's resignation
Rally at Budapest, Heroes' Square, now
9 month agoOrbán has broken his silence. “The government is working.”
Péter Magyar, Judit Varga's ex-husband and until recently a government insider, is giving a dramatic live interview, with over 31,000 people watching. He's focusing his critique on Antal Rogán, a powerful minister some see as an éminence grise
Katalin Novák, the Hungarian president, has resigned. And Judit Varga, who was supposed to lead the Fidesz list in the European election, is leaving public life
Hungarian President Katalin Novák has resigned under pressure over a sex-abuse case. Novak announced her resignation on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted as an accomplice for helping cover up a sex abuse case in a children’s home.
9 month agoHundreds of people in Hungary protest against President Katalin Novak's pardon of a man accused of covering up a child abuse case
