3 day agoTens of thousands marched to Viktor Orbán’s office in Budapest, led by opposition leader Péter Magyar, who called on the PM to resign over multiple child abuse scandals. Protesters carried toys and torches under the banner “Protect the children.”
3 day agoTens of thousands are marching from downtown Budapest across the Chain Bridge and tunnel up to Buda Castle, where Viktor Orbán’s office is. Opposition leader Péter Magyar called the march to protest child abuse by Hungarian authorities—and the government’s inaction
Recently, the European Union approved a legal mechanism that would bypass Hungary’s veto and permanently freeze €210 billion worth of Russian state assets in Europe. @PM_ViktorOrban believes this decision will end the rule of law in the European Union
The TurkStream project company is moving from the Netherlands to Hungary, announced Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó. On Monday, a Dutch court, at the request of the energy company DTEK Krymenergo, seized the assets of South Stream Transport BV, the Gazprom-controlled operator of the TurkStream gas pipeline.
2 week agoMeeting between Putin and Orban in Moscow lasted for 4 hours
Orbán is due to meet Putin in Moscow on Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirms to Russian state news agency TASS
1 month ago“Did you talk to PM Orbán about asylum?” — Poland’s ex-justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, accused of 26 crimes, dodges whether he sought political asylum in Hungary. He’s been in Budapest for over two weeks with a Polish arrest warrant on him, refusing to return home
The US administration has agreed to lift sanctions against the Paks II nuclear power plant under construction in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced.
The foreign ministers of Russia, Hungary, and North Korea will participate in a conference on Eurasian security in Minsk on October 28–29, according to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.
Bosnian authorities detained two Hungarians suspected of spying—one a former Communist counterintelligence officer who later worked for Hungary’s foreign intelligence
1 month agoBudapest marks the anniversary of the 1956 anti-Soviet revolution with two major rallies. Orbán’s “peace march,” led by a banner reading “We won’t die for Ukraine,” has ended — now opposition leader Péter Magyar’s “national march” heads with supporters toward Heroes’ Square
1 month agoA fire with multiple explosions hit Hungarian oil giant MOL’s refinery in Százhalombatta on Monday night. The cause remains unknown. It came just hours after an explosion at Romania’s Lukoil refinery in Ploiești earlier the same day. nn Video from Százhalombatta by @444hu
2 month ago.@POTUS: "India is not going to be buying Russian oil anymore, and Hungary is sort of stuck because they have one pipeline. and they're inland — they don't have sea. but India will not be buying oil from Russia."
2 month agoTrump: The meeting in Hungary will most likely be a double meeting. We will have Zelensky in touch
Hungary's main opposition leader, Péter Magyar, has said that Hungarian intelligence officers were sent to the country's EU embassy in Brussels between 2015-2018, adding credence to reports that Budapest ran an espionage operation in the heart of the EU
Donald Tusk to Orban: Prime Minister @PM_ViktorOrban, it is Russia who started the war against Ukraine. It is them who decided we're living in the time of war. And in such a time the only question is whose side are you on
Orban: Dear @donaldtusk, You may think that you are at war with Russia, but Hungary is not. Neither is the European Union. You are playing a dangerous game with the lives and security of millions of Europeans. This is very bad
Hundreds of protestors marched to Hatvanpuszta, a vast estate tied to the family of Hungary’s prime minister and seen by many as a symbol of corruption in Hungary
Hungary has blocked access to 12 Ukrainian publications on its territory in response to the ban on two pro-Russian Hungarian-language publications in Ukraine, a spokesman for the Hungarian Prime Minister, Hergei Gulyas, said. The publications are Origo and Demokrata.
2 month agoThe General Staff showed the route of the Hungarian drone that flew into Ukraine
2 month agoHungarian drones violated Ukrainian airspace, - Zelenskyy said. "Prelimenary, they could have been conducting reconnaissance of industrial potential in Ukrainian border areas."
Hungarian FM: Hungary to continue energy cooperation with Russia
Two Hungarian Gripen fighters on @NATO Baltic AirPolicing scrambled on 25 Sep from Siauliai in response to a Su-30, Su-35 and 3x MiG-31 flying close to Latvian airspace
2 month agoTrump: China and India are the primary funders of the war in Ukraine by buying Russian oil. But even NATO countries have not cut off Russian products, I found out about that two weeks ago. I was not happy
2 month agoTrump: Europe is buying oil and gas from Russia while they are fighting Russia. Embarrassing
Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Budapest against hate, incitement, and the extreme right-wing regime of Viktor Orbán. Thousands of Hungarians are protesting against the government of wannabe dictator Orbán in Budapest. The demonstration was organized in response to a nationwide billboard campaign that uses hate speech to mock and abuse Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Hungary's Deputy Energy Minister says country has not changed position on accelerating Russian oil and gas withdrawal
Hungary is accelerating the Paks II nuclear power plant construction project amid attempts to derail it, Szijjarto said
3 month agoPoland’s foreign minister @sikorskiradek reminded Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán that he once again failed to name or condemn Russia — and that his government is still blocking €2 billion in EU funds meant to compensate Poland for the military aid it has provided to Ukraine
3 month agoForeign Minister of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha to meet Foreign Minister of Hungary Szijjarto in Budapest this week
