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PM-elect Péter Magyar calls on President Tamás Sulyok to resign from his position as president. Magyar further calls for the resignation of the leaders of the judicial bodies and the Prosecutor General: "If they do not submit their resignations, the next government will remove them from office."

The French President: I spoke with the Hungarian opposition leader to congratulate him on his election victory.

President of the @EU_Commission: Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger. Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. Together we are stronger. A country returns to its European path. The Union becomes stronger

.@PM_ViktorOrban calls the results of the Hungarian elections painful but clear, stresses that Fidesz will never give up and won't let down it's voters. He already congratulated Péter Magyar

Hungary opposition's candidate Magyar says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated him on his victory

Hungary’s Péter Magyar celebrates as votes are being counted in elections: Thank you Hungary

First results of the Hungarian parliamentary elections are in: with 14.72% counted, the opposition leads with mandates nearing a two-thirds majority. Everything points to Viktor Orbán’s defeat and Péter Magyar becoming Hungary’s next prime minister

Peter Magyar giving his first press briefing after polling stations close in Hungary. Polls show a massive Tisza lead, but the party leader is cautious and insists it’s election results that matter and not polls

Polls closed in Hungary. No exit poll, but 21 Research Institute’s Apr 8–11 exclusive survey for @Telexhu shows Tisza leading Fidesz 55–38, with Our Homeland around the 5% threshold. Tisza is on the verge of a parliamentary supermajority

Hungary: National parliament election Turnout at 9:00 AM EET 2010: 10.23% 2014: 9.50% 2018: 13.17% 2022: 10.31% 2026: 16.89% Nemzeti Választási Iroda

Orban says that the "decision of the people needs to be respected in election"

It’s six o’clock in the morning in Hungary, and voting is now under way. Polling stations are open until 19:00, when counting begins immediately. There will be no official exit poll tonight. By law, opinion polls can only be released after 19:00, and even then most pollsters have not committed to a precise release time. The most reliable updates will come from the National Election Office of Hungary, which will publish turnout data every two hours and results in batches once counting begins. Based on previous elections, early results should start appearing around 20:00, with roughly 30% of votes processed

Polling stations open in Hungary's crunch parliamentary elections

Trump says U.S. stands ready to use its 'full economic might' to strengthen Hungary's economy under Orbán's leadership

Orbán’s intelligence agencies have been secretly using Webloc — a mass surveillance tool that tracks hundreds of millions of people via smartphone advertising data — making Hungary the first confirmed EU country to deploy it, in likely violation of GDPR

Hungary offered to help Iran in September 2024 after Israel's pager attack, with Hungarian FM Szijjártó telling the Iranian FM that "if you need any further information. I am always at your service" and that Hungarian "services" are in touch with Iran

Donald Tusk: Victor Orbán’s minister offered Sergey Lavrov to send him EU documents through the Hungarian embassy in Moscow. It’s really beyond shocking

INVESTIGATION: New leaked audio and call transcripts show how Budapest weaponized Hungarian minority rights in Ukraine to stall EU accession talks. Orbán’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, was even tasked by Sergey Lavrov with sending EU documents

JD Vance: There were people in the Ukrainian system who were campaigning with the Democrats before the 2024 election

Vice President Vance delivers a message in Budapest about the "moral cooperation" between the United States and Hungary, under the leadership of President Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. "There is so much that unites the United States and Hungary, and unfortunately, there have been too few people who have been willing to stand up for the values of Western civilization."

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar today accused the U.S. of meddling in the country’s upcoming election, hitting out at Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Budapest just days before voters head to the polls

Bloomberg just dropped the Orbán tapes and it reads like a bad fanfic. Hungary’s prime minister spent a phone call with Putin calling him a “lion,” casting himself as the helpful little “mouse,” offering Budapest as a venue to end the war on Russia’s terms, and closing with “I am at your service"

VP Vance departs for Budapest, tells reporters he's looking forward to seeing his “good friend Victor [Orban].” “We'll talk about any number of things related to the US Hungary relationship. Obviously, I'm sure Europe and Ukraine and all the all the other stuff will figure in pretty prominently.”

Serbia’s top military brass said Ukraine was not behind an incident involving explosives near a gas pipeline with Hungary, in a rebuke to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who heavily implied Kyiv was involved

Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs: We categorically reject attempts to falsely link Ukraine to the incident with explosives found near the Turkstream pipeline in Serbia. Ukraine has nothing to do with this. Most probably, a Russian false-flag operation as part of Moscow’s heavy interference in Hungarian elections

Vučić: Explosives of destructive power found near gas infrastructure connecting Serbia and Hungary; Orban convenes Defense Council

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said authorities found an explosive device on a gas pipeline connecting Serbia and Hungary, along with activation tools. An investigation was launched and an emergency defense council meeting was convened

JD Vance to visit Hungary next week in show of support for Orbán ahead of tight election

Fresh polls ahead of Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary elections show the opposition TISZA party’s lead over Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz is holding or widening

Clashes at Euronews as the broadcaster and news website removes a story over companies linked to Hungarian leader and Euronews' owner