Events

Péter Magyar's Hungarian government has dismissed every Orbán-era director-general of the intelligence agencies. Overseeing the shake-up is Péter Buda, a respected former counterintelligence officer and vocal critic of Orbán's pro-Russian foreign policy

Hungary's parliament has passed a measure limiting prime ministers to a maximum of two terms, or eight years in office

Peter Magyar: Unkarin ja Ukrainan historiallinen sopimus Taka-Karpatiassa asuvan unkarilaisyhteisön koulutuksellisista, kulttuurisista, kielellisistä ja poliittisista oikeuksista on nyt virallistettu. Virallisessa diplomaattisessa nootissa Ukrainan osapuoli on sitoutunut panemaan täytäntöön kaikki sopimuksen määräykset ja sisällyttänyt ne myös EU:n vähemmistöjen toimintasuunnitelmaan. Vain muutamassa viikossa olemme onnistuneet ratkaisemaan ongelman, jota Orbánin hallitus ei kyennyt käsittelemään kymmenessä vuodessa.

Hungarian security sources told there's no indication of sabotage or hostile actors such as Russia behind it: an explosion at MOL's Tiszaújváros refinery killed 1 and seriously injured 9 during a unit restart. PM Péter Magyar confirmed the fire was contained

Magyar Péter: Viktor Orbán, who, on paper, owns almost nothing, would be entitled to 38,801,013 HUF in severance pay under the very law he introduced - for plundering our country. He will not receive it

Hungary PM Magyar: need to restore and strenghten our alliances

Unkari palautti Orbánin hallituksen takavarikoimat rahat Ukrainalle

Zelenskyi: Ukraina on korjannut Venäjän tulituksessa vaurioituneen Družba-öljyputken osuuden.

Results of the 2026 parliamentary election in Hungary published

Péter Magyar after his meeting with Hungary's President Tamás Sulyok: He should be voluntarily leaving his office. If he does not leave voluntarily, we will use the mandate given to us by the voters. Through constitutional amendments and the necessary legal changes, we will remove him from office. We will remove him and all the other puppets appointed by the Orbán system

Ukrainan presidentti Volodymyr Zelenskyi ilmoitti tiistaina, että Moskovan iskuissa vaurioitunut venäläistä öljyä Ukrainan kautta Unkariin ja Slovakiaan kuljettava öljyputki avataan uudelleen huhtikuun loppuun mennessä.

Péter Magyar: Russia is a security risk — and everyone knows it. I am not speaking about the Russian people — they are fantastic people — but about the Russian state. In Hungarian history, we have felt the Russian bear before. Europe must prepare. Europe must protect and defend itself

Péter Magyar: I will not call Trump. But if he, or anyone from the U.S. administration, reaches out to us, we will be available

Péter Magyar: Ukraina on tämän sodan uhri. Kaikki tietävät sen. Kenenkään ei pitäisi kertoa Ukrainalle, millä ehdoilla sen on solmittava rauha tai allekirjoitettava rauhansopimus. Emme voi pyytää mitään maata luopumaan alueestaan. Jos he tekevät niin, heitä pidettäisiin pettureina.

In his first press conference since his election victory in Hungary, Péter Magyar addressed the departure from the International Criminal Court in The Hague: "It is impossible to stop the process of leaving, but we will submit a request to rejoin it."

Peter Magyar told reporters today that the outgoing Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó, who had disappeared since yesterday's election, has resurfaced at the Foreign Ministry today and is shredding documents related to sanctions

Péter Magyar: We will refrain from interfering in the domestic affairs of any other country. We ask the same of all countries for Hungary

China congratulates Péter Magyar, seeks deepened cooperation

The Kremlin will not congratulate Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar on his victory in the parliamentary elections. "We don't send congratulations to unfriendly countries. And Hungary is an unfriendly country; it supports sanctions against us," said Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

Márki-Zay Péter: I suggest to Magyar Péter that he put the Orbán family in pretrial detention right now

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