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Hungarian 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

Ministro degli Esteri ungherese: l'UE non potrà sostenere l'Ucraina da sola, dovrà cambiare approccio dopo la vittoria di Trump

Il premier ungherese: Trump porrà fine al sostegno degli Stati Uniti all'Ucraina

Il presidente dell'Ucraina Zelensky ha incontrato a Budapest il presidente della Francia Macron, il primo ministro del Regno Unito Starmer, il segretario generale della NATO Rutte, nonché la presidente rieletta della Moldavia Maia Sandu e altri

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides meets Erdogan in Budapest

Lavrov 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

Footage 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

The first reliable poll showing Péter Magyar's TISZA party leading over Orbán's Fidesz

Gazprom: firmato memorandum su possibile aumento forniture gas russo all'Ungheria

.@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

Spain'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

Il ministro degli Esteri ucraino Sybiga ha incontrato il suo omologo ungherese Sijarto

Szijarto: Budapest wants to strengthen ties with Moscow despite EU sanctions

So far this year, the Hungarian authorities have arrested more than 6,500 border violators - Hungarian State Media reports

An 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

Inondazioni a 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

New 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.

Today, 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.”

The 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

Il ministro degli Esteri ungherese Szijjarto incontra il CEO di Gazprom

Il ministro degli Esteri ungherese Szijjártó è arrivato a San Pietroburgo, in Russia, "per garantire l'approvvigionamento energetico"

Ministro degli Esteri ungherese: ci opponiamo all'uso di armi a lungo raggio da parte dell'Ucraina per colpire la Russia

FM Péter Szijjártó announced on Facebook that he will advocate for a bolder and more decisive stance by the European Union on the situation in Venezuela during the upcoming Council of Foreign Ministers meeting. After speaking with María Corina Machado, leader of the Venezuelan opposition, FM Szijjártó emphasized the importance of respecting sovereignty, freedom, free elections, and democratic values. "I assured her that I would push for a stronger and more character-driven position from the EU on the developments in Venezuela," Minister Szijjártó stated, highlighting Hungary's historical commitment to the fight for freedom and sovereignty