FILE – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, June 27, 2024. When Hungary takes over the helm of the European Union on Monday July 1, 2024 many politicians in Brussels will have the same thing on their minds: whether populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will use the role […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has presented a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, which hopes to attract other partners and become the biggest right-wing group in the European Parliament. Mr Orban travelled to Vienna to present the Patriots for Europe alliance of his Fidesz party with the […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — When Hungary takes over the helm of the European Union on July 1, many politicians in Brussels will have the same thing on their minds: whether populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will use the role to further his reputation as the bloc’s main spoiler. Orbán in recent years has seemed to […]
(Bloomberg) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that he plans to make institutions he considers financiers of the war in Ukraine cover the costs of a fine the European Union has imposed on Hungary for failing to comply with its asylum policies. Most Read from Bloomberg The statement, which Orban made during a […]
Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary (R), gives a speech during his visit to Baden-Wuerttemberg in the New Palace. Christoph Schmidt/dpa Hungary’s right-wing leader Viktor Orbán stuck to football and friendship in remarks Wednesday on the sidelines of the Hungarian national team’s Euro 2024 game against hosts Germany in Stuttgart. Orbán and Baden-Württemberg state Premier […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Marton Monus/dpa Hungary’s right-wing leader Viktor Orbán plans to make a speech on the sidelines of Wednesday’s Euro 2024 game against host Germany in Stuttgart, but the head of the state government there says the speech better be about football. […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary’s populist government announced on Tuesday that its upcoming presidency of the European Union will be held under the motto “Make Europe Great Again,” but played down any parallels with Donald Trump’s MAGA movement in the United States. “This is a reference to an active presidency,” Hungary’s EU Affairs Minister János Bóka […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at a joint press conference with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, during the International Ukraine Reconstruction conference in Berlin. Britta Pedersen/dpa German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will attend the Euro 2024 group match between Germany and Hungary in Stuttgart on June 19. The State Ministry in […]
Tens of thousands rallied on Saturday for Hungarian opposition figure Peter Magyar, who has emerged as the main challenger to long-time nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, on the eve of EU elections. Though Orban’s Fidesz party stands to gain an unassailable 50 percent of votes, according to the latest polls, Magyar’s Tisza movement is expected […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he could support outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the post of NATO’s secretary general – if certain conditions were met. Rutte must apologize for “insulting remarks” he made against Hungary, Orbán said in an interview with the government-funded Mandiner news portal, which was published on Wednesday night. […]
By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Hungarians marched through downtown Budapest on Saturday in support of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who faces an unexpected challenge from a political newcomer ahead of next week’s European Parliament election. Orban, in power since 2010, hopes his Fidesz party, which is not affiliated with […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday pushed back against some NATO proposals that would allow Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike targets within Russia, saying that such plans have Europe “inching closer to destruction.” The nationalist leader has long opposed Western countries supplying Ukraine with military aid, and threatened […]