JUSTIN SPIKE

Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's candidate for chancellor, left, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands during a press conference following their meeting in the government headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
Hungary’s Orbán meets head of far-right German party AfD, calling her ‘the future of Germany’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is hosting Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany party’s candidate for chancellor, a rare meeting between a European leader and Germany’s far-right party.
 
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Hungary’s Orbán says he will do away with pro-democracy and rights groups receiving U.S. aid
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his government will take legal action to eliminate non-governmental organizations and media receiving U.S. or international funding, saying they could be considered foreign “agents.”
 
Visitors read the names of the local victims of the holocaust inscribed on the Wall of Remembrance at the Pasti Street Orthodox Synagogue in Debrecen, northeastern Hungary, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (Zsolt Czegledi/MTI via AP)
Hungarian Jews remember Holocaust tragedy 80 years after liberation of Auschwitz
Jews in Hungary and around the world are observing Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
 
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses media during his visit to Bratislava, Slovakia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Hungary wants the EU to intervene in a gas dispute with Ukraine
Hungary wants the European Union to intervene in a gas dispute it has with Ukraine, a potential sign of friction in the bloc’s upcoming discussions over renewing sanctions against Russia.
 
Minister heading the Prime Minister's Office Gergely Gulyas speaks during the weekly government briefing at the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office in Budapest, Hungary, 23 January 2025, to announce that an investigation had started concerning multiple bomb threats at schools earlier in the day. (Lajos Soos/MTI via AP)
Police in Hungary investigate bomb threats affecting over 240 schools
Police in Hungary say they are investigating bomb threats that were sent to more than 240 schools across the country, resulting in classes being cancelled at some schools.
 
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during his annual international press conference in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
Hungarian minister sanctioned by US ‘strengthened’ by the penalty, Prime Minister Orbán says
Hungary’s prime minister says sanctions issued by the United States last week against a powerful Hungarian official have “strengthened” that official’s standing within the populist government.
 
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)
US sanctions top Hungarian official for alleged corruption while in office
A senior Hungarian government official close to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was on Tuesday hit with U.S. sanctions for his alleged involvement in corruption in Hungary.
 
General view of the Bulgarian-Greek border checkpoint of Kulata in Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, after European Union ministers agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe's ID-check free travel zone, known as the Schengen area, by lifting land border controls from next year. ( AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
Ceremonies mark full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in Europe’s Schengen travel zone
Bulgaria and Romania are holding ceremonies to mark their full membership in Europe’s Schengen area, the culmination of years of negotiations by the Eastern European countries to join the ID check-free travel zone.
 
In this handout photo Gabor Vasarhelyi, physicist and researcher of the Department of Biological Physics at Eötvös Loránd University, is using his computer to set a swarm of 100 quadcopters to fly autonomously during an experiment near Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/HO/Eotvos Lorand University)
Data on animal movements help Hungarian researchers create a swarm of autonomous drones
The scientists at Hungary’s Eötvos Loránd University have been studying group robotics since 2009, and earlier succeeded in creating the world’s first flock of synchronized drones.
 
FILE - In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, shakes hands with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto on the sidelines of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) Ministerial Council meeting, in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
Hungarian official says there is ‘no consensus’ on inviting Ukraine to join NATO
Hungary’s foreign minister says a meeting of his counterparts from NATO member countries in Brussels has produced “no consensus” on the prospect of inviting Ukraine to join the transatlantic military alliance.
 
Israeli soccer team prepares for closed-door match in Hungary after attacks on fans in Amsterdam
Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team has returned to Europe for the first time since its fans were assaulted in the Netherlands earlier this month. The attacks in Amsterdam were condemned as antisemitic by authorities in Israel and across Europe.
 
FILE - From left: Yordanka Chobanova, the head of the Representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria, Maria Gabriel, deputy Prime Minister, Nikolay Denkov, Prime Minister, Jesus Caballero, Sofia Airport's CEO, press the red button during an official opening of Schengen borders by air, at Sofia airport, Bulgaria, Sunday, March 31, 2024. Hungarian officials say Bulgaria and Romania could become full members of Europe’s Schengen travel zone starting at the beginning of 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova, File)
Bulgaria and Romania ‘one step closer’ to full membership in Schengen zone, Hungary says
Hungarian officials say Bulgaria and Romania could become full members of Europe’s Schengen travel zone starting at the beginning of 2025.
 
FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a press conference after their meeting in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Pool, File)
Hungary’s Orbán vows to disregard international arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says he will defy an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
 
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, rear left, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, rear right, attend a meeting with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov at Yntymak Ordo State Residence in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)
Hungarian official criticizes Biden decision allowing Ukraine to use US weapons to strike Russia
Hungary’s foreign minister is criticizing U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to authorize Ukraine to use missiles supplied by Washington to strike deeper inside Russia.
 
Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Hungary’s Orbán says sanctions on Russia will ‘destroy’ EU economy
Hungary’s prime minister says the European Union must abandon its policy of sanctioning Russia for its war in Ukraine or risk causing an economic collapse.
 
A friend holds a candle while remembering Mackenzie Michalski, an 31-year-old American tourist who was murdered while on vacation, during a candlelight vigil in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Family of 31-year-old American tourist killed in Hungary’s capital mourns loss, suspect in custody
Hungarian police say a 31-year-old American tourist has been killed while on vacation in the capital. The suspect is a 37-year-old Irish man who was arrested. The victim is Mackenzie Michalski from Oregon.
 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center left, speaks with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center right, as he arrives for the European Political Community (EPC) Summit at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr Josek)
Hungary’s leader Orbán predicts Trump will end support for Ukraine in comments before EU summit
Hungary’s prime minister is predicting that Donald Trump’s new administration will abandon U.S. support for Ukraine.
 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina, right, arrive for the European Political Community (EPC) Summit at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr Josek)
50 European leaders assess how Trump will affect their fortunes and seek a common stance on Russia
Around 50 European leaders have reassessed their trans-Atlantic relations at a special summit in Budapest, in the hope that Donald Trump’s second U.S. presidency will avoid the strife and political pitfalls of his first.
 
FILE - President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in Washington, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Trump’s second term could realign US diplomacy toward authoritarian leaders
Hungary’s fiery, right-wing leader says that Donald Trump’s victory will help his own battle against immigration and multiculturalism and restore traditional family values.
 
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a meeting with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov at Yntymak Ordo State Residence in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)
European summit will focus on how to accommodate Trump during his second term as president
Dozens of European leaders will be assessing a new global outlook during a one-day summit in Hungary’s capital.
 
Elizabeth Bathory's replica dress is on display in the Draskovic museum in Cachtice, Slovakia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
400 years later, accounts of Hungarian ‘Blood Countess’ remain shrouded in mystery and controversy
More than 400 years after her death, the truth about “the Blood Countess,” a Hungarian noblewoman alleged to have been the most prolific female serial killer of all time, remains elusive.
 
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during the meating to mark the 68th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian revolution, at the Millenaris Park, in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
Hungary’s Orban highlights EU dysfunction with a surprise trip to Georgia
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is again highlighting what a dysfunctional family the 27 nations of the European Union can be on the global stage.
 
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban arrives to the 'Berlin Process' summit about integration with and within the western Balkans in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Hungary’s Orbán claims Poland’s center-right government was installed by the EU
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has suggested that Poland’s government and its prime minister, Donald Tusk, were installed by the European Union as part of a plot to remove the country’s previous right-wing populist leadership.
 
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during the meating to mark the 68th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian revolution, at the Millenaris Park, in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
Hungary’s Orbán claims the EU seeks to topple his government as his hostility toward it grows
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has claimed in a speech that the European Union seeks to topple his government and install a puppet regime. It’s an escalation of open hostility toward the bloc by the member considered Russia’s closest ally.
 
Leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia propose setting up migrant ‘hotspots’ outside the EU
The leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia have proposed setting up facilities for hosting asylum-seekers outside the territory of the European Union, a solution they say would help stem illegal immigration they believe poses an existential threat to the bloc.
 
Hungarian Prime Minister and President of EU Council Viktor Orban speaks as he attends the League's annual gathering in Pontida, north of Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Hungary’s Orbán interrupted by activist during EU presidency news conference
An activist and municipal councilor for a Hungarian opposition party disrupted a news conference in the French city of Strasbourg, as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was laying out plans for Hungary’s presidency of the European Union.
 
The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated with the flag of Israel in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, to mark the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
Vigils, protests around the world commemorate the anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel
Commemorations and protests are being held across the world to mark a year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Monday marked a year since the militants’ assault.
 
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a conference at the Ludovika University of Public Service, in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles are part of an ‘economic cold war,’ Hungary’s Orbán says
Hungary’s prime minister says the European Union risks entering an “economic cold war” with China, and is pledging to vote against an EU plan to impose higher tariffs on the import of Chinese electric vehicles.
 
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban talks to reporters at The European House Ambrosetti (TEHA) economic forum in Cernobbio, Como Lake, Italy, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Orbán pushes back on aide’s comment that Hungary wouldn’t have fought a Russian invasion
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country always has and always will defend itself against foreign attacks in response to controversial statements by one of his closest aides suggesting Hungary wouldn’t have fought against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has done.
 
A police officer inspects a car in which a hand-held pager exploded, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Norway issues wanted notice for man connected to exploding pagers in Lebanon
Norwegian authorities have issued an international wanted notice for a man linked to a Bulgaria-based company that may have been involved in the dissemination of exploding electronic devices to the militant Hezbollah group that killed dozens and wounded thousands in Lebanon last week.
 
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