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The Hungarian parliamentary elections on April 12 are being billed as the most important in the country’s modern history. With Hungary a key focus in the escalating confrontation between Russia and the West, this weekend...

Hungary's centre-right Tisza party widened its lead over ​Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz ahead of an April 12 parliamentary election, two opinion polls ‌showed on Wednesday, although a large share of voters...

Viktor Orban's Fidesz government in Hungary stands accused of mass voter intimidation in a film released on Thursday ahead of 12 April parliamentary elections, in which the ruling party is trailing in the opinion polls.

Viktor Orban is facing his first serious challenge in years in Peter Magyar. The two politicians held rallies on Hungary's national day that outlined very different visions for the country's future.

Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó accused President Volodymyr Zelensky of committing what he described as an “attack against Hungary” by allegedly preventing the restart of oil deliveries through the Druzhba pip...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he has stationed soldiers at key energy facilities across the country after he blamed Ukraine for disrupting energy supplies.

Hungary's centre-right opposition Tisza party kept an eight-point lead over Prime Minister Viktor Orban's governing nationalist Fidesz party in January, a poll showed on Monday, ahead of a parliamentary election set for...

Hungarian business confidence dropped sharply at the start of the year, reversing recent gains in another blow to Prime Minister Viktor Orban before the upcoming elections.

Prosecutors in Hungary are moving against Budapest’s mayor, Gergely Karacsony, after last year's Pride went ahead despite a police ban. The case is being handled without a court hearing and as elections approach.

Hungary’s foreign minister on Wednesday criticised European plans to establish military hubs in Ukraine, saying the move risks pushing Europe closer to a direct confrontation with Russia.

On November 5, the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority issued an official license to Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation, Rosatom, to begin construction of the country’s Paks‑2 nuclear power plant (NPP) project.

The protest followed the publication of videos this week showing staff at a Budapest juvenile correction facility physically abusing children. Viktor Orban's main challenger, Peter Magyar, led the march.

Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians filled the streets of Budapest on Thursday in competing demonstrations as supporters of the country’s two main political movements staged mutual shows of strength before next spring’s...

Budapest Airport has been temporarily closed due to flooding while severe weather has also lashed Zagreb, Belgrade and Ljubljana.

Around 15,000 protesters filled a square in Hungary’s capital Tuesday in what organizers called the beginning of a resistance movement against the government of populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights has called on Hungarian lawmakers to reject or amend a bill that targets foreign-funded NGOs and media, citing concerns over human rights violations.

A spate of arrests, diplomatic expulsions and public humiliations has plunged relations between war-torn Ukraine and its prickly Nato neighbour Hungary to a new low.

Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets over the weekend after the Hungarian government tabled new legislation to monitor foreign funding for NGOs and media outlets or anyone deemed a threat to what it sees a...

The nationalist party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán introduced a bill late Tuesday that would allow the government to monitor, restrict, penalize and potentially ban organizations it deems a threat to national...

Croatia, Albania and Kosovo recently formed a new military alliance. Serbia and Hungary responded with their own military ties. Do these new alliances threaten the security situation in the region?