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USAGM wants to terminate the financing of
@rferl.org.web.brid.gy RFE's Hungarian Service, Szabad Europa - Just a day before Viktor Orbán's meeting with Donald Trump @realdonaldtrumppar.bsky.social - ahead the elections x.com/ConradsonJor...
Viktor Orbán to visit US to try to broker another Putin summit but questions raised over motives
Hungarian PM also seeking exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil as he faces domestic challenge before elections
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the #Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai,
“for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.
#nobelprize2025
#Hungary blocks 12 #Ukrainian media outlets in response to Kyiv's earlier ban on several foreign, including Hungarian, publications over Russian narratives, Hungarian Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas said kyivindependent.com/hungary-bans...
29.09.2025 15:44 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0🇭🇺 Hungary will not wean itself off 🇷🇺 Russian energy supplies, MFA Szijjarto says, despite the White House’s demand for Nato allies to stop buying Russian oil.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
#Hungary and #Slovakia must quit #Russian gas and nuclear, Trump envoy warns - “The more we can strangle Russia’s ability to fund this murderous war, the better for all of us,” says U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright. www.politico.eu/article/hung...
12.09.2025 13:01 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0#Hungarian government has banned the commander of the #Ukrainian military unit that carried out the latest attack on the Friendship (Druzhba) oil pipeline from Hungary and the Schengen area, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday morning
telex.hu/english/2025...
#Hungarian govt banned KNEECAP from entering Hungary because of their "antisemitic hate speech". Tha band would have performed at one of Europe's biggest festival, Sziget www.reuters.com/en/hungary-b...
24.07.2025 10:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Full text in English: magyarnemzet.hu/english/2025...
07.07.2025 09:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🇷🇺 Lavrov says Russia is open to a diplomatic solution in 🇺🇦 Ukraine — but only on its terms: Ukraine must be neutral
This message was delivered in an interview to Hungary’s pro-government daily Magyar Nemzet.
magyarnemzet.hu/kulfold/2025...
#Denmark pushes to suspend #Hungary’s #EU voting rights
Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.
www.politico.eu/article/denm...
#EU Taxpayers’ Contribution to Building the #Orbán
Kleptocracy: Between 2011 and 2023, 13 well-connected businesses close to Hungary’s ruling system pocketed €3.3–5.5 billion in EU-funded public contracts.
That’s nearly 14% of all EU-backed tenders in #Hungary
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🚨 Trouble at one of Hungary's biggest employers: Audi Hungaria is laying off hundreds as German carmakers fall behind in the EV race.
What’s next for the Győr factory and Hungary’s auto industry?
#Audi #Hungaria #EVcrisis #Germany #Hungary #AutoIndustry
444.hu/2025/07/01/a...
🏳️🌈 🇭🇺 LGBT and Human rights in #Hungary: Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Orbán’s Ban - at least 200 thousand people on the streets, on ef the biggest demos ever in Hungary
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
#Hungarian state may obtain a right of first refusal on ANY Hungarian company that is up for sale and could be bought by a foreign buyer.
forbes.hu/uzlet/fevasa...
#Hungary #poll: 51% - 36%: Opposition Tisza party leads well ahead of ruling Fidesz party, recent poll shows. Fidesz lost its advantage even in small villages, and a majority of voters now believe Tisza will win in 2026 in Hungary
hvg.hu/360/20250618...
🏳️🌈 Police cancel Budapest #Pride, mayor says the ban is 'irrelevant' : “There is currently no law that could ban a municipal event,” he said. “Obviously, anything can happen in Hungary. But we will come up with a plan C.”
71 MEPs to attend Budapest Pride insighthungary.444.hu/2025/06/20/p...
🇷🇺 🇭🇺 #Russian spy links in Fidesz circles
#Hungarian pro-government propagandist was found to have ties to Russian intelligence during a national security screening. Spöttle has good relations with govt officials, inculding MFA Szijjártó @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social
🔗 telex.hu/direkt36/202...
President #Zelenskyy gave his first-ever interview to the #Hungarian press after the full-scale war. He calls out Viktor Orbán’s “historic mistake,” discusses the Ukraine-Hungary spy scandal, and warns how Orbán's policies play into Putin’s hands -
www.valaszonline.hu/2025/06/10/v...
#Hungarian police move to ban Budapest Pride, citing new laws that claim seeing same-sex couples could violate children's rights. The government says visibility alone is harmful. 444.hu/2025/06/03/a...
03.06.2025 10:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🏳️🌈 🇭🇺 At least 70 members of the European Parliament are planning on attending this year’s Pride in Budapest, #Hungary, despite the ban against #LGBTQ gatherings. The new legislation allows to use facial recognition technology to identify those attending edition.cnn.com/2025/05/29/e...
30.05.2025 08:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The so-called “Transparency Law”, currently pending approval, significantly undermines freedom of expression in Hungary — and its impacts are unlikely stop at the country’s borders.
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
Hungarian govt. proposes Russia-style crackdown on civil society - The bill would allow the Sovereignty Protection Office to blacklist organizations receiving foreign funding, including from EU grants, if it deems them a “threat” to national sovereignty.
www.politico.eu/article/vikt...
#Hungary to pass a #Russian -style law to list and restrict NGOs and media receiving foreign funds (including EU), blocking their tax donations and freezing assets if deemed a "threat to sovereignty" 444.hu/2025/05/14/i...
14.05.2025 07:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Ukraine’s Security Service has uncovered a Hungarian military intelligence network spying in western Ukraine
The agents gathered data on Zakarpattia’s military defenses, looked for vulnerabilities, and analyzed how locals might react if Hungarian troops entered the region
ssu.gov.ua/novyny/sbu-v...
Former #Polish deputy Minister of Justice, Marcin #Romanowski, who is European Arrest Warrant and escaped to #Hungary, now works for the Hungarian pro-government GONGO, Center for Fundamental Rights
444.hu/2025/04/25/a...
🏳️🌈 A new anti-LGBTQ+ bill in #Hungary would ban Pride event and allow use of facial recognition software
The bill is almost certain to pass, as #Orban's government has a two-thirds majority in parliament.
apnews.com/article/orba...
Hungary threatens to cancel sanctions on 2,000 Russians unless EU exempts Mikhail Fridman. The travel restrictions and asset freeze orders imposed on politicians and businesspeople deemed to have supported or facilitated Russia’s war on Ukraine www.ft.com/content/8d9a...
13.03.2025 14:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In Spain, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office is investigating the far-right Vox for possible illegal financing - the financing that arrived from a Hungarian bank, under the control of PM Orbán's allies
#Hungary #Spain #Orban #VOX es.euronews.com/2025/03/10/e...
"A newspaper can’t be seen as taking a side. Until it’s essential that it be seen as taking a side. Bezos would never use his own ideological beliefs to restrict the Post’s work. Until he decides he must use his own ideological beliefs to restrict the Post’s work."
www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/jeff...