🇭🇺🇷🇺🇸🇰The hotline between #Hungarian MFA Péter Szijjártó and Sergey Lavrov provided Russia with strategic information on critical EU issues. Szijjártó acted on behalf of the Kremlin, making efforts to delist sanctioned Russians. vsquare.org/kremlin-hotl...

Orban's Hungarian government accused of mass voter intimidation ahead of election www.bbc.com/news/article...

🇭🇺 #Hungarian government is filing charges against investigative journalist @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social at @direkt36.bsky.social and @vsquare.bsky.social for espionage - for his journalistic work. This was announced by Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyás this morning.

🇭🇺 A must‑read investigation from @direkt36.bsky.social on how #Hungarian secret services allegedly pressured police to raid IT specialists helping opposition Tisza Party – while a suspicious covert operation against the party’s own systems went unchecked. 🔗 www.direkt36.hu/en/titkosszo...

🇭🇺 #hungary election forcast: TISZA 58% , FIDESZ 35% , no other parties above the 5% threshold - this is the latest poll by independent poll by Medián for HVG hvg.hu/360/20260325...

POLITICO launched a security review after a private telephone conversation between one of its reporters and an EU official about issues connected to #Hungary and Ukraine was apparently intercepted and the recording published online. www.politico.eu/article/poli...

Investigation finds 13 associates of #Hungary’s premier, Viktor Orbán won large share of state works after he took poweraccording to an @financialtimes.com analysis of almost 350,000 public procurement contracts. #corruption www.ft.com/content/70c2...

🇺🇸 🇭🇺VP JD Vance is planning to visit #Hungary in the coming days in a show of support for the country's PM Viktor #Orban, who is facing a difficult election next month, two sources familiar ‌with the planning said on Wednesday. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Less than a month prior to the #Hungarian general election, ruling #Fidesz assembles its international supporters: the Patriots' Grand Assembly and the fifth CPAC Hungary will gather European right-wing leaders in Budapest. telex.hu/english/2026...

We've found Péter Magyar, who shares name with the leader of the #Hungarian opposition. This Magyar runs as an independent candidate, but is a Fidesz supporter. This is not the first time that the Russian method of 'doppelgangers' is used in Hungary 444.hu/2026/03/12/v...

HVG’s video team was physically pushed out of today’s pro‑government “Peace March” in Budapest after an organizer demanded that security “clean them out of here,” despite the journalists filming on public ground. It is Hungary's national holiday today hvg.hu/itthon/20260...

Orbán released a video purporting to show him speaking to his daughters on the phone. “I’m sure you’ll see on the news that the Ukrainians have threatened not only me but you as well,” he said, apparently emotional. “My kids and my grandkids We have to take this seriously but we must not be scared.”

The Kremlin has launched a disinformation campaign aimed at helping Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orbán get re-elected next month, according to people familiar with the matter. @financialtimes.com writes www.ft.com/content/34df...

🇷🇺 🇭🇺After meeting with #Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, #Hungarian MFA Péter Szijjártó speaks at an anti-Ukrainian demonstration on Friday. 444.hu/2026/03/05/a...

#Hungarian FM Szijjártó heads to Moscow to meet with #Putin on "Ukraine's blockade of Druzhba pipeline oil supplies to Hungary & Slovakia" framed as "political blackmail amid escalating tensions" In reality Russia has bombed the pipeline 444.hu/2026/03/04/s...

Most recent poll in #Hungary: Tisza 55%, Fidesz 35% Tisza leads ruling Fidesz by 11 pts among the total population, and by 20 pts among certain voters Oppo. voters are more determined: 97% of Tisza sympathizers are sure to vote, vs. just 85% of Fidesz supporters - by Median hvg.hu/360/20260225...

By buying Russia’s oil, Hungary is fueling the Kremlin’s war machine – and enriching foundations linked to Orbán edition.cnn.com/2026/02/16/b...

Marco #Rubio just all but endorsed Orbán in Budapest – calling #Hungary’s success a US interest, and framing #Orban's victory as Trump’s victory too, right before a tight Hungarian election. Orbán, announced he’s flying to WashingtonDC this week 444.hu/2026/02/16/o...

Financial Times: The European Commission is toning down its criticism of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and might even disburse fresh EU funds to his illiberal government ahead of elections that threaten to unseat the bloc’s longest-serving prime minister. www.ft.com/content/8625...

Ahead of #Hungarian Elections, Report Analyzes Playbook to Repress Independent Media and Offers Recommendations for Reform - by @mertekmonitor.bsky.social and Rule of Law Lab at @nyulaw.bsky.social #pressfreedom mertek.eu/en/2026/02/1...

US Secretary of State Marco #Rubio is heading to Hungary just days after President #Trump’s public endorsement of Viktor #Orbán, ahead of #Hungary’s high-stakes April 12 election www.politico.eu/article/marc...

#Hungary is the most corrupt country in the EU, it has scored its lowest pont ever in @transparency-eu.bsky.social Transparency International's Corruption Preception Index, rankinkg at 84 of 182 444.hu/2026/02/10/a...

#Hungary's economy eked out a meager 0.3% GDP growth for 2025, Q4 saw just 0.5%. Govt hoped for 3.2%, analysts nailed the dismal reality. Services (finance, trade), construction boosted it, but industry plunged to 5-year lows, dragging performance. 444.hu/2026/01/30/g...

Budapest mayor charged over his calls for people to defy Hungary’s Pride ban - Ruling Fidesz party, led by Viktor Orbán, backed legislation that created a legal basis for Pride to be banned, citing a widely criticised need to protect children. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Deal to sell stake in Serbia's NIS to #Hungary's MOL would benefit #Russia, Lavrov says www.reuters.com/business/ene...

BREAKING: #Hungary’s MOL is taking over #Russia’s 56% stake in #Serbian oil company NIS. Serbia ups its shares, part of the ownership heading to the #UAE US sanctions pressure on Russian energy assets forced Moscow’s exit 444.hu/2026/01/19/a...

#Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban has received an invitation from US President Donald Trump to sit on the Board of Peace for Gaza. Orban commented “We have, of course, accepted this honourable invitation" telex.hu/english/2026...

#Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar unveiled a former top Shell Plc manager, Istvan Kapitany as his chief economic adviser, who promised to reorient the economy away from assembly plants and diversify energy supplies away from Russia. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AI-driven fake profiles in the #Hungarian campaign - Young, attractive, fans of football, #Orbán and relationship drama: inside the most sophisticated pro-Fidesz fake-profile network on Facebook lakmusz.hu/2025/12/02/y...

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...

🇭🇺 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...

#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...

🇷🇺 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 www.crcb.eu/wp-content/u...

🚨 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...

🏳️‍🌈 🇭🇺 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...

The 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...