Trump tells Hungary to vote Orbán two days before election as polls show opposition surging
Trump backed Orbán 2 days before Hungary votes, calling him a "true friend" and "winner."
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WP: Hungary is sharing intelligence with Iran, while Vance flies to Budapest to back its leader amid election campaign
Vance is Campaigning for a man whose minister offered Iran his intelligence services.
“I am at your service”: Bloomberg transcript shows Orbán pledged full assistance to Putin
Bloomberg reviewed a transcript of Orbán's 17 October 2025 call with Putin: "I am at your service." Budapest summit talks, fables, and Hungary's election Sunday.
Vance lands in Budapest: Trump’s VP joins Orban rally as polls show Fidesz down 20 points
Vance lands in Budapest to rally with Orbán — days after leaked tapes caught Hungary's FM telling Lavrov "I am always at your disposal."
Szijjártó told Russia’s deputy minister he’d removed 72 entities from EU sanctions — then asked Moscow to write his arguments for removing more
The detail, buried in leaked transcripts from a call with Russia's deputy energy minister, reveals the full scope of Hungary's collusion: not just delisting oligarchs on request, but seeking Kremlin-authored justifications for Budapest's own EU lobbying.
Poland’s foreign minister opposes president’s trip to Budapest to support Orbán campaign
A scheduled Monday visit by Polish President Karol Nawrocki to Budapest — his second attempt after cancelling in December over Orbán's meeting with Putin — has drawn a sharp public rebuke from his own foreign minister, who listed three reasons not to go: blocked sanctions, unpaid debts, and a GRU team.
WP: Russian Intelligence planned to stage an assassination attempt on Orban to influence the election results
Russian intelligence operatives, alarmed by Orbán's declining poll numbers, drew up a plan they called "the Gamechanger" — a staged attack on the Hungarian prime minister designed to move the election away from economics and toward security, The Washington Post reported
How you rob a bank convoy in the EU: Be Hungary, bring an APC and machine guns, deport bank couriers, keep cash and gold as “evidence”
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says Hungary returned the seven couriers and kept $40 million, €35 million, and 9 kg of gold — held as "evidence" in a criminal case with no named suspect.
Fico: “Slovakia is ready to take over the baton from Hungary, if necessary” — on blocking EU’s Ukraine loan and Russia sanctions
The current go-to blocker of both the loan and sanctions is Hungarian PM Orbán, who may lose the April election.
Hungarian opposition leader accuses Orban of inviting Russian military intelligence to influence elections
Peter Magyar, leader of Hungary's opposition party Tisza, has accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of inviting Russian military…
Russia bombed Hungary’s pipeline. Hungary deployed troops—against Ukraine.
Opposition calls it a false flag to save Orbán's collapsing election campaign
Hungary holds $106 bn Ukraine aid hostage over Russian oil — EU says Orban promised not to
Two months after pledging not to obstruct a $106 bn EU loan to Ukraine, Hungary reversed course on 20 Feb., with Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó declaring the credit frozen until Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline resumes
No, Hungary, banning Russian gas isn’t a violation of EU law
Budapest claims the EU overstepped its powers. The treaties, case law, and Hungary's own choices tell a different story.
Europe’s Groundhog Day: Zelenskyy demands Europe stop waiting and start acting
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos on 22 January 2025, calling on Europe…
EU approves €90bn joint debt for Ukraine as reparations loan hits wall
Three countries opt out amid Belgium standoff over frozen Russian assets.
Orban meets Putin in Moscow as EU sidelined from Ukraine peace talks
Putin reveals Trump proposed Budapest as venue for Russia-US summit as both leaders have "good relations with Viktor."
Orbán sells Trump-style ”peace” for Ukraine by echoing Kremlin lines and attacking EU
In a soft-focus talk with German host Mathias Döpfner, Orbán presents himself as Trump’s ally and would-be peacemaker while echoing Kremlin lines about Ukraine, sanctions, and a “failing” European Union.
EU to “frontload” Ukraine’s membership reforms in Lviv as Hungary blocks formal talks
Western Ukrainian city to host Dec 10-11 summit reviewing reforms, planning next steps while Hungary blocks formal negotiating chapters.
EU conservatives block Hungary spy probe, fearing Orbán will weaponize investigation
EPP refuses parliamentary inquiry as progressives demand immediate action
Trump cracks Western sanctions unity with Hungary exemption on Russian oil
Budapest meeting rewards Orban's loyalty with one-year sanctions waiver