Hungary

Facing ICC arrest warrant, Netanyahu lands in Hungary; Orban’s minister says withdrawing from the court

Hungary's government announced on Thursday that it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is subject to an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in the country for a state visit

Defying ICC arrest warrant, Israel's Netanyahu begins four-day visit to Hungary tomorrow

As a founding member of the ICC, Hungary is theoretically obliged to arrest and hand over anyone subject to a warrant from the court but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made clear when he issued the invitation that Hungary would not respect the ruling

Is Le Pen verdict a Trump moment for Europe's right wing?

Le Pen’s conviction triggers a reckoning in Europe challenging far-right momentum and mainstream responses

The EU is done with Viktor Orban. It can’t bear him anymore

The Hungarian prime minister has long been a thorn in the EU’s side. Yet until recently, most of the damage he inflicted — from judicial rollbacks to attacks on press freedom — was viewed as containable. No longer

Hungary bans Pride parades, grants authorities facial recognition powers to track attendees

The amendment to Hungary’s assembly law criminalises organising or participating in events that contravene the country's controversial “child protection” law, which prohibits any “depiction or promotion” of homosexuality to individuals under 18

Raisina Dialogue 2025: Hungary's foreign minister says country was 'Trump before Trump'

For more than a decade, Hungary's government has pursued policies that closely resemble the ideological stances that propelled Trump to the White House in 2016, Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter Szijjártó, said

Hungary appeals to Ukraine to spare Russian oil pipelines after drone strike disrupts supply

Shipments of Russian oil to Hungary were halted on Tuesday after Ukraine launched major drone strikes against Moscow, prompting Hungary to urge Ukraine "not to target the energy infrastructure supplying Hungary," according to a report

After Trump and Milei exits, Hungary considers withdrawal from WHO

"If the most powerful country in the world decides to withdraw from an international organisation, then the Hungarian government would approach the decision carefully when considering whether to follow suit," Gergely Gulyás, the minister overseeing the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office, said on Thursday

After Trump targets Putin, Orban revises Hungary’s strategy on EU sanctions against Russia

Orban, widely seen as having the warmest relations with the Kremlin in the EU, has broken with the majority of European leaders and vocally opposed such sanctions, arguing they did more to damage European economies than they did Russia’s

US-Hungary ties: Outgoing President Biden sanctions Trump fan Orban’s minister citing corruption

The head of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s cabinet office, Antal Rogán oversees the engineering of wide-reaching government communication campaigns that are credited with being instrumental in maintaining Orbán’s power since 2010