Hungary To Vote On Sweden's NATO Bid Ratification Hungary's delay in ratifying Sweden's NATO bid may end with a potential Gripen fighter jet deal, amid diplomatic tensions and concerns over democracy. Top News · Feb 23, 2024
Ukraine: opening EU accession talks is an important boost for Zelensky despite Orbán's obstruction Hungarian prime minister, Victor Orban, threw a major tantrum at the European Council meeting in Brussels on December 14 2023. Essentially doing the Russian president Vladimir Putin’s bidding, he prevented agreement on a major €50 billion (£25.7 billion) financial package for Ukraine. The Conversation · Dec 15, 2023
Have children, save the world? Pro-natalist politics meet nativist illiberalism on the right Salon · Oct 10, 2023
EU Commission moves to ban Hungary's access to funds over corruption allegations The European Union's executive branch has proposed suspending €7.5 billion in financing for Hungary, as it awaits anti-corruption reforms from Budapest. Radio France Internationale · Sep 19, 2022
Hungary's opposition leader rallies voters in last anti-Orban campaign event Hungary heads to the polls on Sunday to elect its next prime minister. The choice is between incumbent Victor Orban, who controls the media and seems unharmed despite his close relationship with Russia's Vladimir Putin, or Peter Marki-Zay, a dynamic former marketing manager who has united a mosaique of opposition… Radio France Internationale · Apr 3, 2022
The making of Viktor Orban — the ‘Hungarian tiger’ mauling Europe from within He’s the hard-right nationalist prime minister who thrills in scrapping with Brussels, leaving Ukraine in the lurch and thumbing his nose at the liberal order. Samuel Fishwick reports on ‘Putin’s poodle’ who’s just won for more years Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2022