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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron during a round table meeting at an EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 21, 2024. European Union leaders are gathering to consider new ways to help boost arms and ammunition production for Ukraine. Leaders will also discuss in Thursday's summit the war in Gaza amid deep concern about Israeli plans to launch a ground offensive in the city of Rafah. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Hungary’s Orban congratulates Putin on widely criticized Russian election win

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade fires a 122mm mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

‘Ukraine cannot win this war’: Hungarian minister says talks with Russia a must

By Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at the V4 meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

The world needs a Trump and Orban alliance in 2025 and beyond

By Bryan E. Leib

Photographers take pictures as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center right, stands after addressing a Parliament session, on the day lawmakers are expected to approve Sweden's accession into NATO, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Feb 26, 2024. Hungary's Parliament is to vote Monday on ratifying Sweden's bid to join NATO, likely bringing an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response to Russia's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Hungarian Parliament ratifies Sweden’s NATO bid, clearing the final obstacle to membership

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, shakes hands with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Feb 23, 2024. Nearly two years after Sweden formally applied to join NATO, its membership now hinges on convincing one country — Viktor Orban's Hungary — to formally ratify its bid to join the military alliance. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Hungary and Sweden agree on defense deal ahead of final vote on Sweden’s NATO accession

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his annual "State of Hungary" speech in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. The message on lectern reads: "For us Hungary is the first!" (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

U.S. senators to submit resolution condemning democratic backsliding in Hungary

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

People gather during a protest at Heroes' Square in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Feb 16, 2024. Protesters demand a change in the country's political culture after the conservative head of state resigned amid scandal over a presidential pardon. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Online influencers lead thousands demanding change in Hungary following president’s resignation

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Hungarian President Katalin Novàk delivers her speech during Pope Francis' meeting with the authorities, civil society, and the diplomatic corps in the former Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, April 28, 2023. Hungary’s conservative president has resigned amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government. Katalin Novák, 46, announced in a televised message on Saturday Feb. 10, 2024, that she would step down from the presidency, an office she has held since 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool, File)

Hungary’s president resigns over a pardon to a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Hundreds of antifascist activists gather in Hungary's capital on Saturday to oppose an annual commemoration held by far-right groups in Budapest, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Antifascists gather in Hungary to oppose annual far-right event as Italian activist remains jailed

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FILE - Hungarian President Katalin Novak delivers his speech during Pope Francis' meeting with the authorities, civil society, and the diplomatic corps in the former Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, April 28, 2023. Pressure is mounting on Hungary’s head of state to resign after it was revealed that she issued a presidential pardon to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool, File)

Pressure mounts on Hungary’s president to resign over pardon in child sexual abuse case

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

From left, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and European Council President Charles Michel arrive to a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. European Union leaders meet in Brussels for a one day summit to discuss the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, including support for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

European Union agrees on a new 50 billion-euro aid package for Ukraine despite Hungary’s veto threat

By Lorne Cook and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Rescuers work at the scene of a building damaged by Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Hungary opposes billions in new EU aid for Ukraine. A new summit will try to change that

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, greets Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during arrivals for a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tells his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán that more dialogue would be beneficial after Orbán invited the Swede to Budapest to discuss Sweden's NATO accession. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

NATO chief upbeat that Sweden could be ready to join the alliance by March

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Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban briefs the media in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 10, 2020. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, inviting him to Budapest to discuss Sweden's accession into the NATO military alliance, Orban wrote Tuesday Jan. 23, 2023, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Hungary is the last holdout for Sweden’s NATO membership. So when will Orban follow Turkey’s lead?

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, speaks during a press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Swedish Government headquarters Rosenbad in Stockholm, Oct. 24, 2023. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, inviting him to Budapest to discuss Sweden's accession into the NATO military alliance, Orban wrote Tuesday Jan. 23, 2023, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Turkey signs off on Sweden joining NATO, clearing major hurdle for Stockholm’s bid

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban briefs the media in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 10, 2020. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, inviting him to Budapest to discuss Sweden's accession into the NATO military alliance, Orban wrote Tuesday Jan. 23, 2023, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Hungary’s Orban says he invited Swedish leader to discuss NATO membership

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

An employee serves customers at Advent Bazilika market, one of Europe's most famous outdoor Christmas markets in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Dec 9. 2023. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

$23 sausage dog, anyone?: Inflation is pinching Hungary’s popular Christmas markets

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech after he was re-elected as party president at the election of officials congress of the ruling Hungarian Fidesz party in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban demands Ukraine’s EU membership be taken off summit agenda

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to the media during his visit at the chancellery with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Erdogan to visit Budapest next month as Turkey and Hungary hold up Sweden’s membership in NATO

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pinter attends a press conference after a meeting of Interior Ministers of Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), Austria and Germany, in Szeged, Hungary, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Central European interior ministers agree to step up fight against illegal migration at EU borders

By Justin Spike - Associated Press