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FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, gestures besides Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban prior to the World Cup semifinal soccer match between Argentina and Croatia at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) **FILE**

Track world championships the latest play by Orban’s Hungary for global sports spotlight

By Eddie Pells and Pat Graham - Associated Press

American and Hungarian national flags fly in downtown Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday, June 21, 2006, with the historical parliament building in the background. The United States is imposing travel restrictions on citizens of Hungary over concerns that the identities of nearly 1 million foreigners granted Hungarian passports over nine years were not sufficiently verified. That's according to the U.S. Embassy and a government official. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

U.S. restricts visa-free travel for Hungarian passport holders because of security concerns

By Bela Szandelszky - Associated Press

FILE - A security guard walks in front of a banner outside the venue of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 9, 2023. When Sweden applied for NATO membership together with Finland, both expected a quick accession process, but more than a year later Sweden is still in the alliance's waiting room. New entries must be approved by all existing members and as NATO leaders meet for a summit in Vilnius, Sweden is missing the green light from two: Turkey and Hungary. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Sweden’s rocky road from neutrality toward NATO membership

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for the European Political Community Summit at the Mimi Castle in Bulboaca, Moldova, Thursday, June 1, 2023. Leaders are meeting in Moldova Thursday for a summit aiming to show a united front in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine and underscore support for the Eastern European country's ambitions to draw closer to the West and keep Moscow at bay. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

What was Hungary’s role in freeing Ukrainian POWs from Russia? The European Commission wants to know

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers the keynote speech at the opening session of Hungary Conservative Political Action Conference Hungary in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 4, 2023. The two-day CPAC meeting organized by Center for Fundamental Rights of Hungary features some 60 prestigious foreign speakers from 20 countries and five continents. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

CPAC Hungary to gather world conservatives in Budapest

By Tim Constantine

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers the keynote speech at the opening session of Hungary Conservative Political Action Conference Hungary in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 4, 2023. The two-day CPAC meeting organized by Center for Fundamental Rights of Hungary features some 60 prestigious foreign speakers from 20 countries and five continents. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Hungary’s Orban bemoans liberal ‘virus’ at CPAC conference

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Faithful wait for Pope Francis arrival for a mass in Kossuth Lajos Square in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Pope on the banks of the Danube in final Mass in Hungary

By Nicole Winfield and Justin Spike - Associated Press

People wait Pope Francis outside the St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, April 29, 2023. The Pontiff is in Hungary for a three-day pastoral visit. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Pope visits refugees, urges Hungary to show charity to all

By Nicole Winfield and Justin Spike - Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives to board his flight to Budapest at Rome's international airport in Fiumicino, Italy, Friday, April 28, 2023. The Pope is on his way to a three-day pastoral visit to Hungary. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Amid Ukraine war, pope to give vision for Europe in Hungary

By Nicole Winfield and Justin Spike - Associated Press

Freshly baked bread is displayed in Babushka Bakery in Budapest on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Around the world, food prices are persistently, painfully high. Puzzlingly, too. On global markets, the price of grains, vegetable oil, dairy and other agricultural commodities has fallen steadily for months. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Food prices fall on world markets but not on kitchen tables

By Paul Wiseman and Evelyne Musambi - Associated Press

Residents of Blessed László Battyhány-Strattman Institute work felt during their morning routine, in Budapest, Monday, April 17, 2023. Francis will meet with children with disabilities, refugees and those living in poverty on the three-day trip in Hungary that begins Friday. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Pope Francis to visit Hungary amid diverging views on war, migrants

By Justin Spike and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, observes a vehicle during a Serbian military exercise at Batajnica military airport near Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, April 22, 2023. The populist leaders of Serbia and Hungary observed a Serbian military exercise Saturday, an event seen as a display of lethal firepower amid the war in Ukraine and tensions in the Balkans. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

EU institutions pile more pressure on Hungary over rights

By Raf Casert and Justin Spike - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is backdropped by a screen showing the countries that signed a strategic energy partnership at the Cotroceni presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. The leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan met in Romania's capital to conclude an agreement on an undersea electricity connector that could become a new power source for the European Union amid a crunch on energy supplies caused by the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Hungarian denies U.S. on list as adversary, defends energy deals with Russia

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A dump track unloads grain in a granary in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, Aug. 9, 2022. Poland’s new agriculture minister vowed Wednesday to introduce detailed quality controls on the massive inflow of grain from Ukraine transiting through the country, and to ensure its efficient transport abroad. The move follows protests by angry Polish farmers, who say they face bankruptcy because of a glut of cheap Ukrainian grain (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

EU investigates after 3 countries ban Ukraine grain imports

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban stands after a vote on Finland's bid to join NATO, at the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, on March 27, 2023. Hungary's prime minister sought to bring down the temperature on spiraling tensions between his government and the United States, declaring Friday, April 14, 2023, that the U.S. is Hungary's “friend” despite sanctions Washington imposed on a Budapest-based Russian bank. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)

Hungary’s Orban calls U.S. a ‘friend’ despite sanction on bank

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

The official flag raising ceremony for the 66th anniversary of Hungarian anti-communist uprising of 1956 in front of the Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi)

Hungary to pull out of Russia-linked bank after U.S. sanctions

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban holds a year end international press conference at the government headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP) ** FILE **

Hungary’s Orban sees U.S. as a top adversary, purported CIA leak shows

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in Washington, on May 13, 2019. Orban, tweeted a message of support for former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, April 3, 2023 urging him to “keep on fighting” as he faces a criminal indictment for making hush payments during his 2016 presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Hungary’s Orban tells Trump to ‘keep on fighting’ in tweet

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Finland's President Sauli Niinisto signs Finland's national Nato legislation in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday March 23, 2023. The Finnish president has sealed the Nordic country’s historic bid to join NATO by signing into laws the required legal amendments needed for membership in the military alliance. The president's move Thursday means Finland is now awaiting approval from Turkey and Hungary, the only two of NATO’s 30 existing members that haven’t ratified its bid. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland’s NATO membership: What’s next?

Associated Press

People carry a huge Hungarian flag during a march, marking the 175th anniversary of a failed 1848 uprising, in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. A "freedom march" was organized by dozens of civic organizations who are calling for greater social solidarity and an end to what they call intimidation from Viktor Orban's government. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Students call for education reform in Hungary protest march

By Justin Spike - Associated Press