Hungary began dismantling former leader Viktor Orban’s self-styled illiberal rule by imposing term limits for premiers and winding up public trusts that wielded billions of dollars in assets in an extension of his political influence.
Hungary began dismantling former leader Viktor Orban’s self-styled illiberal rule by imposing term limits for premiers and winding up public trusts that wielded billions of dollars in assets in an extension of his political influence.
Viktor Orban Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s administration has filed legislation to unlock funds the European Union had blocked over concerns about corruption and rule of law under former leader Viktor Orban.
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s administration has filed legislation to unlock funds the European Union had blocked over concerns about corruption and rule of law under former leader Viktor Orban.
Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar speaks in Budapest on June 4.
Hungary plans to amend the constitution to oust the country’s president as part of Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s push to dismantle Viktor Orban’s regime.
Hungary plans to amend the constitution to oust the country’s president as part of Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s push to dismantle Viktor Orban’s regime.
Hungary’s President Tamas Sulyok, right, and Peter Magyar.
Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok rejected Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s demand that he resign, setting up a political showdown between the country’s old and new leadership figures.
Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok rejected Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s demand that he resign, setting up a political showdown between the country’s old and new leadership figures.
Tamas Sulyok gives a speech at the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest on May 9.
Hungary’s central bank is edging toward cutting the second-highest key interest rate level in the European Union following an improvement in the outlook for inflation and local markets.
Hungary’s central bank is edging toward cutting the second-highest key interest rate level in the European Union following an improvement in the outlook for inflation and local markets.
Hungary’s central bank is expected to keep the key interest rate unchanged at the second-highest level in the European Union before potentially weighing monetary easing next month.
Hungary’s central bank is expected to keep the key interest rate unchanged at the second-highest level in the European Union before potentially weighing monetary easing next month.
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said he’ll sign a political accord with the head of the European Union’s executive on May 28 on the release of the bloc’s frozen funds.
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said he’ll sign a political accord with the head of the European Union’s executive on May 28 on the release of the bloc’s frozen funds.
Peter Magyar, Hungary's prime minister, speaks during a news conference with Donald Tusk, Poland's prime minister, in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Magyar starts the three-day trip in Krakow as the face of democratic rebirth in Hungary, following his landslide election victory last month on a pledge to dismantle Viktor Orban, former Hungary prime minister, ’s self-styled illiberal state.
Hungarian police are investigating whether BYD Co. violated environmental rules during construction of the Chinese electric-vehicle maker’s first plant in the European Union.
Hungarian police are investigating whether BYD Co. violated environmental rules during construction of the Chinese electric-vehicle maker’s first plant in the European Union.
BYD Co. electric vehicles at a BYD showroom in Budapest.
Hungarian police are investigating whether BYD Co. violated environmental rules during construction of the Chinese electric-vehicle maker’s first plant in the European Union.
Hungarian police are investigating whether BYD Co. violated environmental rules during construction of the Chinese electric-vehicle maker’s first plant in the European Union.
BYD Co. electric vehicles at a BYD showroom in Budapest.
Prime Minister Peter Magyar plans to shore up Hungary’s ties with historic ally Poland on his first official trip abroad, after years when Warsaw was the most scathing critic of Viktor Orban’s pro-Kremlin government.
Prime Minister Peter Magyar plans to shore up Hungary’s ties with historic ally Poland on his first official trip abroad, after years when Warsaw was the most scathing critic of Viktor Orban’s pro-Kremlin government.
Hungary’s former government under Viktor Orban signed a 1.3 trillion forint ($4.3 billion) contract with 4iG Nyrt. weeks before it lost power, one of the biggest public procurements in the nation’s history, according to news website HVG.
Hungary’s former government under Viktor Orban signed a 1.3 trillion forint ($4.3 billion) contract with 4iG Nyrt. weeks before it lost power, one of the biggest public procurements in the nation’s history, according to news website HVG.
The 4iG Nyrt headquarters in Budapest. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
Hungary summoned the Russian ambassador to protest recent attacks on Ukraine, setting a sharp break from the pro-Kremlin tenor of Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule.
Hungary summoned the Russian ambassador to protest recent attacks on Ukraine, setting a sharp break from the pro-Kremlin tenor of Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule.
Emergency services work at the site of a Russian air strike in Kyiv, on May 14. Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg
The forint weakened after the Hungarian central bank unexpectedly lowered the interest rate on its foreign-currency swaps following one of the biggest emerging-market currency rallies this year.
The forint weakened after the Hungarian central bank unexpectedly lowered the interest rate on its foreign-currency swaps following one of the biggest emerging-market currency rallies this year.
Hungary’s new finance minister pledged to tap frozen European Union funding within months and to meet all criteria for euro adoption within four years as part of a “radical” economic policy shift after Viktor Orban’s rule.
Hungary’s new finance minister pledged to tap frozen European Union funding within months and to meet all criteria for euro adoption within four years as part of a “radical” economic policy shift after Viktor Orban’s rule.
The new government of Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar is risking a standoff with the European Union over a plan to stick with Russian energy purchases.
The new government of Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar is risking a standoff with the European Union over a plan to stick with Russian energy purchases.
Hungary’s newly installed prime minister Peter Magyar called on the president to quit in a confrontation in parliament that sought to draw the line on 16 years of increasingly autocratic rule by Viktor Orban.
Hungary’s newly installed prime minister Peter Magyar called on the president to quit in a confrontation in parliament that sought to draw the line on 16 years of increasingly autocratic rule by Viktor Orban.
Peter Magyar and members of Tisza party arrives to the Parliament of Hungary on 2026.05.09. Photo: Akos Stiller
Peter Magyar assumed power as Hungary’s prime minister, officially ending Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule with a pledge to reverse the nation’s autocratic slide and return it to the European mainstream.
Peter Magyar assumed power as Hungary’s prime minister, officially ending Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule with a pledge to reverse the nation’s autocratic slide and return it to the European mainstream.
Peter Magyar, Hungary's prime minister, and members of Tisza party arrive at Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Hungary’s newly installed prime minister Magyar called on the president to quit in a confrontation in parliament that sought to draw the line on 16 years of increasingly autocratic rule by Viktor Orban. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
The forint’s post-election rally should give the central bank an opportunity to reassess its cautious monetary policy, Vice Governor Zoltan Kurali said, signaling that an interest-rate cut as early as June could be on the cards.
The forint’s post-election rally should give the central bank an opportunity to reassess its cautious monetary policy, Vice Governor Zoltan Kurali said, signaling that an interest-rate cut as early as June could be on the cards.
A customer withdraws Forint banknotes from an Otp Bank automated teller machine (ATM) in Budapest, Hungary, on Friday, April 10, 2026. Hungarians will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday with stakes that extend far beyond the European Union’s nation of 10 million.
Hungary’s central bank governor urged caution on the new government’s plan to adopt the euro, saying that a rushed process could lead to unintended negative consequences for the economy.
Hungary’s central bank governor urged caution on the new government’s plan to adopt the euro, saying that a rushed process could lead to unintended negative consequences for the economy.
Mihaly Varga Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg