Hungarian business confidence dropped sharply at the start of the year, reversing recent gains in another blow to Prime Minister Viktor Orban before parliamentary elections.
Hungarian business confidence dropped sharply at the start of the year, reversing recent gains in another blow to Prime Minister Viktor Orban before parliamentary elections.
Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar made a pitch for rivals in the anti-government camp to stay out of this year’s parliamentary election as a way to concentrate the effort to unseat Prime Minister Viktor Orban with his party.
Hungary will hold its parliamentary election on April 12, leaving three months for longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orban to turn around his sagging support in most polls.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his Fidesz party will wait until next month to name its premier candidate for pivotal parliamentary elections, as the ruling nationalist group trails in most polls.
Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, during his annual international news conference at his office in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. Hungary is in talks with the United States on a financial shield, Orban said.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he’s not the only person who could be the ruling party’s candidate for premier in next year’s election, though he added a defense of his qualifications to continue leading the country.
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a press conference at the end of the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium on December 19, 2025. European Union leaders struck a deal Friday to provide Ukraine a 90-billion-euro loan to plug its looming budget shortfalls, but failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets to come up with the funds. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP via Getty Images)
Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets on Saturday as a video depicting abuse at a state-run juvenile facility added to pressure on Prime Minister Viktor Orban four months before elections.
Protesters during a demonstration over the government’s perceived inaction about widespread abuse in child care institutions, in Budapest, Dec 13.
Trailing in the polls, the EU’s longest-serving leader and nationalist firebrand is considering how to stick around.
Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, waves to supporters in front of the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Orban’s supporters kicked off a day of rallies in Budapest that will be a test of political strength less than six months before pivotal Hungarian elections.
Hungary’s opposition leader called on Prime Minister Viktor Orban to resign and call early elections after a video was published showing the physical abuse at a state-run juvenile detention center in Budapest.
Viktor Orban addresses FIDESZ party supporters at the local sports hall of Kecskemet, Hungary, on Dec. 6.
Fitch Ratings cut the outlook on Hungary’s credit score to negative from stable, after a loosening of budget targets to accommodate Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s pre-election spending.
President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met at the Kremlin on Friday to discuss the fate of sanctioned Russian refineries that have triggered concerns about fuel shortages across eastern Europe.
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Nov. 28.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is meeting President Vladimir Putin as Russia weighs the sale of sanctioned refineries that have triggered concerns about fuel shortages across eastern Europe.
The forint fell by the most in more than six weeks after Hungarian central bank Deputy Governor Barnabas Virag quit, cutting short his six-year mandate that was due to end next year.
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