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Orban Takes Election Gamble to Show He Still Has Mojo to Win

Less than a month before Hungarians go to the polls for one of Europe’s most-anticipated elections, Prime Minister Viktor Orban is ditching carefully choreographed events for impassioned rallies in a bid to erase his party’s deficit in polls.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a rally ahead of a general election in Budapest, on March 15. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
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Magyar Holds Rallies in Battery Towns to Shift Hungary Election Focus from Ukraine War

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar held a series of rallies in towns that host controversial battery plants a month before a key election, honing in on a message that’s damaged Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar addresses a campaign rally in Ivancsa, Hungary, on March 12. Photographer: Ferenc Isza/AFP/Getty Images
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Kyiv Rebuffs Hungarian Team Sent to Check Pipeline Damage

Ukrainian authorities dismissed an announcement by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government that it would send a team to assess damage to a key pipeline, escalating a standoff between the two countries.

02 January 2023, Brandenburg, Schwedt/Oder: A tower with a "PCK" logo can be seen on the site of the PCK refinery. An embargo on the Russian "Druzhba" pipeline has been in place since January 1, 2023.
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Orban Says Hungary Ruling Party to Name PM Candidate in February 

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.
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