Viktor Orbán

Europe News

Magyar's 'Operation Purge' takes shape with high level detentions

Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s “Operation Purge” has entered a new phase with the detention of two former ministers. Holding officials from the Orbán era to account was a central campaign pledge, and Magyar says the drive will now accelerate. Fidesz has denounced the effort as political revenge.

29 September 2026

Europe News

Hungarian parliament lifts immunity of PM and Orbán-era ministers

Péter Magyar, whose Tisza party swept to power in April promising to investigate alleged corruption and abuse of office during Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule, has said he wants to abolish parliamentary immunity altogether.

28 September 2026

Europe Today

Sweden edges toward centre-left rule as Trump ends Dublin visit

Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson could become Sweden's next prime minister after a red bloc's election win, exit polls show. Meanwhile, Trump wraps up a two-day Dublin visit, Viktor Orbán returns to Hungary's political arena, and we hear from Latvian PM Andris Kulbergs.

14 September 2026

Culture news

'Enemy of the people': Writer Kati Marton marks Budapest return

The American-Hungarian writer, a Peabody Award winner, has avoided Budapest for years but she's now returned to because her novel about her parents, "Enemies of the People", has been adapted for the stage.

10 September 2026

Europe News

Orbán-founded Brussels think tank MCC Brussels to close

MCC Brussels, the Eurosceptic think tank established by Viktor Orbán’s government, is shutting down after losing its Hungarian state funding. Its director, Frank Furedi, resigned in protest, describing the decision to wind down the organisation as “unprofessional and childish.”

1 September 2026

Europe News

Fidesz considers a future without Orbán – or even dissolution

Insiders say Viktor Orbán's party is looking into the abyss amid corruption scrutiny, a wave of senior departures and Tisza's dominant poll lead. Orbán's personal future in politics will be discussed next year.

27 August 2026

Europe News

Hungary parliament approves Orbán-critic former judge as president

Besides a brief stint as a lawmaker, elected from the conservative Hungarian Democratic Forum's party list in 1990, after the democratic transition, Baka did not hold any political positions.

11 August 2026

Europe News

How Péter Magyar dismantled Viktor Orbán's built-to-last regime

Since Péter Magyar's Tisza Party won a landslide in April, Hungary's president, top prosecutor and state media chiefs have all been removed, as the new government moves swiftly to unwind 16 years of Viktor Orbán's rule.

3 August 2026

The Cube

Hungary probe: no evidence of rule-of-law breach, say experts

Conflicting claims have emerged in Hungary about why a data centre linked to former PM Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party was raided as part of a wider corruption investigation. The Cube takes a look.

28 July 2026

Europe News

Viktor Orbán calls for new era of 'resistance politics'

"It is pointless to deal with an inexorable, disgraced mafia boss," Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar wrote on Facebook on Saturday.

25 July 2026

Europe News

Hungarian parliament removes President Tamás Sulyok from office

Hungary's parliament has approved the 17th amendment to the constitution. Prime Mİnister Péter Magyar says this is a key step that will allow 'Orbán's political puppets' to be replaced.

13 July 2026

Europe News

Hungary MPs set to tweak constitution to oust Orbán-allied president

Prime Minister Péter Magyar has repeatedly called on Sulyok to resign, branding the 70-year-old unworthy of the post as a result of his failure to stand up to Orbán's divisive rhetoric and attacks on the rule of law.

13 July 2026

Europe News

Golden convoy lawyer pushes for the detention of Viktor Orbán

A lawyer for seven Ukrainians detained in Hungary after a cash convoy raid says ex-PM Viktor Orbán and three other officials should have been held — and suggests prosecutors may be shielding Orbán from the investigation.

30 June 2026

Europe News

Viktor Orbán returns to Brussels after election setback

Hungary's former prime minister will return to Brussels next week for the first time since his election defeat in April, attending a gathering of the far-right Patriots for Europe.

8 June 2026

The Europe Conversation

Hungary must reform for its people, not for EU - Commission McGrath

In a wide-ranging interview with Euronews, the EU Justice Commissioner dampened hopes that the frozen Hungarian EU funds could be disbursed any time soon.

29 May 2026

Europe News

Hungary's Orbán-era state of emergency ended, PM Magyar says

The emergency governance framework was first introduced by the government of previous Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in 2020 as part of measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

14 May 2026