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Viktor Mihály Orbán [1] ( Hungarian: [ˈviktor ˈorbaːn] ⓘ; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has led the Fidesz political party since 1993, with a break between 2000 and 2003.
Feb 13, 2024 · Viktor Orban accused George Soros's civil society groups of "trying secretly and with foreign money to influence Hungarian politics", and the Soros-founded Central European University, set up...
Jun 24, 2024 · Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters. CNN —. A police officer who was part of the security escort for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was killed in a traffic accident in the German city of ...
1 day ago · Hungary’s populist Orbán to take over EU presidency as many issues hang in the balance. FILE - Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, June 27, 2024. When Hungary takes over the helm of the European Union on Monday July 1, 2024 many politicians in Brussels will have the same thing on their minds ...
Jun 23, 2024 · Viktor Orban, prime minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010– ), the first post-Cold War head of government in eastern and central Europe who had not been a member of a Soviet-era communist regime. Over time, his rhetoric became nationalistic and anti-immigrant and his rule increasingly autocratic.
Who is Viktor Orban, Hungarian PM with 14-year grip on power? President Novak radiated a "mother of the nation" image, closely identified with popular policies to encourage couples to have more...
May 27, 2024 · A rising political newcomer in Hungary is seeking to capitalize on a scandal that rocked the party of the country's long-serving prime minister, Viktor Orbán, and a slumping economy to challenge the leader in upcoming European Union elections and beyond.
Apr 4, 2022 · You could almost hear the collective thud of EU hearts sinking on Sunday night as Viktor Orban made his victory speech.
Feb 12, 2024 · BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s long-serving government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a rare political crisis after the president, a member of Orbán’s ruling party, resigned amid public anger over her pardoning of a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case.
Apr 3, 2022 · Hungary’s authoritarian leader and longtime Russian ally, Viktor Orban, clinched a fourth consecutive term in power on Sunday, after a landslide election win that he touted as a rebuke of ...
Hungary is unable to support extension of European Commission president’s mandate. Diplomacy. 26/06/2024. France, too, supports programme of Hungarian EU presidency. Diplomacy. 25/06/2024. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to have talks with French President Macron on Wednesday. More news.
Mar 30, 2022 · To his supporters, Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban represents true European values: Christianity; the predominance of the nation-state; government for the masses, not the elites.
Feb 1, 2024 · Viktor Orbán was asked on Hungarian TV late last year whether his antagonism towards Brussels and Washington would lead Hungary away from the west and out of the EU.
On 3 April 2022, Viktor Orbán won his fourth straight election with his fourth straight supermajority in parliament that allows him to amend the constitution at will. This essay traces how he managed to do that.
Apr 3, 2022 · BUDAPEST, Hungary — Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared victory in Sunday's national elections, claiming a mandate for a fourth term as a partial vote count predicted a strong lead for his ...
Sep 16, 2022 · Hungarian civil liberties groups have welcomed a new EU report that says the country cannot be considered a full democracy. The EU parliament voted to approve the report on Thursday, which...
6 days ago · European capitals are drawing up ways to insulate EU decisions from Viktor Orbán’s increasing use of vetoes as Hungary takes over the bloc’s rotating presidency on July 1. The Hungarian prime ...
Jun 9, 2024 · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s nationalist party has taken the most votes in the European Parliament elections, a race that has pitted the long-serving leader against a new challenger that has upended Orbán’s grip on Hungarian politics in recent months.
Jan 25, 2018 · The Viktor Orban of today is jowlier than the skinny student of 1989. But in public appearances, his collar still often unbuttoned, he has the same restless energy, shifting uneasily in his...
Jun 17, 2024 · Peter Magyar, a conservative who was once a well-connected figure in the Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has become an unexpected leader of the country’s opposition.
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Feb 17, 2024 · BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sought to contain the political fallout of a presidential pardon scandal during an annual state of the nation address on Saturday, his first public appearance since Hungary’s president, his ally, resigned a week ago.
1 day ago · Item 1 of 3 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech during a pro-government rally, named 'Peace March', a week ahead of elections across the European Union, in Budapest, Hungary ...
Feb 13, 2024 · Who is Viktor Orban, Hungarian PM with 14-year grip on power? He has led Hungary since 2010 and critics denounce his "hybrid regime of electoral autocracy". 13 Feb 2024
2 days ago · FILE - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, on June 27, 2024. Orbán has presented a new alliance with Austria’s far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech ...
Dec 16, 2023 · Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban accuses Brussels of wielding too much power The political rollercoaster that unfolded in Brussels this week was astonishing even for the most veteran...
1 day ago · Listen. 1:15. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced the formation of a political group with nationalist forces in Austria and the Czech Republic, and invited others to join what he wants ...
Apr 5, 2024 · Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has received a medal from the pro-Russian leader of Bosnia’s Serbs, who has been sanctioned by the U.S. and Britain because of his separatist policies.
