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Victory of Putin ally Orbán in Hungary may trigger freeze on EU funding

MEPs say billions in payments could be withheld from far-right leader due to democratic backsliding

The Guardian - UK

Orban's victory puts Hungary on collision course with EU

Emboldened by a fourth consecutive landslide election victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is expected to dig in against energy sanctions on Russia and toughen his stance in talks with Brussels to unlock frozen EU funds.

Reuters

Viktor Orban criticises Zelensky following Hungary election triumph

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has won a fifth term in office after claiming victory in the national elections on Sunday night.

Evening Standard

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Hungarians flock to polls in vote overshadowed by Ukraine war as Orban seeks new term

The party of nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has taken the lead in partial results from the country's general election on Sunday, the national election office said.

France 24

Voting underway in Hungary in fiercely contested race

Polls opened across Hungary early Sunday as voters in the Central European country faced a stark choice: take a chance on a diverse, westward-looking coalition of opposition parties, or grant nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban a fourth consecutive term.

Radio France Internationale

Protestors rally in Hungarian capital in solidarity with Ukraine

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Budapest on Saturday, a day before the country goes to the polls, to demonstrate against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Hungarians and Ukrainian refugees braved the cold and rain together to listen to speeches and songs, and express their rejection of the…

Radio France Internationale

Hungary's opposition leader rallies voters in last anti-Orban campaign event

Hungary heads to the polls on Sunday to elect its next prime minister. The choice is between incumbent Victor Orban, who controls the media and seems unharmed despite his close relationship with Russia's Vladimir Putin, or Peter Marki-Zay, a dynamic former marketing manager who has united a mosaique of opposition…

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President Zelensky criticises Hungarian PM over 'open support' for Putin - full speech in English

He was speaking on the 38th day of the Russian invasion of his country

Wales Online

Opposition vows end to Orban's autocratic rule in Hungary

Opposition parties made their final appeal to Hungarian voters ahead of Sunday's fiercely fought national election

The Independent UK

Will Hungarians vote to oust Europe's most illiberal leader?

Sunday's elections in Hungary will decide whether Victor Orban – Vladimir Putin's only EU ally – stays in power, or if opposition candidate Peter Marki-Zay, who managed to get a colourful coalition of six parties together, can break the stranglehold of the incumbent's Fidesz party.

Radio France Internationale

Hungary’s parliamentary elections: All you need to know

Hungarians go to polls on April 3 to choose between ‘more autocratisation or re-democratisation’, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

Hungary’s opposition struggles to maintain unity ahead of vote

An awkward alliance of six disparate parties seeks to defeat Orban’s governing Fidesz party in Hungary’s April 3 polls.

Al Jazeera

Hungary rights groups urge invalid votes to defeat Orban's LGBTQ referendum

Hungarian human rights groups are urging voters to spoil their ballots to defeat a government referendum on LGBTQ issues taking place alongside a national election on Sunday, saying its approval would strengthen prejudice against the LGBTQ community.

Reuters

‘I have come from hell on earth’: The Ukrainian refugees reaching the Hungarian border

The sea of refugees flooding the Hungary/Ukraine border have spoken to campaigns editor David Cohen about the horrors they have faced in recent weeks

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Evening Standard

Hands of hope reach out to refugees after desperate escape from Ukraine

David Cohen reports from Zahony on the Ukraine-Hungarian border

Radio France Internationale

A week before elections, Hungary's Orban remains the EU's enfant terrible

On 3 April, Hungary goes to the ballot box to elect 199 members of the National Assembly. The choice is between the Fidesz party of incumbent Prime Minister Victor Orban, whose populist policies have estranged him from Brussels, and a coalition of opposition parties led by Peter Marki-zay. Despite Orban's…

Reuters

African students wonder what next after Ukraine war upends education

Nkateko Muyimane and six fellow African students hid in a subway while Russian shells pounded Kharkiv, before fleeing on a train to Budapest they very nearly failed to board.

Asharq Al-Awsat

FINA Bans Russian, Belarusian Athletes from 2022 World Championships

FINA has banned Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from this year's world championships in Budapest following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, swimming's global governing body said on Wednesday. FINA had last month called off the World Junior Swimming Championships that were set to take place in the southwestern Russian city…

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Reuters

Hungary's Orban treads fine line with supporters over Russia stance

When Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban addressed his party faithful at an election rally this month, he found strong support for his efforts to strike a balance between the West and Russia over the war in Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Orbán treads fine line as Hungarian opinion swings against Russia

With voting on 3 April, the prime minister is seeking to avoid criticism of his pro-Putin policy – and to keep in with the EU

Al Jazeera

Thousands in Hungary rally to support gov’t before elections

Tuesday’s ‘Peace March’ took place before next month’s parliamentary elections and amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Hungary will stay out of Ukraine war, PM Orban tells rally

Hungary will not send any weapons to Ukraine and will stay out of the war, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a rally of his supporters on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of trying to drag Hungary into the conflict on its eastern border.

Daily Record

Ukrainian OAPs trying to reach family in Scotland stuck in Hungary without visa

Viacheslav and Zhanna Malyna travelled to Budapest, where they hoped to get permission to enter the UK.

Daily Mirror

Wife of Brit fears she'll be sent back to Ukraine after failing to get spousal visa

Natalya Fisher travelled back to Ukraine following Home Office advice and, after two terrifying weeks, she has now been able to return to her home in Aberdeenshire

Zenger

Police Recover Escaped Zoo Penguin On The Streets Of Budapest

The unusual escapee was caught when it waddled in front of a patrol car.

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