The Latest Breaking News from Budapest

Israeli PM, who is wanted by the court, hails Viktor Orbán’s ‘bold and principled’ decision to leave the ‘corrupt’ body

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Budapest early Thursday on his first trip to Europe since 2023 and in defiance of the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s arrest warrant against him.

In December 2001, a small but lively meeting in Budapest, Hungary, launched a whole new international movement. The resulting Budapest Open Access Initiative opened with the words: “An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good”.

Some want to oppose ban, others are nervous, but all see it as a warning sign under Viktor Orbán’s government

A new law banning LGBTQ+ Pride events and restricting assembly sparked protests in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, with critics condemning the controversial move.

The protest was the second in as many weeks since the ruling Fidesz party of Hungary used its two-thirds parliamentary majority last Tuesday to expedite the law, which critics say is the government's most recent assault on the rights of the LGBTQ+ community in the country.

Hungarian lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at banning Budapest's annual Pride march, the latest in a series of measures under Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which critics say curtail the rights of the EU country's LGBTQ community.

The midfielder has thrived under Arne Slot but his grounding with MTK Budapest has enabled him to emerge as Hungary’s finest player of a generation

Hungarian government's restrictions on Budapest Pride spark backlash and legal action, drawing condemnation from the European Commission.

A German anti-fascist activist accused of allegedly participating in violent attacks against neo-Nazis went on trial on Friday in Hungary, as nationalist premier Viktor Orban has vowed to clamp down on "far-left violence".

Jews in Hungary and around the world are observing Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp