Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Gergely Karácsony

Civil organisations rally in Budapest to mark four years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Civil organisations rally in Budapest to mark four years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Around 200 people are thought to have attended the event.

Euronews

Budapest mayor charged over banned Pride march

According to the prosecutor's office, the mayor of Budapest organised and led a public meeting despite a police injunction, in violation of the law on freedom of association and assembly.

Euronews

Budapest mayor charged over his calls for people to defy Hungary’s Pride ban

Gergely Karácsony urged people to take to streets in June in pushback against Orbán government’s attack on rights

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Budapest's liberal mayor charged for organizing banned Pride event

Authorities in Hungary have charged Budapest's liberal mayor for organizing a banned LGBTQ+ Pride event last year

The Independent UK

EU freezes Hungarian files ahead of key election in April, sources say

Sources at the European Commission told Euronews that key files from cash to a spying scandal probe are frozen as Brussels awaits a crucial parliamentary election in April. Brussels does not want to feed Orbán's anti-EU campaign by launching fresh procedures against Budapest.

Euronews

‘We have a new role’: mayors across the world increasingly taking on society’s biggest challenges

From Budapest to Barcelona, New York to Paris, mayors are increasingly being thrust on to the political frontlines as they face down the rise of the far right

The Guardian - UK

Budapest's credit rating falls to 'junk' as funding row with Orbán government deepens

The City of Budapest has been downgraded to "junk" rating by Moody’s and placed on review for further cuts, a move that could increase borrowing costs as the liberal mayor led capital butts heads with the PM.

Euronews

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Hungary’s Orbán claims 'EU has decided to go to war' and calls for petition against Brussels

At the European Political Community meeting in Copenhagen, Hungary's leader accused the EU of preparing "war plans" and rejected calls for Ukraine's EU membership, saying that a strategic partnership is needed instead.

Euronews

Viktor Orbán faces toughest challenge in years – but can Hungary’s strongman be unseated?

Orbánism offered Trump and the international populist right a blueprint, but its leader is under pressure at home from economic woes, falling support and Péter Magyar’s rise

The Guardian - UK

Hungarian police questions Budapest mayor over role in banned LGBTQ+ Pride march

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his party have insisted Pride, a celebration of LGBTQ+ visibility and struggle for equal rights, is a violation of children’s rights to moral and spiritual development.

Euronews

Geert Wilders accuses Budapest mayor of Nazi salute during Pride march

Geert Wilders accused Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony of making a Nazi salute during Budapest's Pride march, but the claim was disputed with alternative footage.

Euronews

Budapest Pride: Unprecedented crowd defies Hungarian government at 'illegal' march

The local government's Freedom Day event ended without incidents, with no police intervention, and counter-demonstrators being kept away.

Euronews

Commissioner and MEPs in Budapest to challenge Orban’s Pride ban

Commissioner Hadja Lahbib and 70 MEPs travelled to Hungary to protest the banning of the Pride march - but opposition leader Peter Magyar was absent.

Euronews

Tens of thousands defy Hungary’s ban on Pride in protest against Orbán

Crackdown on Pride is part of effort to curb democratic freedoms ahead of a hotly-contested election next year

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Around 100,000 march in Budapest Pride in defiance of Hungary's ban

Around 100,000 people have marched in Budapest in Hungary's largest ever LGBTQ+ Pride event in defiance of a government ban

Euronews

Budapest Pride: march to go ahead in defiance of Orban's ban

EU Commissioners and dozens of MEPs are in the Hungarian capital to attend and support the Budapest Pride march on Saturday.

The Guardian - UK

Budapest Pride expected to be a rallying cry against Orbán’s rollback of rights

Record numbers expected at march despite Hungary’s leader saying those attending will face ‘legal consequences’

Euronews

Orbán warns of 'legal consequences' over banned Budapest Pride march

Despite a government ban, the mayor of the Hungarian capital has vowed that the annual event will take place as normal.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Viktor Orbán’s crackdown won’t stop Pride march, says Budapest mayor

Leader says LGBTQ+ gathering in Hungarian capital will go ahead even if police try to impose a government-backed ban

The Guardian - UK

Dozens of MEPs to attend Budapest Pride in defiance of Viktor Orbán

As many as 70 said to be planning to show solidarity at LGBTQ+ march after Hungary’s PM tried to ban it

Radio France Internationale

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.

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the European Commission

the European Parliament

European Political Community

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.