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Hungary opposition leader admits defeat in Sunday's election

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Marki-Zay admitted defeat in Sunday's parliamentary elections in which Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party was on track for its fourth successive landslide victory.

Reuters

Orban heads for defiant election win to cement power in Hungary

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban scored a crushing election victory to clinch a fourth consecutive term, overcoming criticism about democratic backsliding, his lukewarm support for war-ravaged Ukraine and close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Tribune News Service

Orban heads for defiant election win to cement power in Hungary

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is on track to clinch a fourth consecutive term, leveraging a message against being dragged into the war in neighboring Ukraine to reassert himself as the European Union’s longest-serving premier.

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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

Hungary votes in general election as Viktor Orbán seeks fourth term

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine looms over contest in which opposition coalition aims to dislodge ruling Fidesz party

The Guardian - UK

Polls close in Hungary as Orban seeks a fourth term

Opposition parties unite to challenge Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is hoping to extend his 12-year term.

Al Jazeera

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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Hungarians head to polls in the shadow of war in Ukraine

Polls opened across Hungary early Sunday as voters in the Central European country were faced with a choice: taking a chance on a diverse, Western-looking coalition of opposition parties, or granting nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban a renewed mandate with a fourth consecutive term in office

The Independent UK

Orban scores crushing victory as Ukraine war solidifies support

Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban scored a fourth consecutive landslide win in Sunday's election, as voters endorsed his ambition of a conservative, "illiberal" state and shrugged off concerns over Budapest's close ties with Moscow.

Reuters

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

Two European strongmen bid to keep power in the shadow of war

Two of Europe’s most dominant leaders are bidding to keep their grip on power in elections that have put a spotlight on their close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin after his invasion of Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

Hungary set to vote in key general election

Although Viktor Orban is facing his toughest election since 2010, polls suggest the incumbent will win.

Al Jazeera

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.

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Hungary’s opposition leader Marki-Zay faces Orban, tough electoral map in key vote

Hungarians vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday with polls giving the edge to incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orban. But for the first time in its 12 years in power, the ruling Fidesz party will face a united opposition coalition led by Peter Marki-Zay.

The Guardian - UK

Hungary: where editors tell reporters to disregard facts before their eyes

With elections imminent, some say independent media is in a weaker state than in communist 1980s

Liverpool Echo

11 countries people from the UK can travel to with no restrictions

Madeira, Ireland, Hungary and more have dropped restrictions

The Independent UK

Hungary's Orban claims he can keep nation out of Ukraine war

Hungary’s nationalist prime minister has portrayed his country’s upcoming election on Sunday as an existential turning point and a choice between war and peace

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Wales Online

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Wales are in the hat for the draw for the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar

The Independent UK

Hungary's alliances on the ballot ahead of tight election

As Hungary's nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, seeks a fourth straight term in office, a coalition of opposition parties are framing the Sunday election as a referendum on Hungary's future in the West

Financial Times

What war in Ukraine means for the age of the autocrat

The world’s strongmen are watching Vladimir Putin’s gamble play out in Ukraine — and the consequences of his success or failure will be global

Reuters

FACTBOX - What has changed in Hungary during Orban's 12-year rule

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party face their first closely-contested election on April 3 after three consecutive landslide victories since 2010.

Reuters

Orban's dream of two decades in power hangs in the balance in Hungarian ballot

After his third consecutive landslide victory in 2018, Hungary's Viktor Orban said his strong new mandate allowed him to plan for 12 years ahead, aiming for an unbroken two-decade spell in power in the former communist Central European country.

Evening Standard

The making of Viktor Orban — the ‘Hungarian tiger’ mauling Europe from within

He’s the hard-right nationalist prime minister who thrills in scrapping with Brussels, leaving Ukraine in the lurch and thumbing his nose at the liberal order. Samuel Fishwick reports on ‘Putin’s poodle’ who’s just won for more years

Daily Mirror

Killer repeatedly stabs teacher, 24, to death in her flat during lockdown

Zbigniew Soj, 24, entered his guilty pleas to murdering Borbala ‘Bori’ Benko, 24, and attempting to murder Klaudia Rogozinka at a hearing at Bradford Crown Court

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