The Latest Breaking News from Viktor Orbán

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

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

Budapest Pride's 30th anniversary saw tens of thousands defy a government ban, with dozens of European Parliament members showing solidarity for civil liberties.

Those organising and attending could face a criminal sentence

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

Organisers of Budapest Pride said the government was attempting to restrict peaceful protests by targeting them

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

At least five European countries issued advice to their citizens planning to attend the event, warning that they might face a €500 fine and highlighting further security risks posed by a counter-gathering of the Hungarian far right.

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

Nawrocki’s narrow victory (50.89%) over Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw and candidate of the government coalition, illustrates and reinforces the political polarisation of Poland and the rise of the populist “Trumpist” right in Central and Eastern Europe. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, there has been much speculation…

The one-day summit will have a heavy focus on the Middle East and Russia's war on Ukraine, but also on competitiveness and climate targets.