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Ukraine summons Hungarian ambassador
The Ukrainians were protesting the Hungarian government's plan to conduct a "national petition" against the EU sending the $800 billion requested by Ukraine to the country.

… Ukraine has summoned the Hungarian ambassador to protest against the Hungarian government's plan to conduct a national petition against the EU sending the $800 billion requested by Ukraine to the country, which further icreases tensions with Hungary, … The government's latest communication weapon, a "national petition", was announced at the government briefing on 15 Janury by Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister's Office. … The “national petition” is being organized despite the fact that it was less than a year ago, in March 2025 that the government launched an “advisory poll” on Ukraine’s EU accession. … Although the results are not legally binding, (similarly to the often-used national consultations ), the government aggressively advertised it throughout the country, using every platform imaginable to convince people to fill it in. … He added that they will carry on with the national petition regardless of how the Ukrainians protest and how many times they summon the Hungarian ambassador. …

Confrontation with Slovakia Orbán is trying to avoid beneficial for Péter Magyar
The first clear sign that the Tisza Party's victory in the upcoming elections is considered a very realistic possibility on the international stage came from the Orbán-ally Slovakia, in response to...

… The rules on confiscation date back to the Beneš Decrees, but it was the Slovak National Council in exile that issued the relevant decrees at the end of World War 2. … "Anyone who publicly denies or questions the post-World War II settlement, which was established on the basis of legal acts of the representative bodies of the Czechoslovak Republic or the Slovak National Council shall be punished by imprisonment for … When asked whether she had spoken to Orbán prior to writing the letter, Szili said that she had made the "necessary consultations," but that she considered herself autonomous enough to take such a step, Gemist.hu reported. …

Szijjártó's all smiles photo with Maduro perfectly illustrates Fidesz's view of foreign policy
In the 2010s, the Hungarian government evacuated people from Venezuela and described Maduro's regime as oppressive and communist. Despite this, in 2023, FM Szijjártó paid a visit to Maduro to talk...

… submitted a public interest data request about this last year, his request was denied on the grounds that it would threaten "the assertion of Hungary's foreign policy and foreign economic interests without undue external influence, as well as its national … Maduro, however, set off in the opposite direction and on December 3, held national consultation-style referendum in which participants voted to annex two-thirds of neighboring Guyana, or approximately 159,000 square kilometers, to Venezuela. …

Hungary starts year with loss of more than €1 billion in EU subsidies
Although Minister Tibor Navracsics has said that Hungary would permanently lose part of its frozen EU funds, several members of the Hungarian government still expect to be able to recover them. The...

… In December 2023, the EU body evaluated the conditionality mechanism ex officio, but did not recommend its termination because it concluded that, despite regular consultations, the Hungarian government had not remedied the problems. … The current budget for 2021–2027 amounts to 1.15 percent of the EU's gross national income. The European Commission's proposed budget for 2028–2034 would be closer to 1.26 percent, as it would also have to repay the loan behind the recovery credit. …

Szijjártó posts from Moscow announcing preparations for Paks 2 cement work
This is the 17th time the Hungarian FM has visited Moscow since 2022. The potential Hungarian acquisition of a stake in the Serbian oil company NIS, owned by Gazprom, may be one of the reasons...

… Prior to this, the minister had been in Istanbul for the first joint meeting of the Turkish-Hungary Joint Consultation Mechanism . … The meeting was attended by foreign ministers, defence ministers, national security advisors, and leaders of defence industry companies. He flew to Moscow from there, accompanied by a business delegation. …

The peace plan Orbán supports is actually a Russian war plan – Péter Buda
In our interview with national security expert Péter Buda, he asks: Why else would Putin insist on radically weakening Ukraine's defense capabilities if not for the purpose of further...

… which is now becoming less and less optional and increasingly a constraint for him, Péter Buda, national … In the current situation, therefore, consultation between Moscow and Budapest was necessary in order for the Hungarian Prime Minister to optimize the effectiveness of his diplomatic activities in this changed context. … This is exactly what I wrote about in the spring in my articles on the Christian-Nationalist Change of the World Order and the Change and International Transformation of Civilizations. …

‘The situation is tense’ – How Orbán has tried to overcome Fidesz’ internal crisis
Fidesz underestimated opposition leader Péter Magyar so much that they realized too late that he posed a real threat to them. Direkt36 reveals how Viktor Orbán launched his spring offensive against...

… The reputation of Minister of National Economy Márton Nagy has also been tarnished, with even some in Fidesz circles joking about his predictions, which almost never come true. … Since no such category exists in Hungarian law, Orbán quickly added that the vote would be conducted in a manner similar to national consultations. … Although Orbán claimed that this latest consultation was about deciding on a matter of national importance, according to a source close to the government, the primary purpose of the announced campaign was to test the organizational efficiency of Fidesz … (Orbán has since essentially acknowledged in his speech in Kötcse, that the national consultations conducted by the government are in fact a means of mobilizing support for Fidesz . … According to a government source, the four of them had opposed the proposal since it was first submitted, had been in constant consultation with each other, and had tried separately to convince Orbán that they were right. …

Child protection shortcomings back in focus of Hungarian domestic politics
The arrest of a Fidesz-appointed former director of a juvenile detention center on human trafficking and forced labour charges, and a few unsubstantiated claims on social media made their way into...

… Over the summer, they organized a conference on child protection, and they recently announced a national consultation which will include the question: “Do you support the Tisza government launching an independent inquiry into the child abuse cases of …

Hungary to buy 400 million cubic meters of French LNG annually, FM announces
This is Hungary's second LNG-deal with a western provider within a few weeks.

… The issue of energy supply is so important to the Hungarian government that it will even be addressed in the forthcoming national consultation. …

Massive protest held in Budapest against state-funded propaganda campaigns
Tens of thousands gathered to speak up against the government spending taxpayers’ money on campaigns which incite hatred, mislead voters and divide the society.

… Thousands of people filled Budapest’s Heroes’ Square to the brim on Sunday night to protest the government’s massive propaganda campaigns (on social media, YouTube, billboards and through the so-called national consultations ) which have become a regular …

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