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Is child protection the Achilles’ heel of the Orbán government?

Indignation over another scandal relating to the abuse of minors in state care took thousands to the streets of Budapest over the weekend. Orbán’s challenger, Péter Magyar led the protest.

Hungary sues ECJ over judgment on Hungarian asylum rules

According to Minister of Justice Bence Tuzson, they will file a lawsuit for damages because of the €200 million fine.

Tisza Party at 47 percent, Fidesz at 39 percent among those certain to vote in April

The ruling parties have lost one percentage point since the last survey, while the biggest opposition party's numbers have remained unchanged among voters who already know who they will vote for in...

Sikorski says Orbán has earned his Order of Lenin, Szijjártó retorts by accusing Sikorski of being...

Political tensions were running high on X between the Polish and Hungarian Foreign Ministers over Orbán's post, in which he said that if the EU touched the frozen Russian assets, it would be...

Orbán on the war in Ukraine: It's not even clear who attacked whom

Márton Balázs – Andrea Horváth Kávai (translation)

Speaking after the EU summit, Orbán also said that he doesn't believe Ukraine will be able to repay the €90 billion loan, and also spoke about whether he thought it's worth staying in the European...

Fidesz's voter base deeply divided over government's handling of abuse in juvenile detention...

Joób Sándor – Andrea Horváth Kávai (translation)

It is very rare for the vast majority of Fidesz supporters not to line up behind a measure simply because the word "government" appears in the question. And yet, this is what happened now, according...

Hungarian government sold 66 APCs to Serbia instead of 26, as it claimed, opposition MP says

Aradi Hanga Zsófia – Andrea Horváth Kávai (translation)

Ákos Hadházy also says the vehicles were sold at the price of scrap metal and announced that he plans to file a complaint for misappropriation of funds.

Orbán says they are in talks with Slovakia to clarify the meaning of their law on the Beneš Decrees

Molnár Réka – Andrea Horváth Kávai (translation)

Péter Magyar commented that Orbán has abandoned the Hungarian minority in Slovakia on the issue of the Beneš Decrees.

Commuters set up their own P+R parking lots along Hungary's western border

Nagy Márta – Sudár Ágnes – István Dezsényi (translation)

Tens of thousands of Hungarians commute to Austria for work every day from settlements near the border. While sharing a ride for part of the journey may be good for the environment, parking is a...