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Hungary's parliamentary parties each had their own take on 1956
While Péter Magyar attended the state commemoration with António Costa and Ursula von der Leyen at Parliament, Fidesz supporters marched holding an enormous Hungarian flag and Viktor Orbán was...
Former head of Hungarian National Bank arrested in probe into loss of bank funds
The former central bank governor will remain in custody for one month for the time being. The decision is not final.
Magyar: Now it's our turn to stand up for freedom
The heroes of 1956 left behind a legacy for Hungarian leaders, and there is much the country still needs to do together, PM Péter Magyar said in his speech at the commemoration in honour of the...
"The whole city looks like a battlefield, the statue of Stalin has been dragged away"
One of our readers sent us a letter that her grandmother wrote at age 15 about the first days of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
Former governor of Hungarian central bank in custody
During György Matolcsy's time as head of the Hungarian National Bank, hundreds of billions of forints' worth of assets disappeared from the bank's foundation, while more and more suspicious...
Arte: France's school protests – an education system under strain?
Nationwide demonstrations, sit-ins and outbreaks of violence have filled social media feeds and television screens in France over the past four weeks.
Magyar and Zelensky hold first one-on-one meeting
The two leaders agreed to continue consultations at the ministerial level and to pay special attention to further improving the situation of the minorities living in both countries.
Zelensky invited to Budapest for commemoration on 70th anniversary of Hungary's 1956 revolution
This was announced by the Ukrainian president’s deputy chief of staff, but it is not yet known whether he will visit the Hungarian capital.
Company of richest Hungarian gave generous donations to organizations linked to Viktor Orbán's wife
According to documents obtained by Direkt36, two organizations linked to Anikó Lévai received large amounts of funding from a company called V-Híd, which had grown substantially through state...
Orbán government’s decree releasing migrant smugglers from prison violated EU law, CJEU rules
In the next stage of the infringement procedure launched by the European Commission, the question will be the size of the penalty imposed on Hungary.
