KYIV — European Union officials on Wednesday took a key step toward approving a loan of roughly $105 billion for Ukraine, after Hungary dropped its long-standing opposition. The two-year loan is ...

He's ousted the man who ruled for 16 years. Now Hungary's new prime minister faces a daunting task: taking on the authoritarian state built by Viktor Orbán. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Péter Magyar has gone from political outsider to Hungary’s most powerful politician almost overnight. The 44-year-old lawyer and former insider in former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ruling party ...

Kyiv – In the hours before Peter Magyar defeated Hungary's longtime leader Viktor Orbán in Sunday's landmark election, Magyar's supporters filled the streets of Budapest chanting "Russians out!" The ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hungary's newly elected leader, Péter Magyar, has said the country's ...

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(Budapest, April 14, 2026) – Hungary’s incoming government should take immediate steps to restore fundamental rights, dismantle abusive laws and institutions, and strengthen democratic institutions, ...

Hungarian politics don’t usually matter much to the outside world, but the landslide election victory of Péter Magyar’s Tisza party is different. Vladimir Putin and Steve Bannon are plunged into gloom ...

Hungary’s next leader Peter Magyar said he won’t stand in the way of Ukraine receiving a €90 billion ($105 billion) loan from the European Union that was blocked by the outgoing Prime Minister Viktor ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party’s 16-year rule came to a crashing end on Sunday after an electoral drubbing by former ally Péter Magyar’s Tisza Party, which rapidly gained ...

BUDAPEST—Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suffered a landslide defeat in Hungary’s election on Sunday, ending the 16-year rule of a politician who had become a standard-bearer for populist right-wing ...

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, flanked by his team reacts after a parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 12, 2026. Reporter Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ...