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US President Donald Trump, left, greets Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House, Nov. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell, File)
April 13, 2026, 10:18 am
Orban’s defeat in Hungary has ripple effect for Trump, US conservatives
US president is outspoken supporter of Hungarian former PM who used governmental powers to stifle LGBTQ+ rights, crack down on press freedom and undermine the judicial system
By Nicholas Riccardi and Matt Brown
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (left) addresses supporters after receiving the preliminary results of a parliamentary election in Budapest, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek); Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza party, addresses supporters after claiming victory in the parliamentary election in Budapest, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
April 12, 2026, 11:53 pm
After 16 years in power, Hungary’s Orban concedes defeat to center-right opposition
Peter Magyar’s pro-EU Tisza party heads for sweeping win that could reshape European dynamics and weaken ties with Putin, Trump and Netanyahu
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, right, meets with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Nov. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
April 11, 2026, 12:01 pm
Trump likes to back winners. Hungary’s upcoming election will test his clout
Using endorsements to reward loyalty, US president has shattered tradition of avoiding overt involvement in politics of other nations; Hungary’s vote may show he has less sway than before
By Seung Min Kim
US Vice President JD Vance and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, shake hands during a Day of Friendship event in Budapest, Hungary on April 7, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
April 9, 2026, 4:10 pm
Trump’s Iran war widens rift with European nationalists once viewed as MAGA allies
Though JD Vance gets warm reception in Hungary, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni wouldn’t let US use air base for Iran strikes, and France’s Marine Le Pen called war goals ‘erratic’
By Nicholas Riccardi and Justin Spike
Gergely Gulyas, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, interviewed in Jerusalem, June 14, 2023 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
June 16, 2023, 4:51 am
In Israel, top Orban aide says Russian aggression violates international law
Hungary’s Gergely Gulyas, minister in PM’s office, meets Netanyahu and Dermer, as rumors swirl of embassy move
By Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
July 25, 2022, 9:46 am
US conservatives embrace controversial far-right Hungarian PM seen as authoritarian
Viktor Orban, criticized for pushing anti-democratic principles, has become a hero to segments of the Republican Party; is set to attend Conservative Political Action Conference
By Nicholas Riccardi and Justin Spike
George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, at the Joseph A. Schumpeter award ceremony in Vienna, Austria, June 21, 2019. (Ronald Zak/AP)
November 30, 2020, 7:51 pm
US embassy slams Hungarian official’s article likening Soros to Hitler
Mission in Budapest ‘strongly condemns’ comments in since-retracted opinion piece by culture commissioner, calls for zero tolerance of ‘any minimization of the Holocaust’
By AP and ToI Staff
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in his office in Budapest, Hungary, June 14, 2019. (Attila Kovacs/MTI via AP)
February 5, 2020, 10:46 pm
Bucking EU position, Hungary expresses support for Trump peace plan
After meeting Kushner, FM Peter Szijjarto says efforts to resolve conflict need ‘new impetus,’ and US offer ‘is suitable for creating peace and stability in the region’
By Raphael Ahren
US President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
May 17, 2019, 10:21 am
Orban says he and Trump discuss purchase of mid-range air defense missiles
At Monday White House meeting, Hungarian PM also asks US president to help start production of natural gas under Romanian area of Black Sea as alternative to Russian sources
By AP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
May 14, 2019, 2:47 am
Trump praises Hungary’s Orban as ‘tough’ defender of Christians
President ignores calls from lawmakers of both parties to call out right-wing leader as anti-Semitic and anti-democratic
By Ron Kampeas
The statue of late US Congressman of Hungarian origin Tom Lantos photographed after its ceremonial unveiling near Lantos's former school, Berzsenyi Daniel Secondary School, in Tom Lantos Walk in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, February 1, 2018. (Noemi Bruzak/MTI via AP)
February 2, 2018, 1:40 am
Holocaust survivor, US lawmaker Lantos gets Budapest statue
Hungarian-born congressman, saved as a teen by Raoul Wallenberg, remembered for his human rights advocacy
By Pablo Gorondi
File: European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at a press conference at the Romanian Foreign Ministry in Bucharest on October 7, 2016. (AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)
November 14, 2016, 2:05 am
EU ministers seek ‘strong partnership’ with Trump
UK, France, Hungary are no-shows as continent’s foreign ministers gather to consider ramifications of US election
By Danny Kemp
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his speech during the 27th Balvanyos Summer University and Students' Camp in Baile Tusnad, central Romania, Saturday, July 23, 2016. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)
July 24, 2016, 4:18 am
Hungary’s Orban says Donald Trump better for Europe
‘As a European, I could not have drawn up better what Europe needs,’ Budapest’s leader says of GOP candidate’s terrorism, immigration proposals
By Pablo Gorondi
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