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Peter Magyar takes the oath as Hungary's prime minister during a ceremony in Budapest, Hungary, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
May 9, 2026, 6:22 pm
Hungary’s new PM takes oath of office, ending Orban’s 16-year rule
Peter Magyar calls for ‘regime-change’ celebrations as he’s sworn in as premier, with his supporters hoping he’ll forge closer ties with EU and move away from Russia
By Justin Spike
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
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán speaks during an assembly of European far-right parties with Orbán’s Patriots for Europe group, in Budapest, Hungary, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
April 7, 2026, 4:46 am
Hungary’s Orbán has long annoyed the European Union. Now some hope he faces defeat
Longtime PM has exploited bloc’s rules to oppose key moves and extract more funding, leading some to call him a ‘Trojan horse’; his opponent in April 12 election wants to mend ties
By Sam McNeil and Justin Spike
Ali Larijani (waving) participates in a Quds Day anti-Israel march in Tehran on March 13, 2026, the last time he was seen alive in public. (X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
March 17, 2026, 11:49 pm
Ali Larijani was hardline voice in Iran’s regime for decades, with supreme leader’s ear
A heavy-handed culture minister, then parliament speaker and top security official, the close adviser to Ali Khamenei was widely believed to be running Iran after US-Israeli attack
By Melanie Lidman, Jon Gambrell and Justin Spike
Art collector Tamás Tálosi holds the ''violin of hope'', in Magyarpolány, Hungary, April 22, 2025. (/Nikolett Csanyi / AP)
April 30, 2025, 3:44 pm
Secret note reveals origin of violin crafted by Jewish inmate inside Dachau
Confused by expert craft but poor materials, Hungarian art dealers find message from Franciszek Kempa detailing 1941 creation of instrument under dire conditions in Nazi camp
By Justin Spike
Hungary’s parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)
April 15, 2025, 3:43 am
Hungary approves bans on LGBTQ+ public events, recognizes two sexes only
Law allows authorities to use facial recognition tools to identify people who attend prohibited events in what critics call another step toward authoritarianism by populist gov’t
By Justin Spike
Members of the centrist Momentum Movement party burn flares in protest before a vote on a bill aimed at banning the annual Pride march on March 18, 2025 during the spring session of the Hungarian Parliament. (Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)
March 18, 2025, 5:14 pm
Hungary’s parliament bans Pride events in crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights
New law lets authorities use facial recognition software to identify attendees at barred events; opposition lawmakers ignite colorful smoke bombs in chamber during vote
By Justin Spike
People wave flags as they attend a demonstration ahead a speech of chairman of the Tisza (Respect and Freedom) party Peter Magyar in Budapest on March 15, 2025, on National Day that marks the Hungarian revolution against the Austrian Empire in 1848. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)
March 16, 2025, 5:10 am
Hungary’s Orban vows crackdown on press, immigrants in conspiracy theory-laden speech
Dueling demonstrations held in central Budapest as thousands rally around promising political force Péter Magyar, who seeks to challenge Orban in elections next year
By Justin Spike
BAC Consulting CEO Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono (via LinkedIn)
September 20, 2024, 10:14 pm
CEO of company linked to Hezbollah pagers being guarded by Hungarian secret services
Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono, head of BAC Consulting, has not been seen since Tuesday’s widespread explosions in Lebanon
By Justin Spike, Paolo Santalucia and Sarah El Deeb
65-year-old Atari Kales mourns for her daughter-in-law and two grandchildren near the collapsed building where they were trapped in Antakya, Turkey, February 11, 2023. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
February 12, 2023, 5:03 pm
As death toll tops 33,000, sorrow turns to tension over Turkey’s earthquake response
In some areas, locals claim it took days for help to arrive, accuse government of political, ethnic discrimination; others angry at burden of Syrian war refugees
By Justin Spike
Turkish rescue workers carry Ergin Guzeloglan, 36, to an ambulance after pulled him out from a collapsed building five days after an earthquake in Hatay, southern Turkey, early February 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Can Ozer)
February 11, 2023, 11:19 pm
Survivors still being found as Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll tops 28,000
Rescuers cheer and chant ‘God is Great!’ as family of 5 pulled from rubble in hard-hit town in Gaziantep; Erdogan dubs quake ‘disaster of the century’
By Justin Spike, ABDELRAHMAN SHAHEEN and Suzan Fraser
Hungary President Viktor Orban arrives at the NATO Heads of State summit in Madrid, June 30, 2022. Hungary's controversial prime minister is coming to the United States to address a gathering of conservative activists (Bertrand Guay, Pool via AP, File)
October 23, 2022, 4:21 pm
Hungary’s Orban seems to compare EU to Soviet troops who crushed 1956 revolution
‘Let’s not bother with those who shoot at Hungary from the shadows or from the heights of Brussels,’ PM says at event to mark anti-communist uprising
By Justin Spike
Mucola Markovich, 76, wipes a tear as he stands next to a residential building that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack at a residential area in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
October 9, 2022, 8:53 pm
Several dead as Russia strikes Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia after bridge bombing
City suffers fresh bombardment, killing at least 12; traffic renews on part of Kerch Bridge as partial collapse expected to harm, but not cripple, Russian supply lines
By Justin Spike and Adam Schreck
A DJ holds a techno performance while young volunteers clear debris from a building destroyed by a Russian rocket in the village of Yahidne, Chernihiv Region, Ukraine, July 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)
July 25, 2022, 3:22 pm
In Ukraine, techno parties draw young volunteers to repair damaged villages
With turntables mounted on ammunition boxes, ‘clean-up raves’ in bombed-out buildings encourage Ukrainian youth to aid in rebuilding country after Russia’s invasion
By Justin Spike
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
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