Viktor Mihály Orbán[1] (Hungarian: [ˈviktor ˈorbaːn] ⓘ; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has also led the Fidesz political party since 2003, and …

Feb 13, 2024 · Who is Viktor Orban, Hungarian PM with 14-year grip on power? No serving leader in the European Union has led their country for as long as Viktor Orban. Since 2010, he has transformed Hungary...

Mar 31, 2022 · Orban has transformed Hungary's media landscape, which has led to accusations of curbing media freedoms from the European Union and pro-democracy groups, a charge his government denies.

5 days ago · Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) ... Hungary under Orbán has been accused by numerous domestic and international bodies of grave democratic backsliding and of abusing the rights of protected minorities, and also of ...

Feb 12, 2024 · Hungary’s conservative president has resigned amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government.

Jan 27, 2025 · Viktor Orban, prime minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010– ), the first post-Cold War head of government in eastern and central Europe who had not been a member of a Soviet-era communist regime. Over time, his rhetoric became nationalistic and anti-immigrant and his rule increasingly autocratic.

Feb 14, 2024 · Hungary has been shaken by the sudden resignations of the two most popular and successful women in an otherwise strongly male-dominated governing party. President Katalin Novak and former Justice...

Feb 17, 2024 · BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sought to contain the political fallout of a presidential pardon scandal during an annual state of the nation address on Saturday, his first public appearance since Hungary’s president, his ally, resigned a …

Feb 14, 2024 · Hungary has been shaken by the sudden resignations of the two most popular and successful women in an otherwise strongly male-dominated governing party.

Sep 16, 2022 · Hungarian civil liberties groups have welcomed a new EU report that says the country cannot be considered a full democracy. The EU parliament voted to approve the report on Thursday, which...