Five days before an election that threatens to unseat the longest-serving and most corrupt government within the European Union, Vice President J.D. Vance kicked off a campaign speech in Budapest ...

Viktor Orbán is the closest thing in Europe to a prime minister for life. He has served four consecutive terms since 2010, perpetuating his power with the ruthlessness of a royal. But ruthlessness may ...

President Donald Trump praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after Vice President JD Vance called his boss from the stage of a political rally in Budapest. Polls show Orbán is set to lose his ...

Viktor Orbán has conceded Hungary’s race for prime minister, ending his party’s rule after 16 years, despite attempts to by U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance to put him over ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Pressman, who served as U.S. ambassador to Hungary in the Biden administration, about Viktor Orban's election loss and what this means for Hungary. For more on ...

Budapest – After nearly two decades in power, Hungary's far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán could be ousted as leader in the country's parliamentary elections on Sunday. The latest polls indicate ...

Hungarians turned out in historic numbers to vote against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's and his Fidesz party. NPR's Rob Schmitz discusses with reporter Esme Nicholson and political scientist Abel ...

In the end, the defeat of Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s autocratic prime minister, required not just an ordinary election campaign or new messaging but rather the construction of a broad, diverse, and ...

Eastern European elections rarely attract international attention beyond a few perfunctory headlines, but Orban has dominated continental politics for years, becoming a globally recognized hero to the ...