Hungary's Orban faces pivotal battle against ally-turned-foe

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST, March 25 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a self-styled country boy who put Hungary on ...
Opinion

The global authoritarian right loves Orbán – and that could cost him in Hungary’s elections

The PM is figurehead of the international rightwing movement but that has alienated his most loyal voter base, says author and journalist Gellert Tamas ...

Trump Begs Another Country to Elect Putin’s Ally

Donald Trump has offered fawning praise to a far-right anti-immigration leader who is one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies ...

Magyar and Orbán trade barbs as Hungary campaign enters final stretch

Incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his challenger Péter Magyar traded barbs as the main political camps held large ...
Times Union

I watched Hungary’s democracy dissolve into authoritarianism as a member of parliament − and I see troubling parallels in Trumpism and its appeal to workers

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gábor Scheiring, Georgetown University; Independent Social Research Foundation (THE ...
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Key Trump ally may be headed for defeat

Although far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán draws scathing criticism from a combination of Democrats and ...