Hungary

Hungarians vote in landmark election closely watched by EU, Russia, US

Opinion polls have shown Orban's Fidesz party trailing Peter Magyar's upstart center-right opposition Tisza party by 7-9 percentage points, with Tisza at around 38-41%.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban talks to journalists after casting his vote during the Hungarian parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto speaks during an election campaign rally in Gyor, Hungary, March 27, 2026.

Hungary offered to help Iran following Hezbollah pager explosions - report

More than 150 playable pinball and video machines are lovingly cared for at Flippermúzeum.

Budapest: Spa hotel, Jewish heritage, and Danube nights

CHESS CHAMPION Tícia Gara.

She moved to Israel during war and this chess champion says she would do it again


Fulfilling a century-old promise: A journey to San Vigilio in a soldier's memory

San Vigilio is as beautiful as my great-uncle described in his diary when he served as a doctor in the Austro-Hungarian army on the Italian front.

 A view of San Vigilio village that Dr. Isaac Barasch loved so much

Israelis, Poles and Hungarians to launch DemoCrisis network

Countries like Hungary and Poland have been ruled by populist and nationalist governments, so connecting their national issues to that of Israel hits close to home.

 Israeli national flags flutter in front of an office tower at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020.

Hungarian con men assault, hurl antisemitic abuse at Israeli tourists - report

One con man punched the 65-year-old disabled mother, while the other attempted to rob the daughter.

 Tamar Gvirtz-Hayardeni and mother on their way to Budapest.

Budapest is undergoing a Jewish renaissance

JEWISH WORLD: Renewing a synagogue is always a good thing. It cannot be made for the occasional tourist or even streams of tourists, who are not the ones to stay and keep the community going.

 RABBI SHLOMO KOVES, chief rabbi of the Associations of Hungarian Jewish Communities, Chabad Hungary.

Netanyahu meets with prominent Hungarian Rabbi ahead of Hungarian embassy move

Once the move has gone ahead Hungary will be the first EU nation to have moved its embassy to Israel's capital Jerusalem.

 Rabbi Slomo Koves (left), Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu (center) and Rabbi Shmuel Oirechman (right) at a meeting in Jerusalem August 24, 2023.

Jewish 'guerrilla' group mobilizes against takeover of historic synagogue

Representatives of Chabad have repeatedly rejected the allegation of a takeover of the Budapest synagogue.

 Worshippers hold morning services outside the locked doors of the Kazinczy Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, July 21, 2023

Michael Oren on Herzog's visit to Washington

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Avi Mayer and Lahav Harkov

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog reacts prior to address to a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023.

Is Israel taking a page out of the Hungary and Poland playbook? - analysis

The makeup of the judicial selection committee is an issue that is still on the table, officials say.

 The building of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel is located in Jerualem.

Israel at 75 celebrated in Hungary with events in major cities

Vertigo with the Israeli Ambassador to Hungary Yacov Hadas-Handelsman

Israel's silence on Hungary's anti-LGBTQ laws raises Western concerns - editorial

To maintain its ranking as the 29th country in the Economist Democracy Index, Israel must consider which relationships it prioritizes and what domestic agenda it promotes.

 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after their meeting in Jerusalem February 19, 2019.