Viktor Orban

Hungary's Prime Minister Orban concedes election, congratulates Magyar on victory

Preliminary results, with 53.45% of votes counted, projected Magyar's Tisza party winning 136 seats in Hungary's 199-member parliament, compared with 56 seats for Orban's Fidesz.

APRIL 12, 2026|ByREUTERS

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban emerges after filling in his ballot at a polling station in Hungarian parliamentary elections on April 12, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary.

PARTICIPANTS WATCH and listen to a video message of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displayed on a screen during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at a sports and cultural centre in Budapest, Hungary, on March 21, 2026.

Prime Minister Netanyahu's son speaks at Hungary's CPAC conference, praises PM Orban

On stage, Netanyahu did not hold back in praising his hosts. “We are deeply grateful for the friendship and support of Prime Minister Orban and Hungary. We have no better friends in Europe,” he said.

MARCH 24, 2026|ByIDAN KWELLER

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with European Council President Antonio Costa as they attend a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 18, 2025.

EU leaders agree on joint borrowing to fund Ukraine, set aside plan to use Russian frozen assets

The leaders also gave the European Commission a mandate to continue work on a so-called reparations loan based on Russian immobilized assets, but that option proved unworkable for now.

DECEMBER 19, 2025|ByREUTERS

(L to R): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu andHungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban (illustration).

Hungary: How politics and familiarity can make culture more open to Jews - interview

Association of Hungarian Jewish Communities (EMIH) public relations director Jonatan Megyeri defended Hungarian PM Viktor Orban's record of supporting the country's Jews.

DECEMBER 13, 2025|ByMICHAEL STARR

Analysis: Why do the Hungarians and Netanyahu want each other?

A lot of elements are at stake in this crucial diplomatic visit, and it wasn't smooth sailing before PM Benjamin Netanyahu set off to Budapest.

JULY 18, 2017ByHERB KEINON

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah Netanyahu land in Budapest

Is Hungary's anti-Soros campaign antisemitic? Even Israelis can't decide

Posters distributed across Hungary attack the Jewish billionaire. Israeli envoy to Budapest says antisemitic images ‘sow hatred and fear.’

JULY 9, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE

Hungarian government poster portraying financier George Soros and saying "Don't let George Soros have the last laugh" is seen at a tram stop in Budapest, Hungary

Hungarian Jews ask PM Orban to end 'bad dream' of antisemitism

Some Soros billboards, which are part of Orban's campaign against migration and foreign influence, have been defaced with the words "stinking Jew" in magic marker.

JULY 6, 2017ByREUTERS

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech during the 14th Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress in Budapest May 5, 2013

Soros University under threat by Hungarian authorities

European Union sues Budapest over new law that seeks to close institution founded by liberal Jewish-American financier and philanthropist.

APRIL 26, 2017ByREUTERS

Students bear a banner that says ‘CEU now, but who’s next?’ during a protest against the Hungarian government’s plan to shut down a local university founded by George Soros

How not to fight anti-Semitism

"In eastern Europe, the uniqueness of the Holocaust has been blurred through a misleading equation of Nazism with Communist tyranny."

MAY 21, 2013ByROBERT S. WISTRICH

Greece's Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Mihaloliakos 370

Budapest meeting

With hatred of those perceived to be different so entrenched in Hungarian society, the future is not encouraging for Jews and other “minorities” who call Hungary home.

MAY 6, 2013ByJPOST EDITORIAL