Los Angeles Times

Hungary’s Orban faces backlash over his rogue ‘peace mission’ meetings with Western adversaries

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has made a Trumpian vow to “Make Europe Great Again” during his country’s six-month presidency of the European Union. As a first step last ...
The New York Times

A Third Political Ally of Hungary’s Prime Minister Is Forced to Resign

The sex scandal underlying the resignation has challenged the ‘family values’ image Viktor Orban’s authoritarian government has tried to promote. By Andrew Higgins A snowballing scandal in Hungary ...
The New York Times

I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.

Mr. Pressman served as the U.S. ambassador to Hungary from 2022 to 2025. As the most recent U.S. ambassador to Viktor Orban’s Hungary, I’m often asked if the Trump administration’s tactics and ...
NPR

How to dismantle democracy: Lessons aspiring autocrats may take from Hungary's Orban

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Atop a cobblestone hill overlooking the Danube River and the medieval lanes of Budapest, tour groups surround a changing of the guard ceremony in front of a 13th century baroque ...