The Rev. Gabor Ivanyi presided over the Hungarian prime minister’s marriage. Their subsequent split shows how Mr. Orban has embraced right-wing authoritarianism.
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Poland and Israel Try to Improve Ties, but History Intrudes
Israel’s prime minister is trying to turn strange bedfellows into staunch allies, but the past keeps creeping up to derail things.
In Eastern Europe, U.S. Officials Talk Deals, Not Erosion of Democracy
Promoting weapons sales and isolation of Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence did not speak out on the illiberal direction of some allies.
Orban Encourages Mothers in Hungary to Have 4 or More Babies
Faced with a plummeting population, Hungary’s leader promised a tax exemption to mothers with four or more children. Experts say the plan won’t work.
Protesting ‘Slave Law,’ Thousands Take to Streets in Hungary
A law compelling people to work hundreds of hours of overtime without full or immediate compensation has created a new, and diverse, set of protesters.
Hungary Sheltered a Fugitive Prime Minister. Did It Help Him Escape?
After a former Macedonian prime minister jumped bail and ended up in Hungary, the far-right Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, was accused of helping him escape.
On the Surface, Hungary Is a Democracy. But What Lies Underneath?
Hungary has the trappings of a 21st-century European democracy, but uses its devices to exert the same kind of control as the autocracies of the Cold War.
What Is Hungary’s ‘Slave Law,’ and Why Has It Provoked Opposition?
Viktor Orban’s government has faced a united opposition and unusually sustained street protests after it increased the cap for overtime to 400 hours a year.
Budapest Dispatch: Outside Hungary’s State Television: A Protest. On Air: Pigeon Talk.
Under Viktor Orban, Hungary has become a place of two parallel realities. But rarely have these two bubbles seemed so surreally far apart than during the past week of protests.
4 Lawmakers Assaulted in Hungary, as Protests Against Orban Continue
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has eroded Hungary’s democratic institutions, but largely avoided acts of state-led violence. That changed on Monday.