Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán was named "King of European Pride" after his attempts to cancel the festivities increased ...

In the lead-up to this year’s Pride parade in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, Orban banned the festivities and threatened ...

Opinion An authoritarian came for my university. His objective was clear. Viktor Orban expelled Central European University from Hungary. Now, Donald Trump is re-creating his playbook.

KEVIN CULLEN What’s happening to Harvard happened in Hungary first The Trump administration is following a blueprint laid down by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán.

Lauded by Donald Trump and condemned by rights-defenders, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban provides a useful case study for those hoping to better understand the authoritarians’ playbook.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has launched a sweeping anti-Ukraine campaign he hopes will sway voters ahead of ...

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ... Orbán's Hungarian regime has often been characterized as modern authoritarianism or ...

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban delivers his opening address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Hungary in Budapest, Hungary, on May 29, 2025 [Zoltan Fischer/Handout/EPA ...

An authoritarian may be transient, but he can leave a legacy of enduring damage. ... The rough model is Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Hungary, or the Law and Justice party’s Poland, ...

Autocrats today are polished, appear mainstream and use the media, not overt repression or violence, to gain public support and consolidate power. They govern through a ‘spin dictatorship.’ ...

In March 2024, Donald Trump hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at Mar-a-Lago. After years of receiving praise and pilgrimages from the American right, the autocrat had begun appearing ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban changed the constitution earlier this year to ban the country’s Pride parade, in what critics say was an attempt to ramp up his culture war and reverse his fading ...