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12 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: August 1, 2026.
Paks supplies nearly half of Hungary's electricity. Prime Minister Péter Magyar says the river no longer carries enough water to cool the reactors, and the plant may stay off for weeks.
A massive Chinese battery factory helped bring down Viktor Orban as environmental concerns in Debrecen exposed the limits of Beijing's European influence through Hungary.
Magyar's stunning defeat of the longtime prime minister could dramatically ease Hungary's tensions with the European Union after years of confrontation.
Magyar's Tisza party won 53.6% of the vote and 138 of 199 parliamentary seats, with a record 79% turnout sealing Hungary's most consequential election since communism fell.
Péter Magyar's Tisza Party took 53.6% of the vote and 138 of 199 parliamentary seats, delivering a landslide that hands the opposition power to rewrite Hungary's constitution.
Hungary's longtime authoritarian leader acknowledges electoral loss after 16 years in power, as opposition candidate rides wave of anti-corruption sentiment to victory.
The populist prime minister's potential downfall could have far-reaching implications for global populism and European politics.
Record turnout — over 54% by midmorning — signals massive mobilization as opposition leader Péter Magyar and his Tisza Party lead in final polls by as many as 13 points.
Péter Magyar's Tisza party holds a commanding polling lead over Viktor Orbán's Fidesz ahead of the April 12 parliamentary election, with consequences stretching from the EU to the war in Ukraine.
The high-profile diplomatic visit underscores America's investment in Viktor Orban's political survival amid growing international isolation.
The Vice President addressed an election rally in Budapest days before Hungary's April 12 parliamentary vote, the most competitive election Orban's Fidesz party has faced in over a decade.
Without a breakthrough in the coming weeks, Kyiv could exhaust its ability to fund defense and government services, while a critical 90 billion euro EU loan package remains frozen by a Hungarian veto.