Europe Hungary The government will provide almost €2,56 million in grant funding to help 500 gypsy musicians work in cafes and restaurants for four months to increase the attractiveness of restaurants participating in the program
Europe Hungary Opposition Tisza movement winned by a landslide, ending populist PM Orban’s 16 years in power; Hungary's election set a a record 77,8% turnout in a vote and is seen as Europe’s most consequential election this year
Europe Hungary At the Hungarian-American Friendship Day rally at the MTK Stadium joined by US VP Vance and, briefly by phone, President Trump, PM Orbán depicted the upcoming vote as a historic choice between national sovereignty and submission to foreign pressure
Europe Hungary The “gold convoy” case - the seizure of a Ukraine’s state-owned bank vehicle transporting €80 million in cash and gold from Austria back to Kyiv in a routine interbank transfer - is stirring diplomacy, illegal arms deals suspected behind the affair
Europe Hungary Prosecutors indicted the progressive mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony, for his role in organizing a gay pride march last June in defiance of a ban imposed by far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government