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News Hungary » History: Magyar wants to take over as Hungary’s prime minister as early as May 5

News channel or source: https://apnews.com/article/hungary-election-orban-magyar-0d0cafc08176a001218837254bc0c2a4

Published on: Monday 13 April 2026

Hungarian voters have ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a ...

News Hungary » History: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in key election, ending 16 years in power

News channel or source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hungary-general-election-viktor-orban-peter-magyar-results/

Published on: Sunday 12 April 2026

Partial official results show opposition leader Peter Magyar's party dominating the vote, in a bombshell election result with repercussions around Europe and beyond.

News Hungary » History: 70 years of Hungary’s rich artistic history

News channel or source: https://www.denverpost.com/2006/10/11/70-years-of-hungarys-rich-artistic-history/

Published on: Tuesday 10 October 2006

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The bountiful creative milieu of 19th- and early-20th-century Paris, teeming with such artistic giants as Claude Monet, Amedeo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso, ...

News Hungary » History: Orbán Will Lose Hungary’s Election in Two Weeks—If It’s Clean

News channel or source: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/orban-will-lose-hungarys-election-if-its-clean-peter-magyar-fidesz-tisza

Published on: Monday 30 March 2026

Péter Magyar is a seemingly unstoppable force—but don’t expect the embattled Orbán to give up without a fight.

News Hungary » History: A Closer Look At Hungary's Migration History

News channel or source: https://www.npr.org/2015/09/15/440477117/a-closer-look-at-hungary-s-migration-history

Published on: Monday 14 September 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to Stefano Bottoni, a historian at the Hungarian Academy of Science, about Hungary's past experiences of migration, and how that influences its present attitudes toward migrants.

News Hungary » History: Hungary’s treatment of refugees is a disgrace to its history

News channel or source: https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/01/opinions/hungary-refugee-history-gall-opinion/

Published on: Friday 30 September 2016

Editor’s Note: Lydia Gall is the Eastern Europe and Balkans researcher at Human Rights Watch. The opinions in the article below belong to the author. “We came from wars and places where governments ...