Political Director for the Prime Minister of Hungary Balázs Orbán and John Mearsheimer, political scientist and Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, got together for a fascinating panel discussion at the Budapest Global Dialogue 2025, where they talked about the possible outcomes of the Russo-Ukrainian war and the differences between realist and liberal foreign policy.
A 44-year-old man in a small town in Tolna County, Hungary has been arrested after he published a video on TikTok threatening to kill Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary and other public figures. The local court ordered his detention for one month while the investigation is ongoing.
Hungary is demanding the EU suspend its plan to ban Russian energy imports in light of the Middle East war, warning that further supply shocks could cripple the European economy. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán urged Brussels to reassess the risks.
Speaking at a Patriots for Europe event in France, Viktor Orbán called Hungary the EU’s ‘black sheep’ and ‘final Christian bastion’. He urged European conservatives to unite against Brussels, oppose war, and defend national sovereignty and identity.
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony halted public transport for ten minutes to protest PM Orbán’s supposed draining of the city finances. He blames a state-imposed ‘solidarity contribution’, while the national Fidesz government blames the liberal city leadership’s poor fiscal management and claims the order to halt public transport was illegal.
In a radio interview, PM Viktor Orbán reaffirmed Hungary’s opposition to Ukraine’s EU accession, accusing Brussels of foreign interference and warning of a push to install a pro-Ukraine government in Budapest. He also addressed national security concerns, criticized opposition parties and city leadership, and pledged stronger action against Hungary’s worsening drug crisis.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary has spoken before the General Assembly of Delegates of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) on the occasion of the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement between the Hungarian government and HCCI. There, he told the attendees: ‘There can be no successful management, no successful economic policy, without a strong entrepreneurial class.’
‘A White House photo with President Trump would certainly benefit Orbán ahead of the election,’ former Trump Advance Associate Johnny Szani remarked in an interview with Hungarian Conservative. The conversation centred on US–Hungary relations under the second Trump administration, including insider perspectives on key bilateral issues.
Political director to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Balázs Orbán sat down with US political commentator Dave Rubin for a brief discussion during CPAC Hungary 2025. Their conversation focused on Hungary’s distinctive conservative approach to key issues such as border protection, the war in Ukraine, and also touched upon the upcoming 2026 parliamentary elections.
The fourth annual CPAC Hungary is currently taking place in Budapest, Hungary, the first under the Presidency of Donald Trump in the United States—’the Age of the Patriots’, as the organizers refer to it. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary delivered the keynote speech for the illustrious event.