Five days before an election that threatens to unseat the longest-serving and most corrupt government within the European Union, Vice President J.D. Vance kicked off a campaign speech in Budapest ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Vice President JD Vance appear together during a rally ahead of the Hungarian parliamentary election in Budapest, April 7, 2026. Credit: Beata ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday urged Hungarians to back Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in upcoming elections, dubbing the populist leader a defender of “Western civilization” ...

Viktor Orbán is the closest thing in Europe to a prime minister for life. He has served four consecutive terms since 2010, perpetuating his power with the ruthlessness of a royal. But ruthlessness may ...

Many MAGA Republicans view Viktor Orban's Hungary as a model for their own policies, and Vice President J.D. Vance has gone to Hungary to help the increasingly unpopular Orban stave off electoral ...

Budapest – After nearly two decades in power, Hungary's far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán could be ousted as leader in the country's parliamentary elections on Sunday. The latest polls indicate ...

After 16 years in power in Hungary, his Fidesz party is trailing in the polls by double digits behind a new opposition party. Ad Policy Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán arrives at the informal ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Pressman, who served as U.S. ambassador to Hungary in the Biden administration, about Viktor Orban's election loss and what this means for Hungary. For more on ...

President Donald Trump praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after Vice President JD Vance called his boss from the stage of a political rally in Budapest. Polls show Orbán is set to lose his ...

As many in Hungary celebrated the defeat of Viktor Orbán last weekend, others, who have consumed little but state media for ...