Young Hungarians have played a crucial role in ending Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule.

Péter Magyar has called on Hungary’s president to convene parliament to form a new government quickly.

Hungary’s government is filing criminal charges against an investigative journalist, claiming he is spying for a foreign state.

European far-right leaders are rallying around Hungary’s Viktor Orbán as his grip on power looks shakier than it has in years.

Facing tough odds in an upcoming election, Hungary’s pro-Russian prime minister is trying to convince voters that the greatest threat to the country is not economic stagnation, but neighboring Ukraine.

A Budapest pizzeria is serving a limited pizza that uses only ingredients ancient Romans could have eaten.

The Trump administration has informed Congress that it intends to proceed with planning for a potential re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria, which was shuttered in 2012 during the country’s civil war.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to travel to Israel next week to update Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks.

Radio Free Europe's Hungarian service, Szabad Európa, has ceased operations after the Trump administration decided to cut its funding.

The final six places for the 2026 World Cup will be determined by two playoff tournaments in March.

Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians have filled the streets of Budapest in competing demonstrations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches.

President Donald Trump says his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is on hold because he doesn’t want it to be a “waste of time.”.

Hungary plans to designate antifa as a terrorist organization, following a similar announcement by U.S. President Trump.

Hungary's liberal mayor of Budapest has been questioned by police over accusations of organizing an LGBTQ+ Pride event.

A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court has reported Hungary to the court’s oversight organization for failing to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest in April.

Hungary's LGBTQ+ community plans to hold a Pride march in Budapest on Saturday despite a government ban.

A race between Olympic 100-meter champion Noah Lyles and Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill that was never formally announced but supposedly taking place this weekend was called off by Lyles for “personal reasons.”.

Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is introducing a bill that would allow the government to monitor, restrict, and penalize organizations it deems a threat to national sovereignty.

Judges at the International Criminal Court have asked Hungary to explain why it failed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest earlier this month.

Hungary’s parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities.

Hungary was never fully committed to the International Criminal Court, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said a day after announcing plans to withdraw from the international body.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is traveling to Hungary despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against him over the war in Gaza.

Hungary’s ruling coalition is continuing its crackdown on the country’s LBGTQ+ community.

The scientists at Hungary’s Eötvos Loránd University have been studying group robotics since 2009, and earlier succeeded in creating the world’s first flock of synchronized drones.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says he will defy an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says Greece is set to make an early repayment of 5 billion euros or $5.3 billion in bailout-era debt in 2025.

German media are reporting that Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to ask for a vote of confidence in his government on Dec. 16.

Hungarian police say a 31-year-old American tourist has been killed while on vacation in the capital.

The mother of the woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria says her daughter has received threats and been advised by the Hungarian secret services not to talk to media.

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has pledged billions of euros in aid for Central European countries that suffered enormous damage to infrastructure and housing during the massive flooding that has claimed 24 lives so far in the region.

The company linked to the manufacture of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria is based in a duplex in a quiet neighborhood of the Hungarian capital.

Exceptionally heavy rainfall has been pounding Central Europe and has prompted deadly flooding in the region, with four new deaths reported in Poland, three in Czech Republic and one in Romania.

First-year veterinary students in Hungary are being joined by two full-grown horses in their lecture hall for the first anatomy lesson of their academic careers.

Hungary’s anti-immigrant government is signaling that it is serious about implementing a plan to provide asylum seekers free one-way travel to Brussels.

Red Bull has dismissed the appeal of an employee who accused the head of the company’s Formula 1 team of inappropriate conduct.

Officials in Slovakia say that a train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia, leaving at least seven people dead and five injured.

Hungary’s populist government says its presidency of the European Union will be held under the motto “Make Europe Great Again.”.

A crowd of tens of thousands has gathered in Hungary’s capital in a show of strength behind Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is pushing back against some NATO proposals that would allow Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike targets within Russia.

Hungary's prime minister says that he will seek to opt his country out of any NATO operations aimed at supporting Ukraine.

Prime Minister Robert Fico returned to power in Slovakia last year.

Hungary and China have signed agreements to deepen their economic and cultural cooperation during a visit to the Central European country by Chinese President Xi Jinping, a trip meant to solidify China’s economic footprint in the region.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Hungary, the final stop on his five-day European tour.

Ukraine, trade and investment are expected to dominate Chinese leader Xi Jinping's first trip to Europe in five years, which starts in France on Monday.

Calls for action against Israel in international soccer because of the conflict with Hamas will be stepped up by Palestinian officials at the annual FIFA congress next month.

A former Hungarian government insider has released an audio recording that he says is proof of official misconduct within high levels of the government of populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Israel’s soccer friendly at Bosnia-Herzegovina next week has been canceled.

The prime ministers of Hungary and Sweden have concluded a defense industry agreement that will expand Budapest’s fleet of Swedish-built fighter jets.

Hungary’s nationalist government has delayed holding a vote on Sweden’s membership for more than 18 months, creating tension with Stockholm and drawing mounting pressure from its allies to finally move forward on ratification.

A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators has made an official visit to Hungary’s capital to call on the nationalist government to immediately approve Sweden’s request to join NATO.

Hungary’s long-serving government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces a rare political crisis after the president resigned amid public anger over her pardoning of a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case.

Hundreds of antifascist activists have gathered in Hungary’s capital to oppose an annual commemoration held by far-right groups.

Lawmakers from the party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have boycotted an emergency session of parliament where a vote was scheduled to place Sweden’s bid to join NATO on the legislative agenda.

A years-long diplomatic conflict between Ukraine and Hungary took a step toward resolution during a meeting between their foreign ministers, but no breakthrough was reached on Hungary’s blocking of a crucial European Union financial aid package for Kyiv.

Swedish media say Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has agreed to meet with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán, who invited Kristersson to Budapest to discuss Sweden’s accession into NATO.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oil fell last year from record highs in 2022.

They are snippets in time, unforgettable snapshots that gloriously capture the soaring euphoria and gut-wrenching agony of the games we love, not to mention the randomness of a moment that might’ve gone unnoticed otherwise.

One of the world’s largest electrical vehicle manufacturers, China’s BYD, will open its first European EV production factory in Hungary, the country’s foreign minister said on Friday.

Hungary is set to receive 900 million euros ($981 million) in European Union money despite the Hungarian prime minister's attempts to scupper the bloc's support for Ukraine.

A countrywide billboard campaign that flooded the streets of Hungary this week takes aim at the head of the European Union’s executive, Ursula von der Leyen.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has held talks with Vladimir Putin in a rare in-person meeting for the Russian president with a leader of a European Union country.

In some ways, track and field served up a tantalizing preview of what’s to come next year at the Paris Olympics.

Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh won a gold medal to bring an emotional close to the track and field world championships.

The American women’s 4x400 relay team was disqualified from the preliminary round at world championships after their third and fourth runners in the four-lap race bungled the baton exchange.

Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles anchored the U.S. to back-to-back victories in the 4x100 relays, giving the Americans a sweep of the relays at world championships for the first time since 2007.

A collision involving a cart carrying Noah Lyles and his opponents in the 200-meter semifinals at world championships sent glass shards flying into the right eye of Jamaica’s Andrew Hudson, forcing him to race with blurred vision.

Katie Moon and Nina Kennedy decided to split gold in the pole vault after finishing in a tie at world championships.

Noah Lyles captured the 100-meter world championship by finishing in 9.83 seconds for a victory that reshuffled the deck for next year’s Olympics and cements him as the world’s No. 1 sprinter.

Ryan Crouser defended his shot put title at the world championships with an improbable performance.

American sprinters Noah Lyles and Fred Kerley are bringing some smack talk and even a bit of fun back to track just in time for the run-up to next year's Paris Olympics.

The task force created nearly eight years ago to chart Russia’s path back into track and field after its doping scandal holds its final meeting this week before being disbanded.

A country spends millions to deliver a major international sports event to the world.

The United States is imposing travel restrictions on citizens of Hungary over concerns that the identities of nearly 1 million foreigners granted Hungarian passports over nine years were not sufficiently verified.

The European Union's executive arm says it will ask Hungary to provide explanations and details about the country's role in the transfer to Hungary of 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war freed by Russia.

Five months after scoring the winning penalty in the World Cup final Gonzalo Montiel converted the clinching spot kick for Sevilla in the Europa League final to beat Jose Mourinho’s Roma.

Pope Francis says a secret peace “mission” in Russia’s war in Ukraine is under way, though he gave no details, and that the Vatican is willing to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war.

Pope Francis has urged Hungarians to open their doors to others as he wrapped up a weekend visit with a plea for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Pope Francis has plunged into both sides of Russia’s war with Ukraine.

Pope Francis has blasted the “adolescent belligerence” that brought war back to Europe and says the continent must recover its founding spirit of peaceful unity to confront Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Food prices have risen dramatically across Europe in recent months, but Hungary has seen the biggest spike.

Hungary's prime minister is seeking to bring down the temperature on spiraling tensions between his government and the United States after Washington sanctioned a Hungary-based Russian bank.

Hungary’s parliament has approved Finland’s bid to join NATO, ending months of delays and bringing the Nordic country one step closer to becoming a full member of the Western military alliance.

Thousands of students and other opponents of Hungary’s right-wing government have marched in the capital Budapest demanding educational reforms and a change in the Central European country’s political culture.

Hungary's prime minister says the European Union is partly to blame for prolonging Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Nearly a year since fleeing Ukraine for Hungary amid the bombs and terror of Russia’s invasion, more than 100 young circus performers still hold intensive daily training sessions in Budapest while waiting to see what an uncertain future holds.

Hungary's foreign minister says his country won't block a planned tranche of 500 million euros ($543 million) in European Union arms funding to Ukraine to use in the war with Russia.

Two suspected people smugglers fired shots at Hungarian police from a van carrying migrants on Monday during and after a car chase that ended without injuries in the country’s capital.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has made veiled comparisons between the Soviet troops that attacked Hungary during the 1956 revolution and the institutions of the European Union today.

Theaters and other cultural institutions in Hungary are reeling from exponentially growing energy prices, and some plan to close for the winter to avoid the skyrocketing bills.

Hungary’s governing party says it wants to poll the country’s citizens on whether they support European Union sanctions imposed against Russia over its war in Ukraine.

Hungary's nationalist-populist government is facing a reckoning with the European Union after nearly a decade of accusations that it has failed to uphold the EU's democratic values.

An elaborate fireworks display has taken place under calm skies in Hungary’s capital.

Oil shipments from Russia through a critical pipeline to Czechia have resumed after more than a week.

Slovakia's economy minister says oil shipments from Russia through a critical pipeline to several European countries have resumed after a problem over transit payments was resolved.

Anti-government demonstrators in Hungary have blocked one of the capital’s main thoroughfares during morning rush-hour traffic, the latest in a series of protests against recent changes to the country’s tax code that have carried on for nearly a week.

Protesters in Hungary’s capital have blocked main traffic arteries for the second day in a row in opposition to a tax overhaul pushed through this week by lawmakers from the country’s right-wing governing party.

United States swimmer Justin Ress has gone through all the emotions after winning his first individual gold medal on the last day of racing at the world swimming championships in Budapest.

Canadian 15-year-old Summer McIntosh has won another gold medal and Italy pipped the United States to the men’s 4x100 medley relay title on the final night of racing at the world swimming championships in Budapest.

Katie Ledecky has extended her record haul of medals from the world swimming championships to 22 with her latest 800-meter freestyle win.