Peter Magyar’s upstart party on course to win victory.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat on Sunday, April 12, following a closely contested election.

Péter Magyar has been elected as prime minister of Hungary following in a dramatic win against long-time leader Viktor Orbán.

When Péter Magyar was growing up during Hungary’s democratic transition, he had a poster of Viktor Orbán pinned to his ...

Since the end of communism in 1989 he had voted for Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party in every election, but this time he couldn’t ...

Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has inspired populist movements globally, could not overcome the growing dissatisfaction of ...

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar spent most of his professional life moving comfortably within the political world ...

In a massive defeat for the global far right, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost his first election in 16 years.

In what is looming as a battle for Orbán’s political legacy, Lázár has criticised the loyalists as “unprincipled” and “degenerate Fidesz”, according to the Direkt36 investigative news website, who ...

FILE PHOTO: Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza party, delivers a speech at a rally near the venue of the ruling Fidesz party closed doors meeting where Prime Minister Viktor Orban discusses ...

He then asked everyone to work for victory in the coming days. “In 2002, we said everyone should bring one more person. Now ...

FILE PHOTO: Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition TISZA party, delivers a speech to mark the 69th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, in Budapest, Hungary, October 23, 2025.