Tag: Péter Magyar
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Pro-European diplomat and business executive who broke with Viktor Orban over Russia now named Foreign Minister of Hungary
In what seems to be a clear break from Viktor Orban’s pro-Russian policy, the newly elected Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar has appointed Anita Orban as Hungary’s new Foreign Minister. Anita Orban, who previously served As Ambassador at Large for Energy, broke with Viktor Orban’s government and resigned from her post in 2015 over the…
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Europe is ecstatic over Orban’s defeat: but how is Peter Magyar different?
Europe is ecstatic over Viktor Orban’s defeat at the polls in what sees to be a clear moment of political unity. The far-right in Europe seems to be as smaller as ever as Europe celebrates what seems to be a return to normality in Hungary. But is it? Peter Magyar, the new Hungarian Premier-elect, is…
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Record turnout in Hungarian elections as Viktor Orban faces looming defeat
There is an ongoing record turnout of voters in Hungary’s general election right now. By 9AM, 16.89% of voters had already cast ballots, far higher than the 10.31% recorded at the same time four years ago. Analysts expect final turnout to exceed 75% and become the highest in the country’s history. Polling stations opened at…
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Up to 200,000 people attend one of the biggest demonstrations in Hungary’s history
Up to 200,00 people attended the Opposition’s rally in Budapest, Hungary on Thursday the 23rd October in commemoration of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. The current Opposition Leader in Hungary and leader of the Respect and Freedom Party (TISZA), Péter Magyar, led the rally and and gave a speech prompting the crowd to chant “Russians, go…