Tag: Orban, Viktor

Why Did Republicans Become So Extreme?

Many political analysts have spent years warning that the G.O.P. was becoming…

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In Ukraine, Some Ethnic Hungarians Feel Ambivalence About the War

TRANSCARPATHIA, Ukraine — Beneath dark clouds unleashing a summer rain, officials in…

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Hooked on Cheap Oil, Hungary Resists an Embargo on Russia

BUDAPEST — Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary has fiercely resisted a…

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With Ukraine Invasion, Hungary’s Leader Softens His Embrace of Russia

DEBRECEN, Hungary — The towering memorial, erected on the battlefield where the…

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In Hungary, Viktor Orban Remakes an Election to His Liking

BUDAPEST — During the dark winter of the 2020 coronavirus wave, the…

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Putin’s War to Bring Ukraine to Heel Unites Eastern Europe in Alarm

PODBORSKO, Poland — Scattered around the forest in Poland like archaeological ruins,…

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Facing Tough Election, Orban Turns to Putin for Support

BUDAPEST — Facing a tough election in two months, Hungary’s far-right populist…

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For Some of Ukraine’s Neighbors, ‘Defend Europe’ Has Another Meaning

WARSAW — As the United States ramped up warnings of a Russian…

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Eastern Europe Tests New Forms of Media Censorship

BELGRADE, Serbia — When Covid-19 reached Eastern Europe in the spring of…

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