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Hungary

Poland says Hungary's government is closer to Moscow than Brussels

Polish Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek speaks during an interview with Reuters in Warsaw, Poland, December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki
Polish Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek speaks during an interview with Reuters in Warsaw, Poland, December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki

Hungarian government spokesman denies report Orban plans to introduce presidential system

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends the autumn session of parliament in Budapest, Hungary, September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends the autumn session of parliament in Budapest, Hungary, September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

Hungary's Orban government moves to stem fallout from juvenile centre abuse case

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends the autumn session of parliament in Budapest, Hungary, September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends the autumn session of parliament in Budapest, Hungary, September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

Orban and Trump agreed to talks on financial cooperation, Hungary foreign minister says

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral lunch with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral lunch with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Russia mocks EU deliberations on frozen assets, says seizure will prompt 'harshest response'

Spokesperson of Russia's Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova attends the annual press conference held by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, January 14, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Spokesperson of Russia's Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova attends the annual press conference held by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, January 14, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Bosnia refuses to let military plane carrying Hungarian foreign minister land

‘Kelong king’ Wilson Raj convicted of human trafficking in Hungary; fugitive fled S’pore in 2010

zyfix23: Singapore convicted match fixer and fugitive Wilson Raj Perumal was convicted of human trafficking in Hungary in May 2025. Wilson Raj, 60, is appealing an 11-year sentence the courts had meted out for his conviction. 
Singaporean fugitive and convicted match fugitive Wilson Raj Perumal poses with with his two children in an old photograph taken in Hungary. A decade ago, when he was arrested in Finland in 2011, he made headlines after revealing to the investigators that he was part of a football match fixing syndicate with Balkan links, allegedly led by Singaporean businessman Dan Tan Seet Eng. Today, Wilson Raj is still making headlines with other types of crimes he is allegedly responsible for.
zyfix23: Singapore convicted match fixer and fugitive Wilson Raj Perumal was convicted of human trafficking in Hungary in May 2025. Wilson Raj, 60, is appealing an 11-year sentence the courts had meted out for his conviction. 
Singaporean fugitive and convicted match fugitive Wilson Raj Perumal poses with with his two children in an old photograph taken in Hungary. A decade ago, when he was arrested in Finland in 2011, he made headlines after revealing to the investigators that he was part of a football match fixing syndicate with Balkan links, allegedly led by Singaporean businessman Dan Tan Seet Eng. Today, Wilson Raj is still making headlines with other types of crimes he is allegedly responsible for.

EU should stop sending money to Ukraine after corruption reports, says Hungary

Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto speaks during a session of the Russian Energy Week international forum in Moscow, Russia, October 15, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov
Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto speaks during a session of the Russian Energy Week international forum in Moscow, Russia, October 15, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov

Parrott's Ireland heroics born from struggles in English football

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Group F - Hungary v Republic of Ireland - Puskas Arena, Budapest, Hungary - November 16, 2025 Republic of Ireland's Troy Parrott celebrates after scoring their second goal. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Group F - Hungary v Republic of Ireland - Puskas Arena, Budapest, Hungary - November 16, 2025 Republic of Ireland's Troy Parrott celebrates after scoring their second goal. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

Benefits of any US support hard to gauge for Hungary's rating, Fitch says

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral lunch with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral lunch with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.