Anita Komuves

Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Saturday negotiations on suspended ​EU funds were "progressing well" and ‌he was planning to sign a deal in Brussels on Thursday to release ​them.

The media empire built by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, a key pillar of the nationalist leader's 16 years in power, is swiftly unravelling following an election last month ​that abruptly ended his rule.

Hungary's new government, under Prime Minister Peter Magyar, was sworn in earlier this week, replacing Prime Minister Viktor Orban's administration after 16 years.

Hungary's new government will open up the historical archives of its communist-era secret police, according to the man who will run the office of Peter Magyar, winner ​of this month's parliamentary election, who is expected to become prime minister ​on May 9.

When Peter Magyar was a child, he taped a photo of Viktor Orban, then an anti-Communist firebrand, on his bedroom wall, thrilled by Hungary's first democratic elections in 1990.

Hungary's opposition ​leader Peter ‌Magyar, whose party won ​elections on ​Sunday with a ⁠landslide, ​said on Monday ​that his government would not ​support ​Ukraine's fast-track entry to ‌the ⁠European Union.

Hungary's centre-right Tisza party widened its lead over ​Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz ahead of an April 12 parliamentary election, two opinion polls ‌showed on Wednesday, although a large share of voters remained undecided.

Hungary's foreign minister and his Russian counterpart discussed EU sanctions in an audio clip released by an investigative news outlet on Tuesday, days ​before an election that could determine whether Hungary sticks to its pro-Moscow course.

U.S. conservatives have long pointed to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as proof that a Western leader can crack down on immigration, defy global institutions and wage war on “woke” liberalism – and still win elections.

Hungary has banned its gas transmission system operator from holding auctions for shipments to Ukraine in the third quarter, as it moves to ​wind down supplies to its neighbour in a dispute over oil ‌flows.