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Leftists opposed to the Hungarian government’s stance on LGBT issues were able to successfully invalidate a referendum by spoiling ballots.

A train derailed and overturned after striking a vehicle in southern Hungary early Tuesday, leaving five people dead and others injured, police said.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi enthusiastically celebrated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s landslide victory this weekend in a call to his counterpart in the country, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijjarto, and vowed China would “staunchly support” Orbán in Hungary’s “development path.”

Hungary’s national conservative prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has won a fourth consecutive term of office, matching Germany’s Angela Merkel — despite the establishment left, far left, and even the far right teaming up to oust him at the ballot box.

MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes accused European countries such as Poland and Hungary of “racism” and “anti-Muslim bigotry” for welcoming those fleeing war from neighboring Ukraine, while alleging they opposed accepting Syrian migrants. 

The Hungarian National Assembly has elected former Family Minister Katalin Novák to become the country’s first-ever female head of state.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) – A drone that apparently flew undetected over several NATO countries all the way from the Ukrainian war zone crashed overnight on the outskirts of the Croatian capital, Zagreb, triggering a loud blast but causing no injuries, Croatian authorities said Friday.

The world is heading into a global food crisis thanks to the war in Ukraine, according to the head of one major Agri organisation.

Hungary, noted for its strong border policies, has opened its arms to Ukrainian refugees despite having a policy of “blocking cooperation with Ukraine at every European Union and NATO forum” over the country’s treatment of its Hungarian minority until Russia invaded, an official told Breitbart News this week.

The European Commission has proposed to grant Ukrainian refugees residency rights that would include access to member states’ labour markets and welfare benefits as refugees continue to flee the conflict. The Commission has proposed to grant automatic protection for Ukrainians

Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjártó has praised the Egyptian government for its commitment to stopping illegal migrants who wish to depart from its coast for Europe.

The Hungarian government has weighed in on the Ukraine crisis, vowing that it will stand by NATO but resist efforts by “the Left” to “drag” the country into war.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday confused the nation of Ukraine with Hungry while lecturing Russian President Vladimir Putin and pooh-poohing his conflict with Ukraine.

A Bulgarian Member of the European Parliament has been accused of giving a Nazi salute in the organization’s Strasbourg meeting place on Wednesday.

The man campaigning to replace Viktor Orban in April’s Hungary elections boasted of his coalition including fascists and communists.

State-owned Polish gas company PGNiG has confirmed the purchase of a large shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, which it will transfer on to Ukraine. 

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters in Moscow on Tuesday that he was seeking to expand an already 15-year contract with Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas energy company, following a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has defended his government’s pro-childrearing and anti-mass migration policies, saying he would “rather cut off my own hand” than turn his homeland into an “immigrant country” like Germany.

Alexander Gintsburg, director of Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology, claimed on Tuesday that the Sputnik V vaccine developed by his institute is at least 75% effective against the highly-contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19, and protection “will reach 100%” with a “Sputnik Light” booster shot.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received a reelection endorsement from former President Donald Trump on Monday.

Pope Francis appeared to take a shot at Hungary Wednesday, insisting that “no country can exempt itself” from the obligation to take in migrants.

Seven migrants were killed and three others injured when the vehicle they were traveling in crashed into a house while fleeing a police stop.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused Western European governments of having embarked on a grand exercise in “human experimentation” by “mixing huge masses of Muslims with indigenous Christians” in the hope that “something good would come of it”.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – The leaders of right-wing populist parties gathered Saturday in Warsaw to discuss how they can work together to bring change to the European Union, which they accuse of acting like a super-state that is eroding the traditions and powers of the EU’s 27 member nations.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has complained that the European Union is seeking to punish member-states which protect their borders, while funding pro-migration organisations linked to George Soros.

Matteo Salvini said that the demographic problems facing Italy and other Western nations cannot be solved through mass migration

Hungary could face fines from the EU for failing to comply with a ruling by the bloc on its handling of asylum claims.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has offered to provide a “corridor” through his country to allow migrants to travel to Western Europe, if EU leaders want mass migration, telling them: “If you need them, take them.”

Viktor Orbán drew battle lines against the Hungarian left, their international backers in the European Union and foreign press, and Big Tech in a passionate, wide-ranging speech commemorating the 1956 uprising against the country’s then-communist puppet government.

Austrian media reported Tuesday that the bodies of two men were found in a minibus carrying dozens of migrants near the border with Hungary.

The sudden flurry of speculation around Poland leaving the bloc may have more to do with Brussels than it does Warsaw.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government has pledged to refund families their income taxes in 2022, around €1.7 billion (£1.45 billion/$2 billion).

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán believes the mass migration agenda is part of a “global plan” to create a “new proletariat” in the West, advanced by people who care nothing for culture and national identity and consider only economics.

Former Vice President Mike Pence has praised the efforts of national conservative governments in Central Europe to reverse demographic decline through pro-family policies over mass migration in Budapest.

The West faces a serious challenge in “politics, mindsets, and different opinions” which had rendered women having children unfashionable.

Pope Francis urged Europe to remember its Christian roots Wednesday, a recommendation inspired by his recent visit to Hungary and Slovakia.