Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar has announced plans to change legislation introduced under former Prime Minister Viktor Orban that effectively prevented same-sex couples from adopting children. The government plans to remove a system requiring adoption applications from single people to receive approval from the family affairs minister, which had effectively blocked
Hungary’s main opposition Tisza party has widened its lead over Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling Fidesz party, according to two opinion polls released on Wednesday, raising the stakes ahead of the April 12 parliamentary election. The vote marks the first time in years that Orban, who has been in power since 2010, faces a serious […]
Hungarian police have recommended that prosecutors file charges against Budapest’s liberal mayor, Gergely Karacsony, for his role in organising an LGBTQ+ rights march in June that evolved into a large anti-government demonstration. The June 28 march, originally planned as a Pride event despite a government ban, drew tens of thousands of people and became one […]


