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Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union after Hungary.
2025-01-1

Hungary accuses the European Union of being behind Ukraine-placed sanctions blocking Russian oil shipments to both Hungary and Slovakia essential for their fuel security as blackmail for anti-Ukraine acts, following the European Commission's refusal to mediate sanction negotiations while asserting that there was no oil shortage.
2024-08-24

Thousands of people, including teachers and students, protest across Hungary against the government of Viktor Orbán, demanding higher salaries and the right to strike amid a high level of inflation in the country.
2022-10-23

Hungary reports a record 11,265 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 614,612.
2021-03-26

Hungarian businessman Lajos Simicska shuts down daily newspaper "Magyar Nemzet" after 80 years in print, and Lánchíd Rádió in response to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán winning a third consecutive parliamentary supermajority. Simicska was a former supporter of Orbán until he fell out with the Prime Minister in 2015.
2018-04-10

The far-right mayor of the Hungarian border village of Ásotthalom, László Toroczkai, bans the open expression of Islam, including the construction of mosques and wearing of veils and headscarves, and the promotion of same-sex marriages.
2016-11-25

Ten thousand migrants enter Hungary, mostly from Croatia, despite efforts by the Hungarian government and military to stop them.
2015-09-24

Hungary's Defense Minister Csaba Hende resigns amid the refugee crisis. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán immediately replaced Hende with a member of his Fidesz party, István Simicskó.
2015-09-7

Hungarian-born multibillionaire George Soros donates $1 million to the Drug Policy Alliance to fund California's Proposition 19 in the upcoming November 2, 2010 elections that would legalize marijuana in the state if passed.
2010-10-26

Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is rehospitalised for an operation days after her release.
2010-08-14