On the surface, the Hungarian PM's trip was exactly what he wanted, but the full picture is more complex, writes the BBC's Nick Thorpe.

President Donald Trump welcomed Hungary's autocratic leader Viktor Orban to the White House on Friday, praising him repeatedly as a "great leader" as met sat to discuss trade and Russia's war in Ukraine.

President Trump’s hosting of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House on Friday provides the European leader a major platform to showcase how the two are conservative kindred spirits,

A sharp rise in Hungary's budget deficit, if coupled with higher inflation and currency market pressure, could threaten Hungary's credit rating, S&P Global said, as public spending promises mount in the run-up to a tightly contested 2026 election.

The war of words between Ukraine and Hungary continued this week following an interview on Euronews with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. View on euronews

This week marks one year since Fredonia native Mackenzie Michalski was reported missing in Hungary. The 31-year-old nurse practitioner was killed while on vacation in Budapest.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday his government would launch a pension top-up from January 1, stepping up his political campaign ahead of elections in 2026. Orban said in a Facebook post that the so called "14th-month pension" would be introduced in several steps.

Peter Kaderjak (C, rear), managing director of the Hungarian Battery Association, speaks during the Hungary Battery Recycling Cooperation Workshop in Budapest, Hungary, on Nov. 5, 2025. Officials and experts from Hungary and China attending the workshop here on Wednesday agreed that there are vast opportunities for cooperation in battery recycling and new energy for the two countries.