Putin, Budapest and Donald Trump
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Hungary's strongman leader Viktor Orbán calls Trump's announcement of a meeting with Putin in his country great news for "peace-loving people."
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić spoke after a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Orban in Budapest regarding the EU’s ban on the transit of Russian gas.
The Hungarian government banned this year’s Pride parade in Budapest. Yet people still came out in such numbers that the event turned from one of support for the LGBTQ+ community to a direct challenge to Viktor Orban’s 15-year rule. They banned it.
The first courier in Budapest I actually spoke to, as opposed to merely thanking after a late night fast food delivery, was idling on his bicycle a few blocks from the Basilica of St. Stephen on a hot summer afternoon.
The reminder that “Pride started as a protest” has become so overused, the phrase can appear to carry little meaning. But the incredible act of defiance that occurred this past weekend in rebuke of Hungary prime minister Viktor Orban was stirring ...