The mayor of Hungary's capital was questioned by police on Friday over accusations of helping to organise this year's LGBTQ+ Pride march that the country's government had sought to ban.

CNN — (CNN) — The Hungarian government is clamping down on the country’s annual Budapest Pride parade, which has been running for almost 30 years, saying that it should not “dominate ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ’s late February warning to Pride organisers not to prepare for this year’s parade in Budapest initially shocked Mate Hegedus, one of the 15-strong team ...

Orbán has claimed Pride celebrations were under “international protection” by foreign representatives like David Pressman, the out former U.S. ambassador to Hungary, who departed in February.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called Saturday's Pride "repulsive and shameful", accusing the EU of directing opposition politicians to organise the event, which turned ...

Right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been named the ‘king of Pride’ after the country saw its largest–ever parade in Budapest in response to his anti-LGBTQ+ ban on the event ...

In March, Hungarian lawmakers passed legislation barring Pride events and permitting the use of facial recognition technology to identify participants – measures campaigners say is illegal and ...

This weekend in Hungary’s capital Budapest, Human Rights Watch staff witnessed the city transform—if only for one brilliant afternoon—into a beacon of resistance. Budapest Pride was more ...

People walk by a sign depicting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during the Pride march, in Budapest, Hungary, June 28, 2025 (AP photo by Rudolf Karancsi).

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Around 100,000 people defied a government ban and police orders Saturday to march in what organizers called the largest LGBTQ+ Pride event in Hungary’s history in an ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The liberal mayor of Hungary’s capital was questioned by police Friday over accusations of helping organize an LGBTQ+ Pride event that the country’s right-wing ...

Record numbers of people marched in the Budapest Pride parade Saturday, defying a government ban that marked a major pushback against LGBTQ rights in the European Union. Organisers estimated up to ...