With the 2026 parliamentary elections approaching, the annual Budapest Pride Parade seemed poised to become the next fight ...

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets for Budapest Pride on Saturday in defiance of attempts by the government of ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called Saturday's Pride "repulsive and shameful", accusing the EU of directing ...

The annual event symbolizes the years-long struggle between Hungary's nationalist government and civil society.

Politically, Orban’s inability to stop Pride from going ahead risks projecting weakness at a time when his Fidesz party is trailing in the polls. However, a heavy-handed police response could also ...

An unprecedented crowd of between 100- and 200-thousand people marched at the 30th Budapest Pride on Saturday. The Prime Minister said the event was "disgusting and shameful". View on euronews ...

Critics see the move to ban the march scheduled for this weekend as part of a wider crackdown on democratic freedoms.

With rainbow flags flying high, tens of thousands of people began marching Saturday for the Budapest Pride parade, defying a government ban that marks a major pushback against LGBTQ rights in the ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said police will not "break up" Saturday's Budapest Pride march despite issuing a ban, but warned attendees and organisers about the legal consequences. Last week ...

A distance that usually takes only 20 minutes on foot stretched to three hours. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ban, many Budapest Pride participants told me, spurred them to attend an event they ...

Hungary’s government said Thursday that it would ban a Pride march through central Budapest this summer, as Viktor Orban and his ruling Fidesz party escalate their long-standing push to enact ...

In March 2025, lawmakers in Hungary passed a controversial legislation that completely barred Pride events across the country ...