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The annual event symbolizes the years-long struggle between Hungary's nationalist government and civil society.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets for Budapest Pride on Saturday in defiance of attempts by the government of ...
European Commissioner Michael McGrath brushed off accusations that the EU intentionally got involved with Budapest's Pride ...
Budapest advertises itself as a party town. On Saturday, the party spilled out onto the streets, and occupied, in the ...
Commissioner Hadja Lahbib and 70 MEPs travelled to Hungary to protest the banning of the Pride march - but opposition leader ...
Critics see the move to ban the march scheduled for this weekend as part of a wider crackdown on democratic freedoms.
Senior European Union officials joined Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony at an international press conference on Friday at ...
Politically, Orban’s inability to stop Pride from going ahead risks projecting weakness at a time when his Fidesz party is ...
An unprecedented crowd of between 100- and 200-thousand people marched at the 30th Budapest Pride on Saturday. The Prime ...
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party enacted the ban, but Budapest’s mayor allowed the event to go on. The police sat on the sidelines.
In the lead-up to this year’s Pride parade in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, Orban banned the festivities and threatened ...
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s effort to ban Pride backfired, drawing a huge throng in support of LGBTQ+ rights and hurting him and his party ahead of elections next year.