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Viktor Orbán

Arcs in the news about Viktor Orbán from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 78 stories · 446 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 23, 2023

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The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks

25 of 297 stories this December · 3 about Viktor Orbán

US Envoy Witkoff Will Meet Putin in Moscow While Zelenskyy Tours Europe as Peace Efforts Press Ahead · 37 articles, Dec 1Europeans accuse Putin of feigning interest in peace after talks with US envoys · 18 articles, Dec 2Putin Says There Are Points He Can't Agree To in the US Proposal to End Russia's War in Ukraine · 10 articles, Dec 3Russia-US talks on Ukraine peace deal end without breakthrough, Putin aide says · 10 articles, Dec 3Ukraine to give new peace plans · 12 articles, Dec 6Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine as talks to end war continue · 17 articles, Dec 6Zelensky to huddle with European leaders in London as Kremlin praises Trump’s new security strategy · 19 articles, Dec 8Zelenskyy will hold urgent talks with 30 countries as Trump pushes for swift peace deal with Russia · 17 articles, Dec 8Pope Leo meets Zelenskyy, calls for 'just and lasting' peace in Ukraine · 20 articles, Dec 8Ukraine’s Zelensky refuses to give up land to Russia: ‘Precisely what we are fighting for’ · 11 articles, Dec 9US proposes ‘free economic zone’ in parts of Donbas after Ukrainian pullback, Zelensky says · 6 articles, Dec 11Ukraine war briefing: US envoy to meet Zelenskyy, Europe leaders in Berlin · 10 articles, Dec 122 killed in Russia while Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is targeted as peace talks press on · 6 articles, Dec 13Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees · 12 articles, Dec 14US officials say Washington has agreed to give Ukraine security guarantees in peace talks - Boston News, Weather, Sports · 5 articles, Dec 15Russia Indicates It’s Open to Ukraine Joining EU as Part of Peace Deal to End War, US Officials Say · 7 articles, Dec 15Zelensky says peace proposals to end the war in Ukraine could be presented to Russia within days · 19 articles, Dec 16Trump says Ukraine peace deal is ‘closer than ever’ after Berlin talks, but is it? Here are the key sticking points · 12 articles, Dec 16U.S. to meet with Russian and Ukrainian teams in Miami for new peace talks · 9 articles, Dec 18Russia says talks on U.S. peace plan for Ukraine 'are proceeding constructively' · 22 articles, Dec 21Zelenskyy says he’s open to creating demilitarized zone in Ukraine’s industrial heartland - Boston News, Weather, Sports · 10 articles, Dec 24U.S. and Ukraine reach consensus on key issues aimed at ending the war · 7 articles, Dec 24Zelenskyy says he will meet with Trump in Florida on Sunday for talks on Ukraine security guarantees · 58 articles, Dec 26Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 'closer than ever' to peace after talks with Zelenskyy · 84 articles, Dec 26Zelensky says US offering Ukraine 15-year security guarantee in latest peace plan · 33 articles, Dec 29
The Russia-Ukraine war: sanctions on Russia and the fight over its frozen assets

5 of 63 stories this December · 2 about Viktor Orbán

Putin and Modi announce expansion of Russia-India trade ties · 20 articles, Dec 4Putin says energy ties with India remain 'unaffected' – DW · 6 articles, Dec 4EU Set to Lock Up Russia's Frozen Assets so Hungary and Slovakia Can't Veto Their Use for Ukraine · 7 articles, Dec 12EU leaders decide on whether to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine's war effort · 12 articles, Dec 17EU leaders agree on 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine after plan to use Russian assets unravels · 31 articles, Dec 18

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else11 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Viktor Orbán that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Nov 6– 7Hungarian PM Orbán seeks to revive Trump-Putin summit in White House visit12 articles · 11 independent sources
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  2. Sep 19Following Trump, Orban says Hungary will designate Antifa a terrorist group12 articles · 12 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 1 right

Stories that name Viktor Orbán

  1. Nov 7– 8Trump grants Hungary one-year exemption from Russian energy sanctions, White House says23 articles · 20 independent sources
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  2. Nov 7– 8Cornell reaches $60m deal with Trump administration to restore research funds27 articles · 26 independent sources
    4 left, 8 center, 3 right
  3. Oct 4– 5Populist party of billionaire Andrej Babiš wins big in Czech parliamentary election13 articles · 9 independent sources
    3 left, 0 center, 2 right
  4. Jul 10EU chief von der Leyen survives confidence vote by large margin9 articles · 8 independent sources
    2 left, 2 center, 1 right
  5. Jun 28Big crowds gather in Hungarian capital to defy ban on Budapest Pride19 articles · 15 independent sources
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  6. Apr 13– 15Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events29 articles · 25 independent sources
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  7. Mar 18Hungary's parliament passes law banning Pride events, in new assault on LGBTQ rights8 articles · 8 independent sources
    5 left, 0 center, 0 right
  8. Jan 15– 17Chinese President Xi Jinping will send a special representative to Trump’s inauguration11 articles · 11 independent sources
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  9. Jan 7U.S. sanctions top Hungarian official for alleged corruption while in office5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
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