Hungary's two main political parties are using a national holiday on Thursday to rally supporters in Budapest.

Hungary extended the nation’s years-long state of emergency, ensuring that the next elections will be held under the special legal regime that’s given Prime Minister Viktor Orban wide latitude to impose his rule.

Hungary's strongman leader Viktor Orbán calls Trump's announcement of a meeting with Putin in his country great news for "peace-loving people."

Firefighters in Hungary have contained a blaze that broke out overnight at the country’s main oil refinery, authorities and Hungarian energy company MOL said Tuesday. No injuries have been reported. The fire erupted Monday night in a processing unit of the Danube Refinery in Százhalombatta,

Hungary’s central bank is set to leave the European Union’s highest borrowing costs unchanged for the 13th straight month, after policymakers rebuffed government calls to cut them.

Hungary has made it clear that Russian leader Vladimir Putin need not fear arrest under an International Criminal Court warrant when he arrives in Budapest for a summit with US President Donald Trump.

"I cannot guarantee that an independent Polish court won't order the government to escort such an aircraft down to hand (Putin) over to the court in The Hague," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.

A former ally of the authoritarian prime minister is leading in the polls as an election with huge implications for Europe and the war in Ukraine looms.