Two-thirds of Hungarians would like to see Orbán brought to trial, poll suggests

Only 39 percent of Hungarians feel like Orban was qualified to serve as PM, research shows

The trend of voters gravitating toward the winner continues: for every Fidesz supporter, there are now three Tisza supporters, a new Medián poll commissioned by the magazine and conducted between April 27 and May 2. Tisza’s support stands at 61 percent among the total population, nearly three times that of Fidesz; the gap has widened even further among party voters and those who are certain in their party preferences, with support for the winning party reaching 70 percent among the latter group.

Fewer and fewer people believe that outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was qualified to serve. Now, only 39 percent consider him qualified, while 59 percent are not satisfied with him.

In contrast, 72 percent of respondents have no doubts about Péter Magyar’s competence. The proportion of those who have complete confidence in his abilities has doubled since then.

Hungarian authorities returned the cash and gold bars seized from the bank convoy to Ukraine

Hungarian authorities today returned the assets seized during a raid on Ukrainian money couriers in March, Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced.

“An important step in relations with Hungary: today, Oschadbank’s funds and valuables, seized by Hungarian special services in March, were returned. At that time, the Hungarian side had unlawfully detained the Ukrainian cash-in-transit employees. We had already brought our people home earlier, and now the assets have also been returned in full to Ukrainian territory, “The Ukrainian president wrote on X:

“I am grateful to Hungary for its constructive approach and civilized stance. I want to thank every member of the Ukrainian delegation who fought for a fair decision and defended the interests of our state and our people,” Zelenskyy added.

TV2's propaganda program "Tények" shuts down

TV2 Tények is shutting down, Miklós Vaszily, the channel’s CEO, announced. It currently appears that the magazine program Napló will also be discontinued.

“We are currently in the process of revamping our infotainment programs, a move necessitated primarily by the erosion of the Tények brand. My goal is for TV2 to provide news coverage that meets the expected professional standards with the newly launched brands, after drawing the necessary lessons,” the CEO wrote to 444.

"Tények" was one of the central channels for Fidesz's smear campaigns and had the widest reach. The program launched in 1997, and like TV2, the commercial channel, its editorial stance was liberal at first. After 2010, it ended up in the hands of Andy Vajna and Fidesz circles and ultimately became the most vicious propaganda machine.