Events in the year 2026 in Hungary. Incumbents + Incumbents Position PersonParty NotesPresident Tamás Sulyok Independent until 19 July Ágnes Forsthoffer (acting) TISZA 20 July–19 Aug András Baka Independent since 19 AugPrime Minister Viktor Orbán Fidesz until 9 May Péter Magyar TISZA since 9 MaySpeaker of theNational Assembly László Kövér Fidesz until 9 May Ágnes Forsthoffer TISZA since 9 May
Elections
2026 Hungarian presidential election Ballot → 11 August 2026 Required majority → 133 out of 199 András Baka (Ind.) Against Absent
Events
January 5 January – Viktor Orbán holds an international press conference, followed by a press conference of Péter Magyar. 6 January – Péter Magyar publishes an open letter for Slovak PM Robert Fico, against laws penalizing questioning the Beneš decrees. He leaves a blank space for the signature of Viktor Orbán. 12 January – Hungary grants asylum to former Polish justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is wanted on charges of corruption. Slovak President Peter Pellegrini criticizes Péter Magyar over his use of the term Felvidék. Magyar rebukes him in his answer. 13 January – President Tamás Sulyok sets the date of the upcoming parliamentary election to 12 April. 15 January – György Gattyán's Solution Movement declares not to participate on the 2026 election. 17 January – István Kapitány, the former vice-president of Shell, debuts as Tisza's economy and energy expert. Parties 2RK and LMP declare they will not participate on the 2026 election. 19 January – Polymarket is blocked in Hungary. 20 January – The Szőlő Street Correction Facility is closed. 22 January – János Lázár at a Lázárinfó in Balatonalmádi talks about how Roma people (as opposed to migrants) form an "internal reserve" workforce for tasks such as toilet cleaning, tasks that "Hungarian voters" are unwilling to do. He apologizes for his statement on 24 January. 24 January – Anita Orbán debuts as Tisza's foreign policy expert. 26 January – Hungary summons the Ukrainian ambassador after Viktor Orbán accuses Kyiv of interfering in the upcoming general election. 27 January – News about MSZP not participating in the upcoming election are published in Magyar Nemzet, but party leader Imre Komjáthi claims a decision has not yet been made. 28 January – Prosecutors charge Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony for organizing Budapest Pride last year, despite it being banned by the law on assembly. 29 January – Katalin Cseh declares that their will not run in the 2026 election.
February 3 February – The government uses its emergency powers to terminate its ongoing lawsuits with municipal governments (including Budapest) over the solidarity contribution tax for 2023-2025. 4 February – Budapest Complex: A court in Budapest sentences German activist Maja T. to eight years in prison for participating in assaults on attendees of a far-right rally in Budapest in 2023, following her extradition from Germany despite later objections by the Federal Constitutional Court. 5 February – US president Donald Trump endorses Orbán for the 2026 election. 7 February – Tisza publishes its election program. Dialogue announces it will not run in the 2026 election. 8 February – Fidesz wins the municipal by-election in Balmazújváros 7th constituency with 47.09%. 9 February – An article published on Telex on the unhealth work conditions in Samsung's battery factory in Göd leads to a political scandal. 10 February – A mysterious photo of an empty bedroom appears on the website radnaimark.hu Tisza vice-president Márk Radnai denies any relation to the photo. Péter Magyar claims Fidesz might be threatening him with revenge porn. 12 February – Péter Magyar claims he had a honey trap affair with Evelin Vogel on August 2, 2024, in the same room from radnaimark.hu, and claims they were trying to compromise him by placing drugs in the room, but he did not partake in it. 13 February – Three people are killed in a building fire in Budakeszi. 13-14 February – Péter Magyar attends the Munich Security Conference, meeting with Polish, German, Austrian and Croatian leaders. 14 February – Orbán holds his annual "Year in Review" event. He claims Tisza represents the interests of western capital, especially Shell and Erste. 15 February – Greenpeace organizes a protest in front of the Foreign Ministry, against the Göd factory. Péter Magyar holds his "Year in Review" event. This marks the beginning of his election campaign. 16 February – US secretary of state Marco Rubio visits Hungary, holding a press conference with Orbán. 18 February – Hungary suspends exports of diesel fuel to Ukraine, citing attacks on the Druzhba pipeline. 19 February – Vsquare uncovers government plans to privatize land adjacent to Budapest railway stations. 20 February – MSZP announces it will not run in the upcoming election 21 February – Collection of signatures begins for the election. 23 February – Slovakia joins Hungary in blocking the European Union’s 20th sanctions package against Russia, preventing its adoption ahead of the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 24 February – Orbán announces that Hungary has ended all support for Ukraine, including through European Union framework, until Ukraine resumes oil transfers via the Druzhba pipeline. 25 February – Orbán orders the deployment of additional security forces across energy facilities, citing a Ukrainian plot to disrupt energy supplies. 27 February – Freight traffic resumes on the renovated Budapest–Belgrade railway
March 4 March – Russia releases two dual Hungarian-Ukrainian nationals who had been captured while fighting for Ukraine following negotiations between Russian president Vladimir Putin and Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó. 5 March – Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he would prefer not to repair the Druzhba pipeline. Ukraine accuses Hungary of hostage-taking and theft following the detention of two vans and seven staff of the Ukrainian bank Oschadbank by Hungarian authorities while transiting cash through to Austria. 6 March – The European Commission rebukes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over remarks that Hungary interpreted as a threat against Prime Minister Orbán. 9 March – Orbán announces that Hungary will introduce a price cap on gasoline and diesel. 12 March – Ukrainian former MP and Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officer Hryhoriy Omelchenko makes a threat to Orbán. 14 March – The Hungarian Defence Forces reports that Hungarian soldiers have safely left the Erbil airbase in Iraq due to the ongoing Iran War. 15 March – A Pro-Fidesz "peace march" is held from Elvis Presley tér to Kossuth Square, where Orbán, János Lázár and Péter Szijjártó hold speeches. Péter Magyar holds a "national march" at Heroes' Square. People associated with Fidesz run into the crowd of Magyar's march, and hold up a Ukrainian flag. Minor rallies are also held by Mi Hazánk at Corvin Köz. and MKKP at Liberty Bridge 16 March – Orbán begins holding in-person DPK rallies across the country, starting in Kaposvár. 17 March – Hungary and Slovakia sign an agreement to build a -long oil pipeline running from Százhalombatta to Bratislava. 19 March – Gergely Gulyás claims Hungary would consider sending soldiers to the Strait of Hormuz if Donald Trump asked so. 20 March – Rita Kopping, DK candidate for Bács-Kiskun 1st constituency withdraws from the race, and is subsequently expelled from her party. 21 March – CPAC Hungary is held. The Washington Post reports that Russia might stage an assassination attempt against Orbán to improve his election chances. They also claim foreign minister Péter Szijjártó is in regular correspondence with his Russian counter-part Sergey Lavrov during EU meetings. 23 March – Journalist Szabolcs Panyi leaks a conversation from February 2020 between foreign ministers Szijjártó and Lavrov appearing to show Szijjártó asking for Russian help on behalf of Peter Pellegrini for the upcoming Slovak parliamentary elections. 25 March – Orbán says Hungary will gradually suspend gas supplies to Ukraine until Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline resumes, citing disruptions to deliveries crossing Ukraine. DK withdraws three of their candidates running in Budapest 6th, 8th, and Nógrád 1st constituencies. Independent candidate Tímea Szabó also withdraws in Budapest 11th constituency. Direct36 publishes a video of Bence Szabó, a police officer for the National Bureau of Investigation, who claims that Hungarian secret services attempted to sabotage Tisza's IT system. 26 March – Independent documentary The Price of the Vote () accuses the government of mass voter intimidation. Sándor Szabó, an independent candidate, withdraws from the election in Csongrád-Csanád 1st constituency. 27 March – Viktor Orbán is confronted by counter-protestors at his rally in Győr. 30 March – Dániel "Gundalf" Hrabócz, the former Tisza IT specialist targeted by the government, gives an interview to 444. 31 March – VSquare publishes voice recording showing Szijjártó acting on behalf of Lavrov to get Alisher Usmanov removed from the EU sanctions list.
April
2 April – Szilveszter Pálinkás gives an interview to Telex about dissatisfaction in the Hungarian Defence Forces. He claims Hungary's mission to Chad was motivated by the religious visions of Gáspár Orbán. MKKP withdraws 3 of their candidates (Veszprém 3rd, Budapest 14th, Nógrád 1st) 4 April – Ágnes Kunhalmi withdraws from the election in Budapest 8th constituency. 5 April – The renovated Citadella is opened. A bag of explosives were found near the TurkStream gas pipeline at Trešnjevac, Serbia. Next day, Orbán holds a press conference at the Hungarian–Serbian border. 7 April – US Vice President JD Vance visits Hungary. He has a press conference and attends a rally with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Bloomberg leaks the transcript of a phone call between Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin in which Orbán declares himself "at his service", comparing himself to a mouse to Putin's lion. 10 April – Róbert Puzsér organizes a concert of anti-government musicians to Hősök tere, Budapest 11 April – Fidesz holds its campaign closing rally at Szentháromság tér, Budapest, Tisza holds one in Debrecen 12 April – 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election: The opposition Tisza Party led by Péter Magyar wins a landslide against Viktor Orbán's Fidesz–KDNP, ending nearly 16 years of consecutive rule. 14 April – Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the Druzhba pipeline will be repaired by the end of April. 21 April – The European Court of Justice rules in European Commission v Hungary that the Hungarian anti-LGBTQ law violates EU rules.
May 7 May – Magyar meets Giorgia Meloni in Rome 9 May – Péter Magyar is inaugurated as prime minister. 11-12 May – Parliamentary hearings of the ministers of the upcoming Magyar Government. 12 May – The Magyar Government is sworn in. 14 May – The state of emergency that begun during the COVID-19 pandemic then continued due to the invasion of Ukraine, comes to an end. Decrees made during the emergency period were previously elevated to laws. Foreign minister Anita Orbán summons the Russian ambassador over the attacks on Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine the previous day. The outgoing ministers hand over their ministries to the Magyar Government 19 May Bálint Ruff becomes deputy prime minister alongside Anita Orbán. Files on the Katalin Novák presidential pardon scandal are released. 19 - 21 May – Magyar's first foreign trip as Prime Minister, to Poland and Austria 21 May – One person is killed while seven others are injured in an explosion at a petrochemical facility of MOL in Tiszaújváros. 22 May – The ongoing process of Hungary leaving the International Criminal Court is reversed. 24 May – All 55 state secretaries of the Magyar Government are appointed 26 May – Director of Counter Terrorism Centre, János Hajdu, is dismissed.