Issued on: 15/02/2026 - 10:48
Following his appearance in Munich, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is travelling to Budapest, a visit that comes just two months ahead of elections in Hungary that could see longtime leader and Trump ally Viktor Orbán lose power after 16 years, after Orbán used his annual state of the nation address on Saturday to argue that the country’s main threat is not Russia but the European Union, while opposition leader Péter Magyar is set to deliver a rival address on Sunday, as Charlotte Lam reports.
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