People in Budapest, Hungary. Editorial credit: Ceri Breeze / Shutterstock.com

Hungary

Since taking power in the 2010 elections, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Alliance of Young Democrats–Hungarian Civic Union (Fidesz) party pushed through constitutional and legal changes that have allowed it to consolidate control over the country’s independent institutions.

Freedom on the Net 2023

Freedom on the Net — Hungary Country Report

Hungary is rated Partly Free in Freedom on the Net, Freedom House's comprehensive study of internet freedom around the globe.

Volunteers clean up the rubbles from a destroyed residential building in Borodyanka. Following the recapture of Borodyanka by the Ukrainian forces, the city was heavily devastated and turned into ruins under intense fighting and shelling.

Nations in Transit — Hungary Country Report

Hungary is categorized as a Transitional or Hybrid regime in the Nations in Transit 2023, Freedom House's annual study on the state of democracy in the region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia.

Iranian people in Izmir protest the death of Mahsa Amini by the morality police in Iran.

Freedom in the World — Hungary Country Report

Hungary is rated Partly Free in Freedom in the World 2023, Freedom House's annual study of political rights and civil liberties worldwide.