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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán found himself in turbulent times when, on Sunday, two backpacks containing explosives and detonators were found near the TurkStream pipeline in the Serbian town of Kanjiža. Orbán immediately convened an extraordinary meeting of the National Defense Council and ordered the deployment of the Hungarian army to protect the Hungarian section of the pipeline from Serbia to the border with Slovakia. The general director of the Serbian gas company Srbijagas claimed that the aim of the explosives was to leave Hungary and Slovakia without gas supplies, which would have economic and political consequences. hnonline.sk ↗
The security incident occurred at a decisive time ahead of the parliamentary elections on Sunday, April 12, which could end Orbán's 16-year rule. Russia, without presenting evidence, accuses Ukraine of planting the explosives. The opposition questions the authenticity of the discovery and describes the incident as a politically motivated false flag. A new dimension to the conflict comes from accusations of espionage and corruption — the assets of Orbán's close associates have become one of the main topics of the campaign and a threat to his government. teraz.sk ↗
In parallel with efforts to stabilize the security situation, a debate has broken out over Ukraine's proposal for an energy truce with Russia during Orthodox Easter, which Kyiv conveyed to Moscow through American intermediaries. US Vice President JD Vance flew to Budapest to support Orbán ahead of the elections, a clear signal of United States support for the veteran prime minister. Vance will meet with Orbán, hold a joint press conference with him, and deliver a speech on "the rich cooperation between the United States and Hungary" on the occasion of Hungarian-American Friendship Day. pravda.sk ↗
Opposition candidates gathering around Péter Magyar are gaining support across the political spectrum, and polls suggest that Orbán's government could lose its majority. Former Fidesz politician Szelényi publicly declared that the end of Orbán's regime would be liberating for Hungary. Criticism also concerns Orbán's social policy — his program of paying pensioners a fourteenth pension faces accusations of ineffectiveness, as many seniors continue to live in poverty despite Hungary spending 5.5 percent of GDP on supporting the birth rate. dennikn.sk ↗
The Hungarian electoral system is considered significantly discriminatory against the opposition, with Fidesz having built up a substantial head start, including an adjusted electoral system and electoral districts in its favor. The timing of the security incident just a few days before the elections raises deep suspicions about its political calculation, placing the entire Hungarian political scene in a period of the greatest seznamzpravy.cz ↗
Orbán faces crises ahead of elections: security incident, American support and political turbulence
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„Elnézést kell kérnem önöktől, az országot felforgató miniszterelnök a mi soraink közül jött."
Na letnej univerzite Tusványos v Tusnádfürdő, kde po historickej porážke Fideszu ohlásil „politiku odporu" proti novej vláde.
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„Začalo sa tiszovské politické účtovanie. Konanie proti generálovi Jánosovi Hajduovi spustili na pokyn premiéra. V každej normálnej krajine by zaň patrilo vyznamenanie, v Maďarsku je z toho úradná šikana. Hajdu je vzorom pre každého, kto miluje svoju vlasť. Stojíme pri tebe, generál!"
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Predseda Fideszu, bývalý premiér Maďarska
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„Nevzdávam sa, nikdy, nikdy, nikdy."
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„Prvú bitku sme vyhrali."
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19.03.2026
„Maďarská pozícia je veľmi jednoduchá. Sme pripravení podporiť Ukrajinu, keď dostaneme našu ropu, ktorú blokujú."
Pred summitom EÚ v Bruseli o vete voči 90 mld. EUR pôžičke pre Ukrajinu
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Orbán čelí krízam pred voľbami: bezpečnostný incident, americká podpora a politické turbulencie
HotInfo
| 06:00 07.04.
Orbán čelí dvojitej kríze: bezpečnostný incident pri plynovode a voľby, ktoré by mohli ukončiť jeho vládu
HotInfo
| 18:00 06.04.
Šéf Srbijagas: Cieľom výbušnín v Kanjiži bolo zanechať Maďarsko a SR bez plynu
hnonline.sk
| 20:06 06.04.
Šéf srbskej plynárenskej spoločnosti Srbijagas: Cieľom výbušnín v Kanjiži bolo zanechať Maďarsko a Slovensko bez plynu
pravda.sk
| 19:30 06.04.
Šéf Srbijagasu Bajatovič: Výbušniny v Kanjiži mali zanechať Maďarsko a Slovensko bez dodávok plynu
ta3.com
| 19:21 06.04.
Kremeľ: Výbušniny neďaleko plynovodu v Srbsku mala umiestniť Ukrajina
teraz.sk
| 13:43 06.04.
Korupcia v Orbánovom okolí vyvoláva hnev, voľby môžu ukončiť jeho vládu
SITA
| 12:52 06.04.
Plynovod TurkStream bude od Srbska po hranice so Slovenskom chrániť armáda
SITA
| 11:42 06.04.
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