
Georgian opposition eyes Hungary vote as Orbán ousted in landslide defeat
Both the Georgian government and the opposition closely followed the Hungarian elections.

Both the Georgian government and the opposition closely followed the Hungarian elections.

The bulk of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s speech was about traditional values and praise for Georgia’s strategic neutrality.

Investigative journalists have linked the main shareholder of Euronews to Hungarian President and close Azerbaijani ally Viktor Orbán.

Kobakhidze previously spoke at the conference in 2024, while former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili spoke in 2023.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party have become deeply involved in Georgian domestic politics, both publicly and behind closed doors.

Both supporters and opponents of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán greeted the controversial politician with simultaneous demonstrations on 21 April, during an official two-day visit to Tbilisi. Anti-Orbán protesters whistled over Orbán and his attendants, while counter-demonstrators greeted him with excitement, as Orbán and Georgia’s PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili arrived at Courtyard Marriott Hotel for a Georgia–Hungary business forum. The demonstrators were protesting the Hungarian govern