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News & Current Events Apr 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM

Ukraine no longer advises against travel to Hungary

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Ukraine no longer advises against travel to Hungary
Ukrainska Pravda
Ukraine no longer advises against travel to Hungary
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has withdrawn its recommendation to avoid travel to Hungary following the end of the elections.
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xxearvinxx Apr 14, 2026 +669
Is Orbán already out as Prime Minister? Or is there a transition period before the new party takes control of the government?
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thekinghun Apr 14, 2026 +493
There's a transition period until the president calls the new parliament to assemble and the new parliament votes for the new prime minister and budget. The maximum they can delay is if i remember correctly 30 days, until then Orban is still the prime minister.
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xxearvinxx Apr 14, 2026 +141
Thank you for the info. I assumed there would be some kind of transition period, but I wasn’t sure exactly how the Hungarian government operated. While I get the sentiment behind Ukraine’s decision to take back their travel advisory, it also seems a little premature if the Fidesz party is still in the majority and Orban still in charge.
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LightSideoftheForce Apr 14, 2026 +134
To be fair, it’s extremely unlikely they will dare to do anything against the overwhelming majority
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xxearvinxx Apr 14, 2026 +67
I agree, I don’t think they would try anything either. Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised to hear Orban conceded and quickly too. I assumed he might try and cling to power and claim it was rigged, if he lost. It seems the result was so substantial though that it was just easier to admit defeat and not drag out the loss.
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LightSideoftheForce Apr 14, 2026 +78
Their time is better used (from their perspective) to destroy evidence and evacuate assets from the country
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MercantileReptile Apr 14, 2026 +36
>to destroy evidence I admit, I chuckled a bit when I heard about the foreign ministry shredding documents, [Bloomberg link](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-13/hungary-foreign-minister-is-shredding-eu-documents-magyar-says). Wonder how many burn piles and fire barrels the next days will bring.
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user_waitforiit_name Apr 14, 2026 +5
Also my 2 cents: Orbán loves to fight. In his twisted mind he somewhat excited for this new challenge, that he reclaims the seat and prove anyone, that he is a tough guy. It's laughable, but I can imagine that this is his state of mind
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ncopp Apr 14, 2026 +8
I know my brain works differently than these people, but unless you're facing prison time, idk why you wouldn't just take all of that money he's likely skimmed and retire to the beach and live out the rest of his days in luxury without the stress of Russia breathing down his neck. Geopolitics have devolved into a shit show and I can't imagine it would be fun being a Russian proxy in the EU through all of this
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MoD1982 Apr 14, 2026 +7
Because greed. People like that can never look at the millions in their account and go "good enough", they have to keep going.
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mikemalzeno Apr 15, 2026 +1
Party of Orban still hold most key positions iirc. They will just work against the new regime.
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LightSideoftheForce Apr 15, 2026 +2
For now, yes, he has his puppets everywhere. However, thanks to the supermajority, those can be fixed over time.
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mikemalzeno Apr 15, 2026 +2
Looking forward to it.
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Sorqu Apr 14, 2026 +34
Despite fidesz is still the acting government for up to 30 days, the whole political landscape and the attitude of most of the propaganda changed literally overnight. Péter Magyar's victory speech was the first time he was allowed to appear on national television and the following day during the international press conference was the first time most of the fidesz voters heard him talk about policy and the actual state of government.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 Apr 14, 2026 +3
Will he bring justice to the criminals? Like the Foreign Minister who, amongst a host of others, is entirely in bed with the Kremlin.
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arcanehornet_ Apr 14, 2026 +3
Yep, one of the biggest priorities is bringing those people to justice.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 Apr 14, 2026 +1
I haven't followed his campaign at all so I'm curious if that was a cornerstone of his campaign promises? The investigation of all Russian assets in Hungary?
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Prosit-Baby-Prosecco Apr 15, 2026 +2
If we want to give a very short TL;DR of his campaign and promises was that he wants a normal, working, propaganda and hate-free country, where the stolen wealth is brought back and sinners are punished. He didn’t give impossible goals like, he didn’t promise an economy bigger than China or US, just a working country, that’s what everyone was missing.
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Brief_Hospital_1766 Apr 16, 2026 +1
That's great. But I think it's important to investigate the wrong doers, and that includes Orban amongst a host of others.
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ilic_mls Apr 14, 2026 +4
But they have little to no time to do anything nor do i think they would dare do so with about a month left in their tenure
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Sinaaaa Apr 14, 2026 +5
They are probably too busy shredding documents & in general just hiding their dirty laundry to stage something against random Ukrainian nationals. Plus there is no point anymore.
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LongDongFrazier Apr 14, 2026 +20
Additional context Russia has removed Hungary as a friendly country so feels like a corresponding move for Ukraine.
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FrogsJumpFromPussy Apr 14, 2026 +8
I guess he does not want too much exposure anymore. Russia has already "downgraded" Hungary to "unfriendly" country. The best Orban could hope is that the new PM keep his word and doesn't order corruption probe into Orban right away. Magyar had promised that his cabinet will not go for "political witchhunts". Orban has everything to lose of he tries to do more damage in the short time he still has in power until the transition is over.
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Yuukiko_ Apr 15, 2026 +2
It's not exactly a witchhunt if there's proof of corruption though
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GovernmentBig2749 Apr 14, 2026 +85
Yeah, and about that heist of a truck full of money that Orban did a month ago...
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Innapropiate Apr 14, 2026 +30
Did Ukraine get its cash and people back? I’m pretty sure I missed the end of that saga.
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QuirkyWish3081 Apr 14, 2026 +5
I’m sure the funds will soon be released.
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Innapropiate Apr 14, 2026 +7
I just read an article where they said they will be releasing the funds quickly
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emezamaz Apr 15, 2026 +1
New government won't form for another month but Orbán did already agree to stop blocking it once Drushba pipeline is fixed.
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clearision Apr 14, 2026 +217
this was lifted because the election campaign is over. the campaign itself was nuts, kidnapping Ukrainians and their bank money. what changed overnight is Ukraine is no more "interfering Hungarian elections" or "trying to assassinate Viktor", what a coincidence.
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DrawGamesPlayFurries Apr 14, 2026 +60
State-sanctioned robbery and hostage taking was a new low even for Orban
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s3rjiu Apr 14, 2026 +15
Have they freed the folks and the money? I doubt it
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Less_Yogurt415 Apr 14, 2026 +40
We've freed the folks but Hungary still got our money
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wggn Apr 14, 2026 +13
*Orban still got our money
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BestFriendWatermelon Apr 14, 2026 +4
They actually freed the hostages pretty quickly. Think they were unwanted baggage after the bank heist, every second they were in custody was a potential attack point for critics and the EU.
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Primary-Debate-549 Apr 14, 2026 +6
Well, that was fast.
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fwambo42 Apr 14, 2026 +5
seems a little premature but ok
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ieatthosedownvotes Apr 14, 2026 +3
I wonder how smoothly NATO will run now. That is unless agent Krasnov totally screws the pooch.
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Yuukiko_ Apr 15, 2026 +1
Well he does say he wants to withdraw from it
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rimamidler Apr 14, 2026 +5
Finally, some good news amid the chaos.
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DivinityAI Apr 14, 2026 -17
not like half of Ukrainians can't travel anywhere
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USHEV2 Apr 14, 2026 +26
Men aged 25-60 are a quarter of the population of Ukraine, not half. And just because 99% of Ukrainians aren't planning a trip to Hungary anyway, it doesn't mean you shouldn't release an advisory to the 1% that are.
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LahmeKruecke Apr 14, 2026 -326
How the turn tables? All of a sudden a country regime swap overnight made the country safer to visit ? They are truly the elephants of a zoo. The Clowns of this show.
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MagnaClarentza Apr 14, 2026 +137
A hostile country can blackmail another by wrongfully detaining citizens, etc.
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No_Lingonberry1201 Apr 14, 2026 +25
Which happened a few weeks before the vote when Orbán and his jack-booted thugs captured an Ukrainian money transport and declared it was illegal without any evidence, and then kept Ukrainian citizens illegally imprisoned.
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Love-That-Danhausen Apr 14, 2026 +83
Yes a country regime swap legitimately changes the opinions of neighboring countries when a party that is antagonistic and combative is replaced with one that’s not. That’s like…obvious, right?
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twitterfluechtling Apr 14, 2026 +40
> a country regime swap overnight made the country safer to visit? Definitely. After Trumps inauguration I decided I'll not let myself send to US for a work trip anymore. (I work in an international company, my team manager is in the US, the prospect to be asked was not unlikely.) Although I was already not thrilled to go there and probably wouldn't want to if the next elections should bring a Democrats president about.
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Dsigamerman Apr 14, 2026 -2
I can totally see that.  I guess my question would be, if Trump was impeached and removed tomorrow, would the US government no longer be corrupt?  I’ll have a hard time believing that, even after he’s gone. The majority of our politicians actively tried to cover up the Epstein files, let Trump trample the constitution unchecked and attacked the very foundations of the United States. A cobra can still bite even after its head is removed. Edit: I like that people will misinterpret my genuine question and argue against something I didn’t say lol. The corruption in the US government is what allowed Trump to do all this horrible shit unchecked. Sorry I don’t think things will be hunky-dory back to normal when he’s gone lmao.
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USHEV2 Apr 14, 2026 +6
> would the US government no longer be corrupt Who knows but ICE would stop snatching people off the street and putting them in concentration camps so traveling there will become safe.
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Dsigamerman Apr 14, 2026
I appreciate your confidence.
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Still_Conference_923 Apr 14, 2026 +4
Corruption and outright hostility are two very different things.
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Dsigamerman Apr 14, 2026 +1
Correct, but the corruption leads to the hostility being unchecked. Trump wasn't a one time fluke and unless thing fundamentally change, it will happen again. 
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twitterfluechtling Apr 14, 2026 +4
Wrong analogy. Orban wasn't impeached by his own party and removed from office while all other party-members stay in charge and a majority still voted for them. The analogy would be a new election in the US with Republicans voted out of office / losing power, including Trump, Hegseth and all the other dirtbags, and Democrats winning a 2/3 majority, running on the promise to revert Republican anti-democratic policies. And yes, that would change the perception of the US in the rest of the world. There is still the difference that the US actually murdered a lot of people under Trump (bombing fishing boats, bombing Iran, ICE victims, etc.) and the control mechanisms didn't work (the army executed illegal orders conflicting with the constitution).
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Dsigamerman Apr 14, 2026 -1
Right, that last part is what I was referring to. The corruption is what led to all of the checks and balances failing.  I wasn’t trying to come at you all snarky, so I’m not sure why I’m receiving so much hostility from people. I have lost confidence in the US government and so have a lot of other people.
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pecp4 Apr 14, 2026 +29
bro when he finds out regime’s matter
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twitterfluechtling Apr 14, 2026 +8
What, next you tell me people changed their opinion on the US to the worse, just because they elected Trump? Can't we just leave other countries alone, with their inner politics, like blocking aid to other countries, sharing military secrets to enemies, framing other countries for blowing up pipelines, imposing tariffs, starting wars, and whatever purely inner-political policies the elected government implements? /S
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StrontLulAapMongool Apr 14, 2026 +70
Exceptionally dumb take
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blue-coin Apr 14, 2026 +8
Sir this is Listnook what did you expect
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Vineyard_ Apr 15, 2026 +2
It's dumb even for listnook.
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Top_Investigator6261 Apr 14, 2026 +27
>All of a sudden a country regime swap overnight made the country safer to visit? Are you mentally challenged? Imagine telling a jew there’s no difference in visiting Nazi Germany or Germany under an allied occupation.
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LahmeKruecke Apr 14, 2026 -53
Imagine thinking the regime change happens overnight and those who oppress certain communities vanish in milliseconds. Bro the world isn't a computer program.
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gunningIVglory Apr 14, 2026 +13
Makes sense. Im not going back to the US until Trump is out off office.....
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USHEV2 Apr 14, 2026 +6
Orban was literally kidnapping Ukrainians, so yeah, it did make the country safer to visit.
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stan_tri Apr 14, 2026 +4
An IQ.
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RCFProd Apr 14, 2026 +2
An IQ so small, only need one popcorn
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Salty_Award_284 Apr 14, 2026 +5
Oh yes and you must also think the same about Russia yes? Russia has now made Hungary on its “unfriendly countries list” ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
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LahmeKruecke Apr 14, 2026 -8
Yeah those lists have no meaning whatsoever. Thats like if random country would put Germany into a "Nazi regime"-list. That doesn't have to correlate with reality.
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TehRiddles Apr 14, 2026 +1
The meaning of the list is incredibly obvious. "Unfriendly countries" according to Russia are countries that don't bow to them and accept the Kremlin's actions without criticism. To be added to that list means that the country is not an ally of Russia and has actually called them out somewhat. It's basically a label that the country won't sell you out to the Putin regime. In case it's still not clear, that's a bad thing.
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TehRiddles Apr 14, 2026 +1
> All of a sudden a country regime swap overnight made the country safer to visit Why is this a difficult thing to understand? Orban was very publicly against Ukraine and a lackey of Putin, making Hungary a dangerous place for Ukrainians to visit. When you take him out of the picture then what made the country dangerous is no more. There's only one clown here right now and it's the guy who can't see the obvious.
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Interesting-Effort12 Apr 14, 2026 -3
It’s actually would be more dangerous, because now Hungarians could send Ukrainians back lol
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