Hungary: Orban declares victory in parliamentary election
By DW
10 April 2022 |
7:39 am
Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared victory in Hungary's parliamentary election after partial results showed his ruling Fidesz party is comfortably ahead of their opposition rivals.
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