Bernd 03/25/2026 (Wed) 08:37 No.55201 del
Latest election circus.
I think the Washington Post aired the news that our Foreign Minister called Lavrov and others after EU meetings to inform them about decisions and whatnot. At least this article on Politico:
https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-foreign-minister-talks-russia-eu-meetings/
cites this article at WP:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/21/hungary-election-interference-russia-orban/
Which I don't get because the title and summary says the Kremlin proposed staged assassination attempt against Orbán - and I can't read the rest of the paywalled article.
Anyway.
Our FM says this is perfectly normal and he calls many partners because this what foreign politics is about.

For the follow up I don't think there is an English source, because this part is related to the election. Now the Fidesz says that a Hungarian journalist helped foreign intelligence agencies to wiretap our FM and that this is a scandal.
So there is a scandal and they launched a counter-scandal.
Noone ever will be hold responsible, but first and foremost we will never know the truth, including what information he shared or is this common not just with him, but with other foreign ministers, how and whom they communicate with - because we aren't in these circles and we have no idea how the sausage is made.
But this is a good loud noise, everyone gets their fair amount of weekly indignation. They don't even remember last week's outrage.