{
  "id": 10433934,
  "title": "Hungary lifts PM Peter Magyar’s immunity, clears way for probes into 2 former Orban ministers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/hungary-lifts-pm-peter-magyars-immunity-clears-way-for-probes-into-2",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T11:45:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/hungary-lifts-pm-peter-magyar-s-immunity-clears-way-for-probes-into-2-former-orban-ministers/a-79458651?maca=en-rss-en-top-1022-xml-mrss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hungary's parliament has lifted Prime Minister Peter Magyar's immunity from prosecution, paving the way for investigations into him and two former ministers from Viktor Orban's government. The votes, which passed 139-0, clear the way for probes into Magyar and opposition lawmakers Balazs Hanko and Miklos Sesztak, who face separate allegations. Magyar, whose center-right Tisza party came to power in April, had previously called for lawmakers to lift his immunity. Prosecutors are investigating a 2024 incident where Magyar allegedly took a mobile phone from a man filming him at a Budapest nightclub and threw it into the Danube, a case he has described as a \"farce\" and accused prosecutors of trying to link to corruption allegations against former Orban government members. Hanko, now a Fidesz lawmaker, is being investigated over alleged misuse of public money from Hungary's National Cultural Fund, while Sesztak, a KDNP lawmaker, faces a separate investigation concerning alleged bribes linked to contracts involving the state-owned bus company Volanbusz.",
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        "title": "Hungary lifts PM Peter Magyar’s immunity, clears way for probes into 2 former Orban ministers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/hungary-lifts-pm-peter-magyars-immunity-clears-way-for-probes-into-2-10435650",
        "published": "2026-09-28T11:45:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}