Hungarian police approve Budapest Pride in break from Orbán era (opens in new tab)

Policy U-turn comes after rightwing nationalist government was swept from power in April after 16-year rulePolice in Hungary have said they will allow next month’s Pride parade to take place in Budapest, signalling a reversal from last year when they sought to block the event on the orders of the government of the rightwing former prime minister Viktor Orbán.Last year’s march made after Orbán’s Fidesz party backed