Budapest, April 12, 2026 (AFP) - Polling stations open in Hungary crunch vote: AFP

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Hungarians began voting on Sunday in closely watched crunch parliamentary elections that could end nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 16-year stint in power as a self-described "thorn" in the EU's side. Polling booths opened at 6:00 am local time (0400 GMT), according to AFP journalists. They will close at 7:00 pm. Opinion polls suggest that the party of pro-European conservative Peter Magyar -- who has promised a "system change" -- is run......

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