Budapest, Aug 20, 2026 (AFP) - Hungary music festival basks in post-Orban freedom

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2026-08-20

Drifting between concert stages and chilling on hammocks, revellers partied in Hungary this year at one of Europe's largest outdoor festivals, with organisers saying they no longer felt "headwinds" under the country's new government. The Sziget Festival, held on a Danube island in Budapest known as the "Island of Freedom", has long had a reputation for openness, diversity and self-expression. That sometimes put it at odds with the "illiberal" vis......

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