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PM Viktor Orbán’s (L) Fidesz party was recently overtaken in the polls by Péter Magyar’s (R) TISZA. Photos: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Orbán granting asylum to Polish MP ‘dragged Hungary into international scandal’ says main rival

The government of Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has dragged the country into an international scandal by granting political asylum to a wanted Polish ex-official, Orbán’s main political rival has said.

Parliamentary speaker Szymon Hołownia, leader of Poland 2050, has received support from the allied PSL party in his bid for the presidency in 2025. PAP/Leszek Szymański

Speaker Hołownia gets another party’s backing in presidential bid

Another party has officially backed the presidential bid of Szymon Hołownia, the speaker of the Polish parliament.

Adam Glapiński, governor of Poland's central bank (L) and Szymon Hołownia, speaker of the lower house of Poland's parliament. Photos: PAP/Albert Zawada; PAP/Marcin Obara

Poland’s central bank wants prosecutors to probe parliamentary speaker

The National Bank of Poland (NBP) said on Friday it informed prosecutors of the possibility that the parliament speaker and the head of a parliamentary committee may have committed a crime in trying to bring the central bank governor before a tribunal.