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Thousands of people demonstrated in Budapest on Tuesday evening against the government of right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The protest was prompted by allegations of bribery and corruption against members of the government. Péter Magyar, the ex-husband of Orbán’s former justice minister Judit Varga, had called for the demonstration. He described Orbán as the “head of the mafia state.” Magyar had earlier published a secretly recorded private conversation with his former wife, which is said to prove that Orbán’s government tried to cover up the involvement of Antal Rogán, a minis…

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