Serbian President Aleksandar Vučiċ meets Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Subotica, Serbia, November 27, 2025. They are sitting at a table eating lunchImage source, Reuters
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučiċ shared more than a taste for Balkan pastries

ByNick ThorpeReporting fromBelgrade
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When they met in northern Serbia last November, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučiċ and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán could hardly have guessed they would both be out of power within a year.

Both were ousted by popular movements - Orbán fell first, in April, defeated by Péter Magyar's Tisza party. Then last Sunday a student movement less than two years old won Serbia's parliamentary elections by a landslide.