Pressman leaves Budapest next week, after two and a half years spent as an unusually active diplomat, travelling the country and frequently criticising the Orban government. His d

On Tuesday, a top Hungarian government official and adviser to Prime Minister Viktor Orban was sanctioned for alleged corrupt activity by the United States, according to the U.S. Department of State.

The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Antal Rogan, a senior Hungarian government official and one of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's closest associates. Source: a statement by the US Treasury Department,