Balint Domotor

Balint Domotor

I'm a London-based international affairs journalist from Hungary with 7+ years of experience working for major national and international news outlets, analysing Hungarian, American and British politics, as well as interviewing high-profile politicians and athletes. So far, I've published 1000+ articles and videos for:

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Chess grandmaster Judit Polgar declines gambit to ‘unite Hungary’

Hungary’s prime minister, Péter Magyar, made his first high-profile blunder after the most successful female chess player of modern times rejected his attempt to name her as his choice for president.

The Irish Times

Dublin man who murdered American nurse is jailed for 14 years in Hungary

I've been covering the trial of an Irish man who killed an American tourist during a sexual encounter in Budapest in 2024.

The Hungarian village where Viktor Orban began a football revolution

Reported about the state of Hungarian football following the fall of Viktor Orbán.

Will Hungary’s new rulers be too powerful for their own good?

Reported from Péter Magyar's inauguration as Hungarian PM.

Magyar urged to act fast and jail corrupt politicians

Interviewed former PM candidate Péter Márki-Zay following Péter Magyar's landslide election win.

Associated Press

Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103

Obit after the death of Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner.

Associated Press

Hungary's Orbán blames immigration and EU for the deadly attack in Germany

Reported from Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s annual press conference where I was one of the few journalists who got to question him.

Rishi Sunak's Conservatives heading for worst-ever government defeat in British history

My pre-election report from the UK general election. I did on-ground reporting in the Welwyn Hatfield constituency where Defence Secretary Grant Shapps lost his seat, and interviewed Professor Roger Mortimore, Director of Political Analysis at Ipsos, and Professor Anand Menon, a leading expert in British-European relations and director of the UK in a Changing Europe academic think tank.

Hungary's controversial child benefits on show

I reported about the Hungarian government’s family policies for AFP.

Nothing in film will ever match the emotion in the theatre at the end of Dr Semmelweis

I interviewed Oscar and Tony Award winner Mark Rylance after the premiere of his new play about Hungarian medical pioneer Ignaz Semmelweis.