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Hungary facing fuel crisis as Ukraine turns up heat on Russian oil supplies

Sky-high prices and electricity shortages could hit Hungarians within “weeks” after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory.

July 20, 2024 6:56 am CET

Next European Political Community summit to be held in Hungary

Next EPC meeting to take place four months from now in Budapest, Keir Starmer says.

July 19, 2024 12:56 pm CET

Can Ursula von der Leyen save Europe?

The European Commission chief is secretive, controlling, and faces an in-tray from hell over the next five years.

July 19, 2024 4:01 am CET

Von der Leyen slams Viktor Orbán over trip to Russia

‘This peace mission was nothing but an appeasement mission.’

July 18, 2024 9:52 am CET

Ignore the haters — the European Parliament matters more than ever

Parliament is still the weakest of EU institutions — but its members are getting more powerful.

July 18, 2024 4:00 am CET

Von der Leyen faces make-or-break vote on second term

European lawmakers have one secret ballot to decide the future of Commission president.

July 18, 2024 4:00 am CET

European Parliament condemns Orbán’s meeting with Putin

Reprisal of Hungarian prime minister was included in a resolution to reaffirm strong support for Ukraine.

July 17, 2024 4:31 pm CET

Charles Michel tells Viktor Orbán he has ‘no role’ representing the EU on the world stage

European Council president responds to Hungarian PM’s note about his “peace missions.”

July 16, 2024 8:22 pm CET

What JD Vance really thinks about Europe

Donald Trump’s pick for vice president is an Orbán fan who thinks Germany is “idiotic” and the U.K. may be an “Islamist” state.

July 16, 2024 2:13 pm CET

Hungary’s gatherings get cold shoulder after Putin visit

At least four countries sent lower-ranking officials in protest to a Tuesday meeting in Budapest, a day after the EU executive told its commissioners to stay home.

July 16, 2024 1:41 pm CET

MEPs call to strip Hungary’s EU voting rights amid Orbán’s ‘peace missions’

The letter is the latest attempt to rein in Budapest’s rogue Council presidency.

July 16, 2024 10:13 am CET

Commissioners should skip Hungary’s meetings, European Commission says

Commission wants to give Hungary the cold shoulder over its erratic use of the EU presidency.

July 15, 2024 7:43 pm CET
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Hungary takes EU to court over media freedom

Court case pits Budapest against the very own institution is it chairing until end 2024.

July 15, 2024 2:02 pm CET

EU to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit

Increasingly exasperated by Viktor Orbán’s obstruction of EU foreign policy, Brussels is contemplating an unprecedented step to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit next month.

July 15, 2024 12:51 am CET

World leaders condemn shooting at Trump rally

Leaders from Israel, Argentina and across Europe offered support for the former U.S. president.

July 14, 2024 6:40 am CET

Trump’s ‘going to solve’ Russia-Ukraine war, says Orbán

Peaceniks unite at Mar-a-Lago summit in Florida.

July 12, 2024 10:28 am CET

Habsburg empire strikes back

Viktor Orbán’s new hard-right group, Patriots for Europe, is a Habsburg coalition that gives the Hungarian leader the European platform he craves.

July 12, 2024 4:00 am CET

NATO allies try to get inside Trump’s head while in Washington

Trump confidants are telling NATO allies there’s nothing to worry about, but that messaging isn’t comforting concerns.

July 11, 2024 9:30 pm CET

NATO’s bad boys: Turkey and Hungary play their own game

Turkey and Hungary are preparing for a Trump presidency and charting their own course in the alliance.

July 11, 2024 6:13 pm CET

Migration is buoying the EU’s declining population. Just don’t tell the far right.

Last year’s figures show that migrant inflows made up for population losses within the bloc.

July 11, 2024 4:59 pm CET

Trump to meet with Orbán in Florida after NATO summit

The conservative allies will sit down at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

July 11, 2024 4:41 pm CET
Unpacked

Orbán: From dissident to Putin’s Hungarian boyar

The prime minister’s self-proclaimed “peace mission 3.0” resembles Mussolini’s generous offers to arbitrate peace negotiations between Hitler — his partner in the Pact of Steel — and Britain and France.

July 11, 2024 4:00 am CET

EU fumes at rogue Orbán, but struggles to rein him in

Brussels is annoyed with Budapest, but Hungary’s leader seems to know exactly how far he can go without drawing real consequences.

July 11, 2024 4:00 am CET
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