Hungary
26 Jan
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Friday he would "not negotiate" with Hungary over Sweden's NATO bid despite Budapest now the sole holdout after Turkey's ratification.
18 Jan
The European Parliament on Thursday passed a resolution paving the way for possible legal action against the EU's executive arm over the release of 10 billion euros ($11 billion) in frozen funds to Hungary. The European Commission unlocked the money for Budapest last month as Brussels looked to win Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's backing…
21 Dec
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday that "some kind of disease is eating away" at Western democracies, evoking former US president Donald Trump's legal woes and Poland's reform of state media. The nationalist leader, who has frequent run-ins with Brussels over rule-of-law and other issues, said he saw "strange things in the Western…
15 Dec
Russia congratulated Hungary on Friday for blocking EU financial aid to Ukraine at a Brussels summit that nonetheless saw EU leaders overcome Budapest's opposition to agree Kyiv starting membership talks.
17 Nov
At least 33 police officers and 24 football fans were injured in clashes on the sidelines of Bulgaria's Euro 2024 qualifier against Hungary, which ended in a 2-2 draw, authorities said Friday.
26 Sep 2023
A Hungarian court sentenced a Ukrainian cruise captain to five years in prison Tuesday for his involvement in a collision on the Danube River in 2019 that left 27 people dead.
22 Jun 2023
The EU's top court ruled on Thursday that Hungary had failed to fulfil its obligations under the bloc's law by "unduly hindering" people from seeking asylum.
16 Jun 2023
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban blasted the EU's plan to share hosting of asylum seekers more equitably Friday, comparing it to wartime deportations.
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