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Péter Magyar waves the Hungarian flag at Tisza party's supermajority victory rally in Budapest, 12 April 2026

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Russia retaliates after Hungary expels 10 diplomats, deepening Budapest-Moscow rift since Orbán’s ouster

The diplomatic tit-for-tat comes as Hungary’s new government takes a markedly different approach to Russia and Ukraine from Viktor Orbán’s 16-year tenure.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Ukraine files a minority-schooling bill, and Hungary agrees to unblock two of its EU-accession clusters

The Rada plans to vote on 12 October, and under the deal, Hungary is to stop blocking two EU-accession clusters once the bill is law.

byTaisiia Vivdych

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Ukraine and Hungary have a rare moment of cooperation, agreeing to build fuel storage beyond Russia’s reach

The planned storage facilities in Hungary near the Ukrainian border will help Ukraine diversify fuel supplies as Russia continues attacking energy infrastructure.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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EU sanctions rollover stalls over Russian oligarch Usmanov as Paris backs Bratislava’s demand to delist him

Ambassadors broke up with no agreement on renewing the measures, and they have one sitting left before every restriction on the list runs out on its own.

byYuri Zoria

Aerial view of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada building in Kyiv, topped by the Ukrainian flag.

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After years of disputes, Hungary finds common ground with Ukraine—on honoring Soviet deportations from Zakarpattia

A Rada resolution honors thousands who died in a Soviet deportation campaign targeting Hungarian- and German-speaking Zakarpattia residents.

byDaniel Thomas

Stacks of bundled banknotes and nine gold bars arranged on a wooden table.

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Hungary sent commandos to seize Ukraine’s $82 million bank convoy. Its investigators now say they have found no crime

Hungarian investigators found the seized cash and gold came from a lawful bank deal. Attention has now turned to officials behind the raid.

byDaniel Thomas

Zelenskyy, Magyar, Tusk, and Costa confer around a table during an EU meeting, with one official in black standing at the center.

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Hungary swapped its pro-Russian prime minister. Yet it is still slowing Ukraine’s path to the EU.

Hungary has allowed two stages of Ukraine’s EU talks to open while holding up the other four. Péter Magyar is no Viktor Orbán, but years of anti-Ukraine politics might still make blocking Kyiv safer than helping it.

byDaniel Thomas

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before an EU leaders’ meeting in Brussels.

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Hungary votes to remove Orbán-loyal president as Magyar dismantles Fidesz system

The constitutional amendment targets Tamás Sulyok and caps lawmakers’ tenure at 12 years. Magyar’s break with Orbán remains sharper at home than on Ukraine.

byDaniel Thomas

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Ukraine’s closest ally refuses to lift its grain embargo on Ukraine

The new EU-Ukraine trade agreement should erase all unilateral restrictions from November, yet Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary hold on to their own bans.

byYuri Zoria

Russians demonstrating in the Immortal Regiment march in Paris, with banners unfurled, 9 May 2025

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France pivots on visas for Russians, shutting application shortcuts as EU crackdown spreads

Paris reverses course months after posting the EU's steepest rise in Russian visa issuance.

byDaniel Thomas

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Back to business: Hungary again blocks Ukraine’s EU accession – Kyiv’s mid-July deadline now at risk

Budapest opposed sending a joint EU letter to the European Council and Commission, a move requiring unanimous consent from all 27 member states.

byMaria Tril

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Hungary again stalls key EU move on Ukraine and Moldova membership negotiations

Ukraine and Moldova’s EU membership path faces renewed uncertainty after Hungary stalled a key unanimous procedural move required to continue accession negotiations, according to EU diplomats.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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EU leaders agree to renew Russia sanctions for a full year for the first time as Bulgaria’s pro-Russian leader vows to veto the next batch

Rumen Radev wants the Russian oil company that runs his country's only refinery struck from the list, and he objects to sanctions on a Russian Orthodox bishop.

byYuri Zoria

hungary's anti-corruption watchdog says orbán's former inner circle prosecuted over billions missing eu funds · post hungarian then-prime minister viktor orban prior delivering speech during spring session parliament budapest hungary

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Hungary’s anti-corruption watchdog says Orbán’s former inner circle should be prosecuted over billions in missing EU funds

Péter Magyar is trying to convince Brussels that Hungary can be trusted with more than €10 billion in cash frozen over rule-of-law concerns.

byYuri Zoria

peter magyar speaking at the european parliament

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Sybiha hails new page in Ukraine-Hungary relations as Cyprus launches first EU cluster procedure

The foreign minister credited Budapest's constructive engagement after a minority-rights deal cleared a two-year veto on Kyiv's path to Brussels.

byMaria Tril

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Money Matters

Hungary unblocks $7.7 billion in EU arms payments after dropping two-year veto on Ukraine aid

Prime Minister Péter Magyar's cabinet reversed a Viktor Orbán-era block, with the immediate sum a first tranche of more than €40 billion in queued claims.

byMaria Tril

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Voted out and facing investigators, Orbán could reach for UN cover, sources say

Hungary's new government has vowed to probe his regime, and a senior UN role's immunity would blunt that threat, VSquare reports.

byYuri Zoria

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EU will return to buying Russian gas once war ends, new Hungarian PM Magyar predicts

The new prime minister told Rzeczpospolita the calculation is set by competitiveness and geography, contrary to the bloc's three-year phase-out plan.

byMaria Tril

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International

Hungary’s new government summons Russian envoy after strike on Zakarpattia

Russia hit the Hungarian-bordering Ukrainian region with drones, days after Magyar's government took office.

byAlexander Moisseenko

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Hungary hands back the Oshchadbank cash and gold the Orbán regime grabbed in March

All cash and bullion held by Hungarian special services for two months are back on Ukrainian soil, the president confirmed on 6 May.

byYuri Zoria

Hungary

Russia retaliates after Hungary expels 10 diplomats, deepening Budapest-Moscow rift since Orbán’s ouster

Ukraine files a minority-schooling bill, and Hungary agrees to unblock two of its EU-accession clusters

Ukraine and Hungary have a rare moment of cooperation, agreeing to build fuel storage beyond Russia’s reach

EU sanctions rollover stalls over Russian oligarch Usmanov as Paris backs Bratislava’s demand to delist him

After years of disputes, Hungary finds common ground with Ukraine—on honoring Soviet deportations from Zakarpattia

Hungary sent commandos to seize Ukraine’s $82 million bank convoy. Its investigators now say they have found no crime

Hungary swapped its pro-Russian prime minister. Yet it is still slowing Ukraine’s path to the EU.

Hungary votes to remove Orbán-loyal president as Magyar dismantles Fidesz system

Ukraine’s closest ally refuses to lift its grain embargo on Ukraine

France pivots on visas for Russians, shutting application shortcuts as EU crackdown spreads

Back to business: Hungary again blocks Ukraine’s EU accession – Kyiv’s mid-July deadline now at risk

Hungary again stalls key EU move on Ukraine and Moldova membership negotiations

EU leaders agree to renew Russia sanctions for a full year for the first time as Bulgaria’s pro-Russian leader vows to veto the next batch

Hungary’s anti-corruption watchdog says Orbán’s former inner circle should be prosecuted over billions in missing EU funds

Sybiha hails new page in Ukraine-Hungary relations as Cyprus launches first EU cluster procedure

Hungary unblocks $7.7 billion in EU arms payments after dropping two-year veto on Ukraine aid

Voted out and facing investigators, Orbán could reach for UN cover, sources say

EU will return to buying Russian gas once war ends, new Hungarian PM Magyar predicts

Hungary’s new government summons Russian envoy after strike on Zakarpattia

Hungary hands back the Oshchadbank cash and gold the Orbán regime grabbed in March

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