Hungary held $82 million in cash and gold from Ukraine for months. Now, it faces torture complaints in Europe’s top court
Hungarian forces stopped two Oschadbank vehicles in March, carrying cash and gold from Austria to Ukraine.
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For years, Hungary tied Ukraine’s whole EU course to ethnic Hungarians’ language rights. Kyiv has now passed the schooling law meant to lift the block
Hungary had blocked four stages of Ukraine’s membership process over the matter.
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.
EU just held its first summit without Orbán, and discovered his obstruction was covering deeper divisions
Without him in the room, diplomats acknowledged behind closed doors that Orbán had long absorbed the blame for conflicts that were never really his alone.
Russia bombed the pipeline. Hungary blocked the loan. Ukraine is about to pay for both to unblock.
The timeline firms up: oil Tuesday, veto lift midweek, Brussels vote Wednesday. Kyiv’s financing through 2027 hinges on all three.
Politico: Fico is first in line for Orbán’s disruptor crown — but Brussels has four more leaders to worry about
Fico threatened to veto Ukraine's €90 billion loan. Babiš demanded a carveout. Meloni told leaders she understood Orbán. Radev called Ukraine doomed. Janša is the only one who supports Kyiv — and he may not even form a government.
Magyar’s victory: what it unlocks for Ukraine—and where it stops short
Hungary's new prime minister can now rewrite the constitution. He's made clear he won't rewrite everything.
EU hands Hungary’s new leader 27 conditions. One of them is unlocking €90 billion for Ukraine
The other conditions span anti-corruption measures and the reversal of Orbán-era decisions found to violate EU rules.
Trump’s and Putin’s ally Orbán ousted after 16 years as Magyar wins two-thirds majority and promises Hungary’s return to Europe
Magyar's supermajority gives Tisza the votes to reverse the constitutional changes Orbán made after winning his own first two-thirds majority in 2010
Serbia clears Ukraine—no link to pipeline sabotage amid Hungary elections
The explosives had US markings, which Serbia's military chief noted proves nothing about who planted them.
TurkStream pipeline explosives in Serbia are “most probably” a Russian false-flag operation aimed at Hungary’s election, Ukraine says
Explosives were found one week before Hungary's 12 April elections — Hungarian opposition leader and security experts had publicly predicted the operation days earlier.
Inside the EU parliament: the bloc Ukraine wants to join is already fracturing
A Baltic MEP on Hungary’s veto, Europe's war fatigue, and why the bloc Ukraine wants to join is already splitting apart.
Five weapons, 57 days: how Budapest escalated against Ukraine after one Russian drone strike
Kyiv’s Foreign Ministry says gas imports from Hungary haven’t stopped yet—and that Ukraine has contingency plans ready.
The Hungary-Ukraine crisis, explained
One Russian drone, five fronts, seven weeks—seized gold, deployed troops, blocked billions, and a pipeline Russia bombed
How you rob a bank convoy in the EU: Be Hungary, bring an APC and machine guns, deport bank couriers, keep cash and gold as “evidence”
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says Hungary returned the seven couriers and kept $40 million, €35 million, and 9 kg of gold — held as "evidence" in a criminal case with no named suspect.
Zelenskyy tells Macron Ukrainian forces held all key defensive lines this winter, urges Europe to deliver on €90 bn promise
Expertise in shooting down Russo-Iranian Shahed drones could anchor a new, more effective collective security framework for partners across Europe and the Gulf, the Ukrainian President said.
Orbán’s Hungary robbed Ukraine’s state bank of $82 million — Oschadbank launches international legal fight to recover it
The Ukrainian state-owned bank confirmed the shipment was conducted under a valid international agreement with Raiffeisen Bank Austria, fully documented under European customs procedures, and carried by employees with up to 21 years' service.
Hungary releases Ukrainian bank couriers after Kyiv calls detention “hostage-taking” and threatens sanctions
Budapest held seven Oschadbank employees and two armored vehicles for over a day – Kyiv said it’s tied to Orbán's election campaign.
Hungary took the oil, thanked nobody, and blamed the country that sent it
MOL’s chairman says Ukraine pumped oil through Druzhba to stop a fire. Hungary accepted every barrel.
Ukraine won’t fix Druzhba pipeline—EU asks for repairs while planning to ban Russian oil anyway
Russia attacks repair crews. Why rebuild what Moscow keeps destroying?