Hungary

Kremlin-friendly Hungary urges Ukraine to seek ceasefire with Russia

Leaders to discuss peace in Europe and Hungarian-Ukrainian bilateral relations

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban launches right-wing alliance to resist ‘Brussels elite’

Fidesz party combines with Austria’s Freedom Party and Czech ANO protest group as Hungary assumes six-month EU presidency

EU to ‘circumvent’ Hungary to unblock military aid for Ukraine

Josep Borrell says €1.4 billion in profits from frozen Russian assets earmarked for Ukraine cannot get ‘stuck’

Netherlands leader Rutte poised to become Nato general secretary

Outgoing Dutch PM must secure unanimous support from all 32 members of military alliance to succeed Jens Stoltenberg

‘Come back to me when you have an idea nobody has ever attempted before’

My five-year-old and I are heading home to Hungary after a weekend visiting family in Lucan. Our bag is full of chocolate and paints

Deadly missile strike on eastern Ukraine as allies pledge more air defence aid

Volodymyr Zelenskiy to attend G7 summit and sign security pact with US leader Joe Biden

European Greens willing to join majority backing Ursula von der Leyen

Hungarian prime minister says fractured right-wing parties could become second biggest grouping following European elections

European Commission satisfied with initial Ukraine EU membership reforms

Push to start EU membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova before end of June

Ukraine says Russia’s Kharkiv attack blocked as heavy battles fought in Donetsk

Kremlin-friendly Hungary seeks opt-out from Nato efforts to help Ukraine

China’s Xi Jinping receives red carpet treatment in Hungary

Central European country has received billions in Chinese investment and hosts Huawei’s largest base outside China

Rowing back on climate actions ‘worst thing for this country to do’, says Eamon Ryan

Leaked European Council draft document on bloc’s five-year strategic agenda condemned by green groups

Hungarian sex abuse scandal hits close to home for Viktor Orban

Cover-up of paedophilia at orphanage near prime minister’s village dents reputation and leads to rise of internal challenger

Ukrainian refugees should consider going home to aid war effort, says Kyiv’s top diplomat

Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba thanks Ireland for giving refuge to more than 100,000 Ukrainians

Sweden overcomes final hurdle to join Nato in historic shift

Vote in Hungarian parliament opens way for Stockholm to enter US-led defence alliance as soon as this week

Sweden set to join Nato as Hungary prepares to remove final barrier to membership

PMs of both countries meet days before Hungarian parliament expected to vote in favour of Nordic country joining alliance

Hungarian president resigns over sex abuse case pardon

Katalin Novak pardoned a man convicted of helping to cover up sexual abuse in a children’s home

Brussels summit: Hungary folds on its veto on €50bn Ukraine package, with little to show for it

Viktor Orban appeared to achieve little at Brussels summit but earn the ire of his fellow EU leaders

Security an increasing focus for Baltic region as Sweden moves step closer to Nato membership

Weeks after Vladimir Putin threatened ‘problems for Finland’, the Russian leader is very present in this weekend’s Finish presidential election

Turkish parliament approves Sweden’s Nato membership

Hungary now remains the only member of the alliance still to ratify the Nordic country’s integration

A highly contagious, psychosomatic malady called Ukraine fatigue is threatening the West

If we give up on Ukraine and allow Putin to claim something he can characterise as victory, the results will be catastrophic

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