Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that European leaders must acknowledge the need to change their strategy regarding Ukraine.
Kyiv has repeatedly asked Hungary to refrain from manipulating the topic of the war in Ukraine, particularly in light of Budapest's "Christmas truce" proposal. Source: Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesperson for Ukraine's Foreign Ministry,
Economic cooperation between Hungary and Russia is continuing despite the war in Ukraine and the European Union's intention to implement further sanctions. Russia is supporting, among other things, the construction of Hungarian nuclear power plant blocks.
With his appointment as ambassador to Hungary, Fedir Shandor, known for his frontline teaching, strengthens ties between Ukraine and Hungary.
More and more voices are heard, and in Russia, and among Russia's friends abroad — when will there be such a reaction of the military leadership of the Russian Federation so that the enemy really feels the anger of the Russians.
Hungary, which maintains close ties with Moscow despite Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has consistently criticized EU sanctions against Russia and blocked initiatives to provide military aid to Kyiv.
By Tamas Csonka in Budapest Pro-Kremlin Hungary has once again vetoed the European Union's (EU) allocation of €6.5bn to member states supplying weapons to Ukraine. Budapest also blocked sanctions targeting Georgian police chiefs over violence against pro-Western demonstrators,
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa held a press conference at the end of the last EU summit of
Slovakia's main gas buyer SPP and groups from Hungary, Austria and Italy warned the European Commission on Tuesday of the risks of an end to natural gas transit via Ukraine, as EU officials kept out of talks aimed at keeping Russian gas flowing.
The central banks of Hungary, Serbia and Ukraine have all made monetary policy decisions over the past week. The central bank of Hungary (MNB) held its policy rate at 6.5% today (December 17).