Hungary's prime minister says sanctions issued by the United States last week against a powerful Hungarian official have “strengthened” that official’s standing within the populist government.

Russia has long used its plentiful energy resources as a tool to exert control over the region, where independence from Russian energy is tied to political sovereignty.

If the Hungarian side prioritizes strengthening Russia over the EU and the United States, it should acknowledge this openly,’ argues Foreign Ministry - Anadolu Ajansı

Tensions between Ukraine and Hungary over the war with Russia and the expired gas transit deal continue to increase online.

The European Commission intends to propose sanctions against Russia that will, for the first time, avoid a veto by Hungary and Slovakia. Source: correspondent of the Polish RMF FM radio station, as reported by European Pravda Details: Sanctions are ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, his press secretary has said. Orbán, a long-standing ally of Trump, had been invited to attend the 20 January ceremony in Washington DC, along with other right-wing world leaders, including Javier Milei of Argentina and Giorgia Meloni of Italy.

Ukraine’s decision to end the gas transit deal with Russian energy giant Gazprom has been hailed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as one of Moscow’s biggest defeats. Today, the transit of Russian gas is zero.

Hungary’s prime minister says sanctions issued by the United States last week against a powerful Hungarian official have “strengthened” that official’s standing within the populist government

Hungary has not yet decided whether to support the rollover of European Union sanctions on Russia due at the end of this month and believes the EU should decide on the matter only after consulting with the incoming Trump administration,

Russian leader Vladimir Putin's allies in Hungary and Slovakia are increasingly facing backlash for their pro-Moscow stance.

Ukraine launched a drone attack on a compressor station in Russia targeting the TurkStream pipeline, the last route for Russian gas to Europe, but Russia claims to have repelled the attack.