• April 3 2025
  Hungary to leave ICC as Netanyahu meets Orbán in Budapest

  Israeli PM visits European nation that is defying EU partners and Nato allies over international justice

  
• March 30 2025
  Israel-Hamas war

  Orbán to host Netanyahu in defiance of ICC arrest order

  Five-day visit to Hungary this week will be Israeli leader’s first since warrant to member of international court

  
• March 20 2025
  Europe Express

  Hungary breaks with the EU by seeking to turn Ukraine into ‘buffer zone’ Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: Brussels’ plan to tighten carbon border taxes

  
• March 14 2025
  War in Ukraine

  EU to remove 4 Russian nationals from sanctions list

  Decision follows Hungary’s threat to block restrictions on more than 2,000 individuals sanctioned over Ukraine war

  
• March 13 2025
  Mikhail Fridman

  Hungary threatens to cancel sanctions on 2,000 Russians unless EU exempts Mikhail Fridman

  Travel restrictions and asset freeze orders are due to expire on Saturday

  
• February 12 2025
  German election

  Far-right AfD is ‘future’ of Germany, says Hungary’s Orbán

  Hungarian leader mends ties with Alice Weidel 10 days before German elections

  
• January 27 2025
  EU foreign policy

  EU renews Russia sanctions after Hungary drops veto threat

  Budapest’s U-turn follows Donald Trump’s warning to Moscow that it could face more curbs unless it ends war ‘soon’

  
• January 24 2025
  Viktor Orbán

  Hungary threatens to disrupt Russia sanctions unless Ukraine reopens gas transit

  Viktor Orbán floats new demand as EU rushes to renew restrictions on Moscow

  
• January 24 2025
  Europe Express

  How Hungary keeps holding the EU sanctions against Russia hostage Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: Why the prospects of Ireland’s new government are cloudy

  
• January 23 2025
  Hungary will welcome Netanyahu despite ICC warrant, minister says

  Péter Szijjártó’s comment comes as other countries signal ambivalence about arresting Israeli PM

  
• January 10 2025
  EU eastern tensions

  Hungarian energy bid under review over Russia concerns, says Romanian minister

  Bucharest could mirror Spain’s recent decision to block a takeover on security grounds, says Sebastian Burduja

  
• January 8 2025
  US imposes sanctions on Orbán’s chief of staff for alleged corruption

  Antal Rogán is Hungary’s highest-ranking official added to Treasury list since fall of communism

  
• January 4 2025
  Europe Express

  Trump’s shadow looms over Hungary and Poland Premium content

  Dealing with the next US administration will test Warsaw as it replaces Budapest in the EU’s rotating presidency

  
• December 31 2024
  Hungary loses EU funds as economic slump deepens

  Rift with Brussels has led to Budapest having €19bn worth of support frozen

  
• December 20 2024
  EU eastern tensions

  Poland and Hungary spar over fugitive ex-minister

  Warsaw threatens legal action after Budapest grants asylum to PiS lawmaker facing arrest for alleged fraud

  
• December 19 2024
  Architecture

  Viktor Orbán and the rebuilding of Budapest

  A programme of retro architecture in Hungary’s capital reflects nostalgia for a country at the peak of its power

  
• November 17 2024
  News in-depth

  Orbán turns to China to boost recession-hit economy

  Hungary has captured more than a quarter of Chinese capital flowing into Europe since 2022

  
• October 28 2024
  News in-depthGeorgia

  Georgian opposition dismayed by western response to ‘stolen’ election

  Pro-European protest fills streets of Tbilisi denouncing alleged vote fraud

  
• October 24 2024
  Hungary’s opposition overtakes Orbán’s party for first time in decades

  Tisza upstart catches up with ruling Fidesz party months after it was founded, opinion polls show

  
• October 21 2024
  Talgo SA

  Spanish train maker Talgo in rival deal talks after Hungary-backed bid

  Company ‘analysing a possible transaction’ with steelmaker Sidenor

  
• October 9 2024
  Europe Express

  Viktor Orbán meets his domestic nemesis in Strasbourg Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: The EU’s €35bn Ukraine loan moves from idea to implementation

  
• October 9 2024
  FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

  India’s belated oil rush

  India hurries to extract oil before the sun sets on the fossil fuel industry

  
• October 3 2024
  EU sues Hungary over new security law

  Brussels says Viktor Orbán’s government violates bloc’s rules on privacy and freedom of expression

  
• October 2 2024
  Spanish politics

  Hungarian investors accuse Spain of breaking EU law over rail deal veto

  Madrid blocked sale of Spanish trainmaker Talgo for political reasons, says Ganz-MáVag chief

  
• September 18 2024
  EU slashes €200mn of budget payments to Hungary

  Brussels launches procedure against Viktor Orbán’s government after it misses deadline to pay fines