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              Hungary

              • Friday, 10 January, 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

                Viktor Orbán, left, and Vladimir Putin in front of Russian flags before giving a joint press statement at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia in July 2024
              • Wednesday, 8 January, 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

                Antal Rogán
              • Saturday, 4 January, 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

                Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán
              • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
                Hungary loses EU funds as economic slump deepens

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

                Viktor Orbán gestures while speaking at a press conference
              • Friday, 20 December, 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

                Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, talks to his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán at a European Council summit in Brussels in March
              • Thursday, 19 December, 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

                In the foreground, at dusk a dark car drives past a statue in front of a four-storey Baroque building with ornate windows, towers and a pitched roof
              • Sunday, 17 November, 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

                BYD car, hungary and china flags
              • Monday, 28 October, 2024
                News in-depthGeorgia
                Georgian opposition dismayed by western response to ‘stolen’ election

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

                Supporters of pro-EU opposition parties in Georgia protest against ‘election fraud’ on Monday
              • Thursday, 24 October, 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

                Peter Magyar, leader of opposition party Tisza (Respect and Freedom)
              • Monday, 21 October, 2024
                Talgo SA
                Spanish train maker Talgo in rival deal talks after Hungary-backed bid

                Company ‘analysing a possible transaction’ with steelmaker Sidenor

                Passengers wait to board an AVE high-speed (Talgo 350) train to Madrid at the Antequera-Santa Ana train station
              • Wednesday, 9 October, 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

                Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
              • Wednesday, 9 October, 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

              • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
                EU sues Hungary over new security law

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

                Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the plenary hall of the Hungarian parliament in Budapest
              • Wednesday, 2 October, 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

                A railway worker watches as a passenger boards a train made by Talgo in Barcelona, Spain
              • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
                EU slashes €200mn of budget payments to Hungary

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

                Viktor Orbán speaks at a press conference in Budapest.
              • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
                News in-depthMiddle East war
                From Taipei to Budapest: the mysterious trail of exploding pagers

                Supply chain of devices involved in audacious attacks in Lebanon spans three continents

                Hsu Ching-Kuang, president of Gold Apollo, speaks to the media outside the company’s office in Taipei on Wednesday
              • Monday, 16 September, 2024
                War in Ukraine
                EU plans to raise up to €40bn in loans for Ukraine without US

                Brussels drafts alternative funding solution to circumvent a Hungary veto on extending Russian assets freeze

                Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Viktor Orban after delivering a press conference in Kyiv. Both men are standing in front of flags, including those of the European Union, Hungary, and Ukraine. Zelensky is wearing a black shirt, while Orban is dressed in a dark suit and green tie.
              • Friday, 13 September, 2024
                War in Ukraine
                Why EU support to Ukraine once again hinges on Hungary Premium content

                Also in this newsletter: Mussolini’s granddaughter leaves Italy’s governing party for being too right-wing

                Viktor Orbán
              • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
                Europe Express
                Why Russian oil and Ukraine spurred Spain to block a Hungarian M&A deal Premium content

                Also in this newsletter: How Brussels can make itself €30bn a year richer

                A logo of Spanish train manufacturer Talgo is displayed at its factory in Las Rosas, Madrid
              • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
                War in Ukraine
                Spain vetoed Hungarian bid for train group ‘over Ukraine concerns’

                Madrid did not want Budapest to acquire Talgo gauge technology that Kyiv needs for its rail system, says official

                The Talgo logo on the side of a high-speed train at Sants station in Barcelona, Spain. In the background, passengers are walking and waiting on the platform.
              • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
                European Union
                Spain blocks Hungarian train bid as ‘national security’ threat

                Madrid says decision based on ‘classified’ concerns over consortium backed by Viktor Orbán

                Outside of a Talgo factory
              • Monday, 19 August, 2024
                Demographics and population
                Why Hungary’s lavish family subsidies failed to spur a baby boom

                The country led by Viktor Orbán spends 5% of GDP on trying to raise birth rates, but increases have levelled off

                Burjan Bence and his wife Julia Scharle play with their three children front of their house in Budakeszi near Budapest
              • Friday, 2 August, 2024
                EU energy
                Hungary rejects Croatian offer for alternative to Russian oil

                Viktor Orbán’s government defies EU pressure to reduce reliance on fossil fuel from Moscow

                Viktor Orbán
              • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
                War in Ukraine
                Brussels tells Hungary and Slovakia to wean themselves off Russian oil

                European Commission rejects complaints that Ukrainian sanctions on Lukoil threaten security of supply

                Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, left, and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán
              • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
                Viktor Orbán
                Hungary’s visa move opens door to Russian spies, warns largest EU party

                Budapest’s decision to loosen restrictions for visitors from Russia is ‘national security’ risk, says European People’s party

                Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin
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