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(MENAFN) Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced Friday that Budapest is holding hostage a €90 billion ($106 billion) EU loan package earmarked for Ukraine, tying its release directly to the restoration of oil flows through the...

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(MENAFN) Hungary has announced it will withhold support for a €90 billion ($106 billion) EU loan to Ukraine until oil deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline are fully restored, according to statements from Hungarian officials. "We are blocking...

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(MENAFN) A senior Russian diplomat accused Ukraine on Thursday of deliberately timing an oil transit halt to coincide with Hungary’s upcoming general elections, framing it as an attempt to influence the vote.

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(MENAFN) Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has branded Ukraine's suspension of Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline as "blatant political blackmail," escalating a bitter energy dispute between Budapest and Kyiv that is now spilling...

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(MENAFN) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed that the EU will provide a contentious loan to Ukraine “one way or the other,” even though Hungary continues to block the funding.

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(MENAFN) Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has publicly designated Ukraine as an adversary following Kiev's push to sever Budapest's access to Russian energy imports.

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(MENAFN) Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban launched a scathing attack Friday against the European Union, alleging the bloc intends to divert funds from Hungarian households to bankroll Ukraine's military operations against Russia.

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(MENAFN) Hungary has filed a lawsuit with the European Union’s highest court seeking to overturn the bloc’s ban on Russian energy supplies, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Hungary has initiated legal action against the European Union's highest judicial body to strike down the bloc's prohibition on Russian energy imports, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto disclosed.

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(MENAFN) Hungary has launched a legal challenge at the EU’s top court to annul the bloc’s ban on Russian energy imports, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced.

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(MENAFN) Another ethnic Hungarian resident of Ukraine has reportedly lost his life due to compulsory military recruitment, according to Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who characterized the current situation as an “open manhunt”...

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(MENAFN) Hungarian prosecutors have moved to fine Budapest’s opposition mayor for encouraging participation in a pride parade last year, which had been banned by police under newly enacted laws.

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(MENAFN) Hungary has initiated a national petition encouraging citizens to tell EU officials they should not be responsible for financing Ukraine or covering higher domestic costs caused by the conflict with Moscow.

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(MENAFN) Hungary plans to take legal action at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) against the EU’s new rules phasing out Russian gas imports, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced on Monday.

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(MENAFN) Hungary plans to take legal action before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) against the EU’s new rules phasing out Russian gas imports, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced on Monday.

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(MENAFN) Massive crowds filled the streets of Budapest on Sunday in support of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

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(MENAFN) Tens of thousands of Hungarians gathered in Budapest on Sunday for competing rallies led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his main challenger, Peter Magyar, just four weeks before tightly contested national elections, as reported by...

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(MENAFN) Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban sharply criticizes Brussels on Monday, claiming Europe is now “run by a German war troika” and accusing top German politicians of pushing war preparations, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, announced Sunday he has accepted Donald Trump's invitation to serve as a founding member of the U.S.-led "Board of Peace for Gaza," a move drawing immediate criticism from both Israeli and...

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(MENAFN) A Ukrainian state-owned financial institution is calling on Hungary to return tens of millions of dollars and gold bars that were confiscated from an armored convoy, which Hungarian authorities claim may be linked to what they have...