Hungary

Orban’s foreign minister Szijjarto faces up to 3 years in bribery case

Former Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto is named in an investigation into a possible bribery offense and could face up to three years in prison if convicted, Hungarian news outlet Index reported on Aug. 7.

8 August, 01:25 AM

Hungary stalls expanding Ukraine accession talks until September

The European Council’s Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA), failed July 22 to approve the screening results for negotiation clusters 2 and 3 for Ukraine and Moldova after Hungary refused to endorse them, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing EU sources.

22 July, 10:49 PM

Magyar offered chess grandmaster Judit Polgar Hungary's presidency, but she declined

Hungarian chess grandmaster Judit Polgar declined Prime Minister Péter Magyar's offer to become the country's president, saying she was not ready to take on such responsibility, she wrote on Facebook on July 21.

21 July, 12:37 PM

Hungary considered unblocking two more negotiating clusters for Ukraine

Hungary was weighing whether to unblock two more negotiating clusters in Ukraine's EU accession process, though no final decision has been made, European Pravda reported on July 14, citing its own sources.

14 July, 03:50 PM

Council approves $11.4 billion recovery plan for Hungary

The Council of the EU approved Hungary’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, or RRP, which provides for the allocation of 10 billion euros, or about $11.4 billion, the Council said July 10.

10 July, 06:25 PM

Negotiating clusters: Ukraine and Moldova cannot move forward after Hungary objection

Hungary did not approve the screening results for clusters 2 through 6 for Ukraine and Moldova during a meeting of the EU Council’s Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU, known as COELA, European Pravda reported June 26, citing an EU source.

26 June, 03:43 PM

Hungary delays procedural step for Ukraine and Moldova’s EU accession

Hungary has postponed a key procedural step needed to advance Ukraine and Moldova’s applications for EU membership, Politico reported on June 23, citing two unnamed EU diplomats.

23 June, 11:32 PM

Hungary lifts ban on Ukrainian media in bid to repair ties with Kyiv

Hungary has lifted restrictions on the distribution of Ukrainian media, saying the move is needed to give the Ukrainian community and refugees access to information in their native language and improve relations between the two countries.

20 June, 12:17 PM

Tusk backs Magyar's stance against fast-tracking Ukraine's EU accession

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on June 19 he supported the position of his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Magyar, at the European Council summit that the final communique should not call for fast‑tracking Ukraine’s accession to the EU.

20 June, 12:37 AM

Hungarian PM Magyar orders probe into seized Ukrainian Oschadbank funds

An immediate internal investigation into tax, customs, and counter-terrorism agencies regarding the seizure of Oschadbank funds and gold was ordered by Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar on June 17.

17 June, 02:30 PM

Hungarian foreign minister denounces attack on Orthodox holy site in Kyiv

Hungary condemned Russia's June 15 attack on Kyiv, including damage inflicted on the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán said.

15 June, 05:50 PM

Poland now holds up some of EU’s Ukraine funding

Germany is pressing for all EUR6.6 billion ($7.62 billion) that Hungary had blocked in the European Peace Facility to be transferred to Ukraine, but Poland is currently opposing the move.

10 June, 09:49 PM

Hungary uses artificial intelligence to investigate alleged corruption tied to Orban

Hungary’s anti-corruption agency has developed an artificial intelligence-based model to trace money allegedly misappropriated during the 16 years of rule by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the Financial Times reported on June 9.

9 June, 04:06 PM

Orban's inner circle faces prosecution over billions in missing EU funds — Politico

High-ranking officials from former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government could be linked to the disappearance of billions of euros in EU funds, Politico wrote on June 8.

8 June, 10:04 AM

Hungary backs one-year extension of EU sanctions on Russia

Hungary will support extending European Union sanctions against Russia for another year, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg on June 5.

5 June, 05:18 PM

Budapest, Kyiv reach comprehensive deal on Hungarian minority rights, PM Magyar says

Hungary reached a comprehensive agreement with Ukraine on expanding the language, education, cultural, and political rights of the country’s Hungarian minority, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in a Facebook post on June 3.

3 June, 11:30 PM

Péter Magyar offers Budapest as venue for peace negotiations

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said his country could serve as a venue for negotiations to end Russia’s war against Ukraine and could provide Kyiv with diplomatic support. Magyar made the remarks in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on June 3.

3 June, 06:10 PM

Viktor Orbán accused of ordering raid on Ukrainian cash convoy

The seizure of Ukrainian Oschadbank cash-in-transit officers and funds in March 2026 was a personal decision by then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and there were insufficient legal grounds for the operation, according to an investigation by Telex published on June 3.

3 June, 04:11 PM

Hungary about to lift Ukraine accession veto, report says

Hungary has signaled it will abandon its long-standing opposition to Ukraine’s EU accession, clearing the way for Ukraine and Moldova to begin formal membership talks in the coming days, Politico reported on June 2, citing four diplomats.

2 June, 07:57 PM

Magyar: Kyiv must guarantee language rights for Hungarian minority

Hungarian PM Peter Magyar reiterated his condition for allowing the EU to open accession negotiating cluster with Ukraine: Kyiv first must first guarantee language rights for ethnic Hungarians.

29 May, 09:52 PM

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