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  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Corporation tax
    France ready to bypass Hungary for global corporate tax deal

    Finance minister Bruno Le Maire pushes for EU workaround to approve minimum tax rate for big companies

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Halting Ukraine war ‘only chance’ to avoid economic crisis, Hungary tells EU

    Budapest urges partners in bloc to rethink approach and promote ceasefire to avoid recession

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    EU economy
    Hungary withdraws support for minimum corporate tax in EU

    Poland gives green light to 15% levy as France continues to lead efforts to seal bloc-wide approval for deal

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    News in-depth
    Hungary’s Orbán loses friends in Poland over stance on Russia sanctions

    Rift shows how Europe’s political order has been changed by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    EU energy
    Brussels ready to propose tariffs on Russian oil as fallback after embargo

    EU leaders agree ban on country’s seaborne oil while granting temporary exemption for pipeline imports to help landlocked states

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    EU energy
    EU leaders agree to ban majority of Russian oil imports

    Embargo contains temporary exemption for supplies delivered via pipeline to bring Hungary on board

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    The Bank of Viktor Orbán

    Hungary’s prime minister has long sought economic influence to match his political power. Now his plan for a three-bank merger is coming to life

  • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
    EU energy
    Europe’s unity ‘crumbling’ on Russia sanctions, Germany warns

    EU struggles to find compromise over plan to impose embargo on buying oil from Moscow

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Orbán levies windfall taxes on business to shore up budget

    Hungary also plans investment cuts as premier wields emergency powers to address ‘economic crisis’

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Orbán declares state of emergency over crisis caused by Ukraine war

    Hungary’s premier will announce measures to be adopted on Wednesday

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Orbán refuses to discuss Russia oil embargo at EU summit

    Letter from Hungary’s prime minister demands more detail from Brussels on alternative sources of fuel

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Europe Express
    No end in sight to Hungary stand-off Premium content

    Oil embargo, rule of law and EU funds are in a Gordian knot

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Hungary’s MOL prepares to move away from Russian oil

    Country’s biggest energy group confirms planning has begun to enable refineries to process alternative crude

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    News in-depthEuropean Union
    EU ‘determined’ to sway Hungary over Russian oil sanctions

    Bloc hits roadblock as it seeks consent of some member states to phase out Moscow’s crude

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    EU energy
    Hungary demands full exemption from Russian oil import ban

    Budapest wants to take pipeline imports out of latest sanctions package altogether

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    EU energy
    EU drops plans to ban shipping of Russian crude in face of opposition

    European Commission struggles to win over Hungary’s Orbán for phased-in curbs on oil imports

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    EU energy
    EU could offer Hungary more time and money to agree to Russia oil ban

    Bloc’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell says sanctions proposals must ‘fit with reality’

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    EU energy
    Hungary in bind over Russian oil as EU pushes embargo

    Alternative supply routes are few and refineries are tooled to process crude from Moscow

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    EU energy
    Orbán says EU unity undermined by Russia oil embargo plan

    Hungary premier claims fresh sanctions package would threaten country’s energy security

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Disrupted Times
    Hungary holds up EU plan to ban Russian oil

    Plus, Fed set to deploy first half-point interest rate rise since 2000 and retail spending in the eurozone falls more than expected

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Veronika Jozwiak
    Hungary loses the trust of its European neighbours

    Viktor Orban’s pro-Russian tendencies in the war in Ukraine are out of line with democracies worldwide

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    EU energy
    EU steps up action on Russian oil sanctions

    Berlin speeds up timetable for phasing out energy imports as Brussels tries to reach deal on toughest measures yet

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    EU rule of law
    EU triggers rule of law procedure against Hungary

    Brussels kick-starts formal process that could lead to withholding of funds

  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    Hungary’s economy poses immediate challenge for Orban after election win

    Veteran leader navigates rising inflation and fiscal challenges as EU row blocks handover of recovery funds

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    Slovenia
    ‘Not a good role model’: Hungary ties weigh on Slovenian leader’s re-election bid

    Premier Janez Jansa’s conservative party faces a tight race against liberal upstarts in Sunday’s election

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