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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      News in-depthSlovakia
      Illegal migration wave raises tensions ahead of Slovak elections

      Hungarian leader accused of allowing people to cross into Slovakia to boost anti-immigrant politician Robert Fico

      Six men sit on the ground with some of their belongings in plastic bags. Houses and mist can be seen in the background
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Hungarians in Ukraine turn against Viktor Orbán

      Ethnic minority disavows Hungarian leader over his pro-Russia stance

      Ethnic Hungarian small farmers sell their goods at the Saturday market in Uzhgorod, western Ukraine on July 15 2023
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      Hungary
      US tightens travel rules for Hungarians over ‘security vulnerabilities’

      Washington curbs Esta visa waiver scheme amid concerns about identity checks for citizenship applicants

      The US embassy in Budapest
    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Budapest denies consular access to Ukrainian war prisoners

      Prisoner transfer seen as provocation amid worsening relations between Hungary and Ukraine

      Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban at lecturns
    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Hungary
      Hungary quits Russian-controlled investment bank in Orbán U-turn

      US had placed International Investment Bank under sanctions for allegedly enabling Moscow’s ‘malign influence activities’

      The International Investment Bank’s headquarters in Budapest
    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Nato
      Hungary approves Finland’s Nato membership in westward pivot

      Prime Minister Viktor Orbán starts turning his back on Russia as businesses seek to diversify

      Viktor Orban
    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      News in-depthHungary
      Orbán expands his grip to Hungary’s military and defence industry

      Budapest’s ambivalence on Russia and deteriorating US ties cause concern among Nato allies

      Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán addresses new troops in Budapest
    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Hungary
      Orbán comes under Nato scrutiny over purge of military top brass

      Budapest says there is no hidden agenda behind the cull of senior officers

      Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, chief of staff Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi  and defence minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky in Petofi Sandor Military Barracks in Budapest
    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      Hungary
      Hungary’s soaring inflation puts squeeze on Viktor Orbán

      Populist leader faces struggle to assuage growing discontent with pre-election generosity

      Demonstrating teachers in Budapest
    • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: geopolitics
      Bad blood between Hungary and Ukraine undermines EU unity on Russia

      Budapest’s energy dependence on Moscow and mistrust of Kyiv complicate the bloc’s approach to the conflict

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Corruption scandal risks fracturing pro-EU majority in parliament Premium content

      Political groups are at each other’s throats over Qatargate

      Manfred Weber gives a statement at the European Parliament
    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      EU agrees to unlock €18bn Ukraine aid package as Hungary drops veto

      Wider political deal includes approval for minimum corporate tax in EU and Budapest having possible access to recovery funds

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Hungary
      Hungary blocks €18bn worth of EU aid for Ukraine

      Brussels in turn delays €5.8bn of Budapest Covid recovery funds for move seen as ‘low point’ in Orbán’s foreign policy

      Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán
    • Saturday, 12 November, 2022
      Europe Express
      Hungary and the EU edge towards a deal on money and the rule of law Premium content

      Prime minister Orbán says his country needs to act like a lion, snake and dove to defend its interests

      Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán arrives at the first day of a Special European Summit on Ukraine at the European Council, in Brussels
    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
      Orbán says only Trump can end Ukraine war

      Hungarian prime minister calls for direct talks between US and Russia on resolving the conflict

      Viktor Orbán with Donald Trump in 2019
    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      Energy crisis
      Orbán lashes out at German ‘bombshell’ energy package

      Hungarian premier joins EU leaders upset at lack of bloc-wide solution

      Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán addresses a press conference on Monday
    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Germany joins Poland and Baltics in push for harsher Russia sanctions

      EU hawks want more Russian banks forced off Swift system and action on key commodities following Putin’s escalation

      Vladimir Putin gestures while delivering a speech
    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The EU should press Hungary hard on rule of law

      Potential freeze on €7.5bn of funds gives the bloc serious bargaining power

      Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban
    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Hungary
      Orbán adviser resigns after Hungarian premier’s ‘mixed race’ speech

      Backlash grows against PM as Holocaust survivors group calls his comments ‘stupid and dangerous’

      Viktor Orbán walks to talk to the media
    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Hungary
      Hungary’s economic woes force Viktor Orbán to bow to EU and investors

      Prime minister scales back energy subsidies and tax breaks, and offers concessions on fighting corruption

      Demonstrators in Budapest hold a protest
    • Sunday, 10 July, 2022
      Hungary
      Hungary seeks to unlock €15bn Covid recovery funding with new concessions

      Budapest accepts changes to financial and legislative rules as Orbán pivots away from blaming delay on clash over anti-LGBTQ laws

      Viktor Orbán
    • 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

      Balázs Orbán says there will soon be ‘more rationality’ on the Ukraine conflict
    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      News in-depthHungary
      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

      Activists impersonate Russia’s president Vladimir Putin and Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán during a protest in Warsaw, Poland
    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and his ‘superbank’

      The autocratic prime minister is looking to increase his financial control over the country

    • 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

      Montage with a profile image of Viktor Orban set into the logo of Hungarian Bankholding against a backdrop of overlapping Hungarian forint banknotes
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