Hungary has withheld its consent to extend EU sanctions against Russia at the meeting of EU ambassadors on January 24. EU Foreign Ministers will gather on Monday, 27 January, to vote on the issue, but if no agreement is reached by the end of the month,

HOW CONCERNED should Europe be at the rise of Herbert Kickl, the leader of Austria’s hard-right Freedom Party, the FPö? Following the collapse of attempts by the country’s centrist politicians to keep him out of power after his party came top at an election last September (though with only 29% of the vote),

Topigs Norsvin has appointed László Pecze as director of Topigs Norsvin Central Europe. Pecze started his new position on January 23 and reports to Arno van de Laar, regional director (Europe). Topigs Norsvin Central Europe is based in Budaörs, near Budapest, Hungary, and is active in 14 countries in the region.

As Magyar Nemzet reported, Hungary blocked the extension of sanctions against Russia, putting significant pressure on European Union decision-makers. Prime Minister Viktor Orban made it clear that Hungary's support is conditional on the resumption of natural gas and oil transit through Ukraine, which has been halted in recently.

The nationalist premier, a long-time Trump supporter, envisages a "golden era" for relations between the US and EU member state Hungary under Trump's presidency.

An attack on a TurkStream compressor station should be considered as an attack on the sovereignty of gas-receiving countries, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó said on his social m

Is this really the end of Russia’s gas influence? We examine the implications for Ukraine, Russia and Europe of Ukraine’s decision to halt to the transit of Russian gas through its territory.

Az ezt tartalmazó rendelet megjelent a Magyar Közlönyben.

The TurkStream gas pipeline is the last one supplying Russian resources to Europe. Reports of its possible destruction have caused concern not only in the Kremlin but also in Budapest and Bratislava.

Ensuring the security of gas supplies would be impossible without TurkStream, so the pipeline must be protected at all costs, Péter Szijjártó said.

Hungarian communities living in the remoter diaspora can count on the Hungarian government, Lőrinc Nacsa, the state secretary for Hungarian communities abroad, said in a statement made prior to the commencement of the Hungarian Ball in Zurich on Saturday.