Hungary wants the EU to intervene in a gas dispute with Ukraine
3 days ago · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses media during his visit to Bratislava, Slovakia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) ... Orbán said that Ukraine’s decision to cease transiting Russian gas into Central Europe through the Brotherhood pipeline had forced Hungary to turn to alternative routes, which raised energy ...
Orbán’s new threat: I’ll end Russia sanctions unless ... - POLITICO
3 days ago · “Now the issue of extending sanctions is on the agenda, I have put on the handbrake and asked European leaders to understand that this cannot continue,” said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, speaking to state broadcaster Kossuth Radio. “Hungary cannot be made to pay the price of sanctions in such proportions.”
'Playing with fire': Orbán's veto threat puts Brussels on edge
3 days ago · With a key deadline set to expire next week, Viktor Orbán and his deputies have raised the spectre of vetoing EU sanctions against Russia, a move which would upend the bloc's foreign policy.
Orbán names conditions for extending EU sanctions on Russia
3 days ago · Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on state radio that Kiev should reopen the pipeline that was closed at the beginning of the year and had previously transported Russian natural gas to Central ...
Putin ally Orbán claims EU Is trying to overthrow his government
Oct 23, 2024 · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has claimed in a recent speech that the European Union (EU) is trying to overthrow his government and...
Orbán’s Rebellion Against Europe Gains Momentum
Nov 12, 2024 · From the very outset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has systematically disrupted European decisionmaking. His unpredictable positions on geopolitical issues and confrontative comments …
Putin's NATO Ally Has Overplayed His Hand - Newsweek
Jan 25, 2024 · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán—often criticized as a Russian "Trojan horse" within the European Union and NATO, given close and resilient ties between Moscow and Budapest—has long said ...
Who is Viktor Orban, Hungarian PM with 14-year grip on power? - BBC
Feb 13, 2024 · Viktor Orban accused George Soros's civil society groups of "trying secretly and with foreign money to influence Hungarian politics", and the Soros-founded Central European University, set...
Hungary’s nationalist leader warns of EU’s demise and backs …
Jul 27, 2024 · Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says the European Union is sliding toward oblivion in a rambling anti-Western speech in which he warned of a new, Asia-oriented “world order.”
Orbán: ‘If we wait for EU flood aid, we’ll be up to our necks in water’
Sep 19, 2024 · Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is skeptical that his country will receive timely help from the EU following widespread flooding across Central Europe this week. “With all due respect, if we waited for Brussels to bail us out, we’d be up to our necks in water,” the prime minister said at his government’s Thursday morning press conference .