BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Friday rebuked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over remarks that Hungary interpreted as a threat against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Zelenskyy alluded Thursday to giving the address of a “certain person” — widely understood to mean Orbán — to Ukrainian troops for a direct talk “in their own language.”

Hungarian Prime Minister continues to pressure Ukraine over Druzhba pipeline Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says that Budapest would suspend the transit of supplies vital to Ukraine until Kyiv resumes operation of the Druzhba oil pipeline.

Orbán is widely seen as the Kremlin's strongest ally in the E.U. and has deepened cooperation with Russia in defiance of the rest of the bloc.

While the Hungarian PM vows to reopen flows through Ukraine “by force,” Ukraine’s leader offers to send soldiers to Budapest to “speak ​with him in their own

Hungary plans to send a ministerial fact-finding mission to Ukraine to investigate damage to the Druzhba pipeline, a key conduit for Russian oil to the landlocked country, according to a decree

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's bet on a battery-driven economic upswing appears to have backfired, with the sector mired in a prolonged downturn and environmental concerns ​coming to the fore shortly before a make-or-break national election.

PM Orban recently posted news about the event on his Facebook page, stating that he had visited Csaba and Albert, two Hungarians from Transcarpathia who had been freed from captivity. They had been victims of forced conscription in Ukraine and sent to the front,

For most of the past 16 years, Viktor Orban’s position as prime minister looked unshakeable. But recently corruption scandals and dismal economic growth have damaged his popularity. In April 2024 Peter Magyar,