In Hungary, Vance backs Orban in last-ditch attempt five days before elections

The American vice president praised the Hungarian prime minister during a rally in Budapest on Tuesday. In power since 2010, the nationalist leader is not the favorite in the April 12 legislative elections.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry provides update on case involving cash-in-transit guards

Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesperson for Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, has outlined the current status of the case regarding Hungary's seizure of cash-in-transit vehicles and the confiscation of cash and gold on 5 March.

By Ulyana Krychkovska

Hungary's Orban plays on energy price fears in re-election bid

Much of Hungary's electoral campaign has centred around energy policy, at least in incumbent Viktor Orban's camp, as he seeks re-election amid the world's worst energy crisis in decades. Orban promises to keep prices low with energy subsidies and warns of unaffordable power bills should he lose. But is it really that simple? He's continued to commit to buying Russian gas, one of only two European nations still exempted from EU policy to wean the bloc off such imports, putting himself at odds ...

By FRANCE24

Ukraine war ‘hardest to solve’, says JD Vance: Inside stalled US-led peace efforts with Russia

JD Vance said the US would “keep on working” to end the war, now entering its fifth year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Russia says some in EU are helping election rivals of Hungary's Orban - The Straits Times

Russia says some in EU are helping election rivals of Hungary's Orban  The Straits Times

Vance says disappointed with EU on Ukraine, Meloni and Orban helped us

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 8 - United States Vice President JD Vance told a think tank close to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest Wednesday that the US had been disappointed by the European Union on Ukraine but both Orban and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni had helped the Trump administration on the issue. "We love Europe and its cultures, the United States is ultimately a 'daughter nation' of the European continent, but we have been disappointed by much of the European political leade...

By ANSA

Hungary and Russia Agreed to Strengthen Economic and Cultural Ties in December Cooperation Plan – Politico

The report comes days before a closely watched election in Hungary, where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is seeking re-election amid a campaign marred by leaks and accusations of foreign interference.

Kremlin says transcript of Putin-Orban call shows Hungarian prime minister as pragmatic and effective politician

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a transcript of a conversation between Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, published by Bloomberg, shows the Hungarian prime minister “from a very pragmatic and effective standpoint.”