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Hungary

  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
    Hungary loses EU funds as economic slump deepens

    Rift with Brussels has led to Budapest having €19bn worth of support frozen

    Viktor Orbán gestures while speaking at a press conference
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    EU eastern tensions
    Poland and Hungary spar over fugitive ex-minister

    Warsaw threatens legal action after Budapest grants asylum to PiS lawmaker facing arrest for alleged fraud

    Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, talks to his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán at a European Council summit in Brussels in March
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Architecture
    Viktor Orbán and the rebuilding of Budapest

    A programme of retro architecture in Hungary’s capital reflects nostalgia for a country at the peak of its power

    In the foreground, at dusk a dark car drives past a statue in front of a four-storey Baroque building with ornate windows, towers and a pitched roof
  • Sunday, 17 November, 2024
    News in-depth
    Orbán turns to China to boost recession-hit economy

    Hungary has captured more than a quarter of Chinese capital flowing into Europe since 2022

    BYD car, hungary and china flags
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    News in-depthGeorgia
    Georgian opposition dismayed by western response to ‘stolen’ election

    Pro-European protest fills streets of Tbilisi denouncing alleged vote fraud

    Supporters of pro-EU opposition parties in Georgia protest against ‘election fraud’ on Monday
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Hungary’s opposition overtakes Orbán’s party for first time in decades

    Tisza upstart catches up with ruling Fidesz party months after it was founded, opinion polls show

    Peter Magyar, leader of opposition party Tisza (Respect and Freedom)
  • Monday, 21 October, 2024
    Talgo SA
    Spanish train maker Talgo in rival deal talks after Hungary-backed bid

    Company ‘analysing a possible transaction’ with steelmaker Sidenor

    Passengers wait to board an AVE high-speed (Talgo 350) train to Madrid at the Antequera-Santa Ana train station
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Europe Express
    Viktor Orbán meets his domestic nemesis in Strasbourg Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: The EU’s €35bn Ukraine loan moves from idea to implementation

    Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    India’s belated oil rush

    India hurries to extract oil before the sun sets on the fossil fuel industry

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    EU sues Hungary over new security law

    Brussels says Viktor Orbán’s government violates bloc’s rules on privacy and freedom of expression

    Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the plenary hall of the Hungarian parliament in Budapest
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Spanish politics
    Hungarian investors accuse Spain of breaking EU law over rail deal veto

    Madrid blocked sale of Spanish trainmaker Talgo for political reasons, says Ganz-MáVag chief

    A railway worker watches as a passenger boards a train made by Talgo in Barcelona, Spain
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    EU slashes €200mn of budget payments to Hungary

    Brussels launches procedure against Viktor Orbán’s government after it misses deadline to pay fines

    Viktor Orbán speaks at a press conference in Budapest.
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    From Taipei to Budapest: the mysterious trail of exploding pagers

    Supply chain of devices involved in audacious attacks in Lebanon spans three continents

    Hsu Ching-Kuang, president of Gold Apollo, speaks to the media outside the company’s office in Taipei on Wednesday
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    EU plans to raise up to €40bn in loans for Ukraine without US

    Brussels drafts alternative funding solution to circumvent a Hungary veto on extending Russian assets freeze

    Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Viktor Orban after delivering a press conference in Kyiv. Both men are standing in front of flags, including those of the European Union, Hungary, and Ukraine. Zelensky is wearing a black shirt, while Orban is dressed in a dark suit and green tie.
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Why EU support to Ukraine once again hinges on Hungary Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Mussolini’s granddaughter leaves Italy’s governing party for being too right-wing

    Viktor Orbán
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why Russian oil and Ukraine spurred Spain to block a Hungarian M&A deal Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: How Brussels can make itself €30bn a year richer

    A logo of Spanish train manufacturer Talgo is displayed at its factory in Las Rosas, Madrid
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Spain vetoed Hungarian bid for train group ‘over Ukraine concerns’

    Madrid did not want Budapest to acquire Talgo gauge technology that Kyiv needs for its rail system, says official

    The Talgo logo on the side of a high-speed train at Sants station in Barcelona, Spain. In the background, passengers are walking and waiting on the platform.
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    European Union
    Spain blocks Hungarian train bid as ‘national security’ threat

    Madrid says decision based on ‘classified’ concerns over consortium backed by Viktor Orbán

    Outside of a Talgo factory
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    Demographics and population
    Why Hungary’s lavish family subsidies failed to spur a baby boom

    The country led by Viktor Orbán spends 5% of GDP on trying to raise birth rates, but increases have levelled off

    Burjan Bence and his wife Julia Scharle play with their three children front of their house in Budakeszi near Budapest
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    EU energy
    Hungary rejects Croatian offer for alternative to Russian oil

    Viktor Orbán’s government defies EU pressure to reduce reliance on fossil fuel from Moscow

    Viktor Orbán
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Brussels tells Hungary and Slovakia to wean themselves off Russian oil

    European Commission rejects complaints that Ukrainian sanctions on Lukoil threaten security of supply

    Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, left, and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Viktor Orbán
    Hungary’s visa move opens door to Russian spies, warns largest EU party

    Budapest’s decision to loosen restrictions for visitors from Russia is ‘national security’ risk, says European People’s party

    Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Viktor Orbán’s world tour irks the EU

    Hungarian PM tells EU leaders that Donald Trump would rapidly push to end the Ukraine War

  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Trump has ‘well-founded plans’ for Russia-Ukraine peace talks, Orbán claims

    Hungarian prime minister tells EU leaders in private letter that Republican candidate would rapidly push to end the war

    Viktor Orbán, left, poses with Donald Trump at a room in Mar-a-Lago, with both men smiling and flashing the thumbs-up sign
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Viktor Orbán
    Hungary PM Orbán meets Trump in Mar-a-Lago

    European leader angered EU capitals with recent visit to Moscow to meet Putin

    Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump pose for a photo giving the thumbs up sign
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