Hungary will lose €1.04 ($1.08) billion from EU funds under the conditionality mechanism, as confirmed by European Commission spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen. This marks the first time in EU history that a country will permanently lose such funds due to a lack of governmental action.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has described Slovakia's threats to halt electricity supplies to Ukraine as unacceptable. Source: Estonian media outlet Postimees, as cited by European Pravda Details: Tsahkna reminded that the European Union has committed to fully phasing out imports of Russian fossil fuel by 2027.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for calling Vladimir Putin Hungary's “honest partner” during Russia’s massive missile attacks on Ukraine on Christmas Day,

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that European leaders must acknowledge the need to change their strategy regarding Ukraine.

Hungary is in talks with Russia and Ukraine on keeping open gas shipments via Ukraine even though its Russian gas imports now come via the Turkstream pipeline, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday,

Lezárult az 1100 éve Európában, 20 éve az unióban kulturális programsorozat. Years ago, our southern neighbor, Serbia, along with Montenegro were promised EU accession in 2025 - this remains an embarrassing flaw. Podgorica considers entry in 2028 realistic, but Belgrade does not.

Hungary is seeking a solution that would allow gas flows to Europe via Ukraine to continue once the current transit contract between Moscow and Kyiv expires, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed scientist and territorial defense fighter Fedir Shandor as Ukraine's Ambassador to Hungary.This is stated in decree

A 2021-es szövetségi választáson 22 millió német adott le levélszavazatot, ez a választásra jogosultak csaknem fele. – How would you assess the direction European politics has taken in 2024, particularly from the perspective of Hungarian interests?

Russia pumped gas on Monday to European customers via Ukraine for one of the last days before a key transit deal expires at the end of the year, marking the almost complete loss of Russia's once mighty hold over the European gas market.

Poland takes over the European Union's rotating presidency from Hungary on January 1, a change at the helm likely to be met with a sigh of relief in many EU quarters.