The Latest Breaking News from Viktor Orbán

One person injured in Russian drone attack on Kyiv; Zelenskiy says military intelligence suggests Russia’s military activity is slowing down

While it may seem glib to repeat the notion of a new cold war, winter 2023-2024 has brought with it the sense that there is now an ever-more uncertain faultline between the west and an increasingly aggressive Russia – perhaps more vividly than at any time since the late 1980s.…

EU opens membership talks with Ukraine but Orbán vetos aid package; on the frontline in Avdiivka

Editorial: Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has blocked aid for now, but the decision to begin membership negotiations should be celebrated

French president accuses Hungarian PM of being dishonest to the public about his reasons for vetoing aid

Kyiv hopeful ‘all necessary legal procedures’ will be completed at EU summit in January

Populism is booming. The first US Republican primary is only weeks away and former president Donald Trump, who is a master of populist techniques, commands substantial support. Meanwhile one in three Europeans are now voting for populist parties.

Hours after declining to use his veto to block Ukraine accession talks, he exercised it to scupper plan to revamp EU budget

Joe Biden left in a bind as Israel tells US it needs ‘months’ to defeat Hamas. Plus, Ukraine stung after Hungary’s Viktor Orbán blocks EU war funding