The Latest Breaking News from Viktor Orbán

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.…

State department says sovereignty protection office can be used to ‘intimidate and punish’ Hungarians critical of government

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

Viktor Orbán says extra money to Kyiv has been vetoed with budget talks now postponed until new year