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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Saturday Ukraine would again become a buffer zone and would never become a member of the EU as long as its entry was against Hungary’s interests.

The leaders of far-right parties in “Patriots”, the European Parliament's third-largest voting bloc, gathered in Madrid on Saturday under the motto “Make Europe Great Again” for a rally filled with euphoric references to Donald Trump's return to power.

The populist prime ministers of Hungary and Slovakia have said that Donald Trump’s presidency has ushered in a new era in Western politics, one in which their own political narrative now aligns with the “ideological mainstream.”

Journalists at Hungary’s Magyar Hang weekly have faced unprecedented interrogations by the country’s intelligence agency, over false information published in the newspaper.

Vladimir Putin has backed plans by Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister, to get a Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine and a major exchange of prisoners of war, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán invited Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to visit Hungary but several other European nations said the Israeli premier would be detained if he set foot on their soil, following the issuing of an arrest warrant for him.

The European Union needs to reconsider sanctions against Russia as they are keeping energy prices elevated, hindering the bloc's economic competitiveness, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.

For the first time in nearly two decades, Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has fallen behind an opposition party, a new survey has shown.

During their visit to Hungary’s capital, five Republican U.S. senators have voiced concerns about the eastern European country's deepening ties with Russia and the ongoing erosion of its democratic institutions.

Thousands of Hungarians gathered outside the headquarters of the country's state television on Saturday, protesting against what they described as the government's "propaganda machine" and calling for an independent public service media.

Hungary confirmed on Friday its plan to send migrants to Brussels in protest of European Union (EU) asylum seeker policies.

A decision by Hungary to ease visa restrictions for Russians poses “serious national security concerns” as it opens the door to spies, the EU’s largest party has warned.

Hungary’s prime minister criticized Poland for its shift away from regional politics and said that the global center of weight is tilting toward Asia, calling on the EU to recognize that it needs to shift its priorities toward defense.

Hungary took a loan from Chinese banks for infrastructure purposes worth €1 billion euros, Hungarian economic portal Portfolio reported on Thursday.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been strongly rebuked by the European Parliament after he visited Moscow and Beijing as part of a self-styled “peace mission”.

In the latest move to snub Hungary’s European Council presidency, MEPs have demanded that the country’s EU voting rights be stripped, following the prime minister’s rogue Ukraine ‘peace mission’ to Russia and China, among other countries.

In a move that sparked consternation, the autocratic leader popped up in Kyiv, Moscow, and Beijing for talks with two of the EU’s primary adversaries.

A far-right group set up by Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán could be excluded from holding key positions in the European Parliament (EP), Polish state news agency PAP has reported.

By Mykola Kniazhytsky, member of Ukrainian Parliament for the European Solidarity Party.

TVP World’s guest was Péter Balázs, a former European commissioner and minister of foreign affairs of Hungary