The Budapest Memorandum: A Deal That Should Have Ensured Peace in Ukraine By invading Ukraine, Russia has once again offended the nation’s sovereignty, and in doing so, breached the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.... 2022.03.06.
War in Ukraine – Foreign Minister: All Must Be Done to Restore Peace Everything must be done to restore peace, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in an interview to the Saturday edition of... 2022.03.06.
PM Orbán: Keeping Hungary Out of War Top Priority Hungary's top priority is to stay out of the war between Russia and Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a... 2022.03.05.
Hungary Joins EU Suspension of Russia Today and Sputnik Broadcast Hungary is suspending the broadcast of television channels Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, in line with the European Union decision... 2022.03.04.
War in Ukraine: 90 Percent of Hungarians Support Non-Intervention Hungarians have shared their views on key questions about the war between Ukraine and Russia in two large-scale surveys. The... 2022.03.04.
Fidesz MP Németh Joins European Campaign against Russian Fake News Zsolt Németh, the head of parliament's foreign affairs committee, has joined a campaign launched by his Baltic state counterparts aimed... 2022.03.04.
Opposition on Lifting Covid Measures: ‘Govt Forced to Retreat Yet Again’ The opposition alliance on Thursday issued a statement saying that a week ago it had proposed lifting Covid-related restrictions, and... 2022.03.04.
PM Orbán: “War Can Only Be Stopped by Way of Talks and Ceasefire” "What we have now is war, and war can only be stopped by way of talks and a ceasefire," Prime... 2022.03.04.
Press Roundup: Different Takes on Hungary’s Dependency on Russian Gas A pro-government columnist lambasts the opposition for demanding more independence from Russian energy imports. A liberal pundit accuses the government... 2022.03.04.
Hungarian Fashion Brand “Nanushka” Stops Selling to Russia and Collects for Ukraine Fashion week is currently underway and Hungarian fashion brand Nanushka presented its latest collection in Paris. To commemorate the Russian-Ukrainian... 2022.03.04.
PMO Head: Ukrainian Situation Different from Hungary in 1956 The position of the Hungarian government on the war in Ukraine was shared by Gergely Gulyás in a press conference... 2022.03.03.
National Bank Raises Deposit Rate to Halt Freefall of Hungary’s Forint The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) raised the rate for its one-week deposit facility by 75 bp to 5.35% ahead... 2022.03.03.
Compensation Payments Begin as Hungarian Subsidiary of Russia’s Sberbank Closes Sberbank, Russia's largest lender, announced on Wednesday that it was leaving almost all European markets. Prior to the decision, the... 2022.03.03.
PM Orbán: “We are in the crossfire of major geopolitical players” Hungary condemns the war, but until recently, there was a balanced and fair system of relations between the Hungarians and... 2022.03.03.
Fidesz MP Németh: Europe Should Have Taken Russia-Ukraine Conflict ‘Far More Seriously’ Supporting peace efforts in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is of key importance, Zsolt Németh, the head of parliament's... 2022.03.03.
Putin Must Say Goodbye to Debrecen Uni Honorary Doctorate After Russia attacked Ukraine,many imposed sanctions were symbolic ones, such as Vladimir Putin being stripped of his taekwando black belt.... 2022.03.03.
Ukrainian War: Márki-Zay Pledges Support to Zelensky Péter Márki-Zay, the opposition alliance's prime ministerial candidate, has written to Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to express "deep sympathy, solidarity... 2022.03.03.
Ukrainian War: Opposition MPs Slam Government’s Foreign Policy Opposition members of parliament's foreign affairs committee have accused the government of ditching a policy of carving its own path... 2022.03.03.
Foreign Minister Calls for Swiftest Possible End to War Hungary's foreign minister has called for the swiftest possible end to the war in Ukraine, declaring: "We want peace in... 2022.03.03.
Press Roundup: Commentators Quarrel over Hungary’s Stance on Ukraine A centrist analyst finds the government’s support for Ukraine at best lukewarm. A right-wing commentator accuses the opposition of spinning... 2022.03.03.
Russia Withdraws from European Finals of Bocuse d’Or The European finals of the Bocuse d'Or competition, slated to be held in Budapest on March 23 and 24, will... 2022.03.03.
