Hungary’s ousting of longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orbán this month sent shockwaves across Europe and beyond. In Moscow, Hungary under Orbán had been a rare ally amid an adve

Orbán has positioned Hungary as a spoiler on EU Ukraine policy, using its veto power to slow collective action. The upcoming election will test whether that role endures.

Hungary has dropped its long-standing veto on a €90 billion EU loan for Ukraine and the bloc’s 20th sanctions package against Russia, following Viktor Orban’s election defeat. The move, welcomed by European leaders, comes as incoming prime minister ...

The chief opponent of the loan, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, lost his campaign for reelection this month.

Hungary’s outgoing government signaled it’s ready to unblock the European Union’s €90 billion ($106 billion) loan to Ukraine as soon as this week just as the new leadership in Budapest kicked off intensive talks with Brussels to tap its own stalled funding.

Hungary and Slovakia have confirmed that if Russian oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline resume, both countries will support the €90 billion EU loan for Ukraine and the 20th package of sanctions

"We would like the money returned. Some of our money was taken," he said. The issue will be discussed with Hungarian Tisza party head Peter Magyar, whose political force won the most seats in the Hungarian parliament,