Trump Gives Hungary a Reprieve on Sanctions
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The war of words between Ukraine and Hungary continued this week following an interview on Euronews with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. View on euronews
Hungary would suffer if it were cut off from Russian energy, Budapest's foreign minister said during a visit to Moscow on Wednesday,
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As the European Union pushes to fully sever its reliance on Russian energy and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump urges NATO members to abandon Russian oil, one country’s populist government stands firm.
The United States plans to reduce the number of its troops in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Slovakia by mid-December, NATO countries’ sources said, reports Kyiv Post daily of Ukraine. According to a source, this reduction will be “marginal.” The drawdown of US forces in Eastern Europe could continue into 2026.
BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -When Russia's Vladimir Putin steps off the plane in European Union and NATO member Hungary for a summit with Donald Trump, it will be
It’s been five years since #NATO deployed four multinational battlegroups to its eastern flank. The battlegroups, stationed in the three Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – as well as in Poland, were one of several measures announced in response to Russia’s illegal and illegitimate annexation of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine in 2014.
Hungary defies EU by importing cheap Russian oil, citing energy security—risking €19B in EU funds and deepening its political isolation.
The US plan to withdraw some troops from NATO’s eastern flank, including Romania, is neither a surprise nor catastrophic. But it signals a shift in America’s posture at the wrong time and in the wrong place.