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Leaked transcripts and audio recordings reviewed by The Insider and its investigative partners suggest that a direct hotline between Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov may have been used to relay sensitive information on key EU matters to Moscow.

Hungary recovered and handed over less than a fifth of the funds flagged by Brussels for potential fraud between 2015 and 2024, according to data from EU anti-corruption watchdog Olaf.

Governments in five EU member states are “consistently and intentionally” eroding the rule of law, Europe’s leading civil liberties group has warned.

Next week, filling up an average-sized family car is likely to cost £100, writes Giles Sheldrick.

Former Commission President says "nothing prevents" EU member states from meeting without Hungary to discuss sensitive matters once trust is breached.

Near Hungary’s border with Croatia and Serbia, a €747mn bridge across the Danube is being built by a company belonging to László Szíjj, a business partner of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s oldest friend.

Hungary says it will block the EU’s planned 20th sanctions package — and other Ukraine-related decisions requiring unanimity — until oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia resume through the Druzhba pipeline.

Viktor Orbán will visit the White House on Friday as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that Orbán’s advisers claim could help end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Chunky steel pipes run through one of the exhibition rooms at Warsaw’s Museum of Contemporary Art, part of an installation that purports to show “how gas flows, propaganda and conspiracy theories intertwine”.

Donald Trump’s pledge to meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest to discuss Ukraine will be seen in Europe as a painful blow.

On his 13th trip to Russia since its full-scale assault on Ukraine, Foreign Minister Szijjártó denounced the EU’s energy diversification agenda as "crazy".

Nearly a thousand Hungarians organized a “safari tour” protest outside a luxurious estate associated with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s family, satirizing alleged corruption with zebra costumes and placards reading “Filthy Fidesz.”

Ukraine has targeted a crucial pumping station on the Druzhba oil pipeline, which delivers fuel from Russia to Europe, halting supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, the only EU member states still receiving Russian oil.

Budapest has been under EU scrutiny for its use of spyware against the opposition and civil society in recent years.

Viktor Orbán’s son-in-law was spotted driving a Ferrari supercar worth €600,000. The Hungarian prime minister’s family is engaged in acquiring elite real estate in the country.

The controversial amendment also recognises only two sexes, providing a basis for denying other gender identities

Amnesty International describes legislation as ‘full-frontal attack’ on country’s LGBTQ+ community

Donald Trump last night sided with Russia to snub a UN resolution demanding its troops leave Ukraine.

The official cause of death of two sisters found in a river in Aberdeen was drowning, BBC Scotland News has learned.

The report claims that representatives of the Russian Central Bank and the presidential administration are participating in the negotiations. Moscow reportedly proposed Tiborcz as a potential buyer.

German and Hungarian authorities crack down on traffickers preying on women with false promises, uncovering a dark network of exploitation.

Sanctions targeting Russia’s economy are renewed by the EU, with Hungary backing down from a veto that delayed the decision.

The US sanctioned a top Hungarian official and close ally of Prime Minister Victor Orban over corruption allegations.