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Hungary's views on EU plans to sanction Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, have been known for a long time, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday, adding that Hungary's position had not been challenged at this week's summit of EU leaders.

The position adopted by NATO on the war in Ukraine continues to coincide with Hungary's national interests, namely that everything must be done to ensure that the conflict does not spread beyond Ukraine's borders, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Berlin on Sunday.

Europe must significantly boost the protection of its borders and step up preparations against terrorism, Hungary's foreign minister said in southern Spain's Malaga on Tuesday, arguing that increased activity from the Islamic State terrorist group and radicalisation stemming from looming food shortages could pose ...

Hungary will share in some 2 billion euros of resources the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is making available to ease the impact of the war in Ukraine on neighbouring countries, Finance Minister Mihaly Varga said after a meeting with EBRD President ...

Budapest will host the first US Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) ever to be held in Europe on May 19-20, the director of the Center for Fundamental Rights (AK) said on Thursday.

Senior government officials and Hungarian energy industry leaders met on Thursday at the prime minister's office to discuss the country's energy security in light of the latest EU sanctions package which includes phasing out Russian crude oil imports, according to the PM's press chief.

A proposal by Brussels to ban oil imports from Russia by the end of next year is "against Hungarian national energy security", Zoltan Kovacs, state secretary for international communications and relations, told CNN on Wednesday.

Moneyval, the Council of Europe's expert body against money laundering, called for stricter regulations for virtual currencies in a report published in Strasbourg on Wednesday, noting that Hungary had further improved its regulations but had still not fully implemented international rules on virtual currencies ...

Hungary's stance regarding embargoes on Russia oil and gas has not changed, "we do not support them", Zoltan Kovacs, the state secretary for international communications, said in a Facebook post on Monday.

With the war in Ukraine becoming increasingly brutal, it is crucial that the United Nations play an even more active role in creating peace in the country, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in New York on Wednesday.