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Hungary PM to attend Trump's 'Board of Peace' inaugural meeting

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Saturday that he will be going to Washington "in two weeks" to attend the first meeting of US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace".

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky warns Putin is planning ‘massive’ attack ahead of Sunday peace talks

Every Russian strike 'discredits' the ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the war, says Zelensky

The Independent UK

‘Deserves a smack upside the hat’: Zelenskyy calls out one leader at Davos for ‘selling out European interests’’

At the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 22, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a fiery speech that burned through the whole of Europe. He dragged the leaders inside Europe who, in Zelenskyy’s words, are helping dismantle it from within. But there was a special mention even without…

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What Hungary’s election could mean for Europe as Orbán faces toughest test

The result of Viktor Orbán's re-election campaign will have implications far beyond Hungary's borders

The Independent UK

The Making of an Autocrat: podcast out now

We used to have a pretty clear idea of what an autocrat was. History is full of examples: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, along with Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Viktor Orban today. The list goes on.

The Conversation

The elections that will shape Europe in 2026

Voters across the continent have huge choices to make at the ballot box in the upcoming year. Euronews takes a look at the key electoral tests awaiting the EU - and beyond - in the year ahead.

Euronews

‘That’s a dangerous place’: Joy Reid warns Trump is copying one dictator’s playbook to control what Americans see and hear

Unfortunately, this doesn’t sound like an overreaction.

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Hungary's Orban defies EU by promising to go on buying Russian oil

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban defied Brussels on Friday by promising Russia's President Vladimir Putin he would keep buying Russian oil, despite the EU's push to isolate Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

Trump's Proposed Ukraine Peace Plan Draws Support From Moscow, Skepticism Across Europe And US

President Donald Trump‘s peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war, which began in 2022, has drawn reactions from across Europe and U.S.

Benzinga

Ghost of Franco still haunts Spanish politics, 50 years on

In Spain, far-right parties such as Vox have reiterated their allegiance to the dictator Francisco Franco, who died 50 years ago on 20 November, 1975. In a bid to counterbalance this, the country's leftist government has announced hundreds of events throughout the year to mark the restoration of democracy.

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump ‘in secret talks’ with Putin’s envoy over Gaza-style peace deal

Trump's special envoy is due to meet Zelensky later today

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Macron says peace deal can be struck next year after Kyiv buys 100 French fighter jets

Zelensky said the agreement to supply fighter jets would significantly improve Ukraine’s air defences

The Independent UK

Putin ally Viktor Orban claims Ukraine has ‘no chance’ of winning war

The Hungarian leader has repeatedly criticised Kyiv’s resistance against Russian aggression

The Independent UK

Orbán and opposition rival stage rallies in Gyor as Hungary gears up for next year's elections

The series of rallies came a week after Orbán visited the White House, where he was granted a one-year exemption from US sanctions on importing oil and gas from Russia.

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Orbán says Trump has agreed to grant Hungary an exemption from sanctions on Russian energy purchases

The Hungarian leader said he has managed to convince US President Donald Trump to grant his country a full exemption from sanctions for the purchase of Russian energy, after detailing to him the dire consequences it would have on the Hungarian people.

The Independent UK

Trump claims his three-word plan would set up GOP to ‘never lose another election’ — despite Tuesday’s blue tsunami losses

Trump laid out his plan for keeping Republicans in power indefinitely alongside Hungarian Prime Minister and ‘illiberal democracy’ proponent Viktor Orban

Roll Call

Trump hosts Hungary's Orban as shutdown rolls on

President Trump met with Hungary's Viktor Orban on Friday, again opting to focus on foreign policy amid a record government shutdown.

Radio France Internationale

Orban seeks Trump’s support over reliance on Russian energy amid US sanctions

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is set to visit the White House on Friday, where he will meet US President Donald Trump for a high-stakes discussion centred on Hungary’s reliance on Russian energy and the effect of new US sanctions targeting Russian oil.

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The Independent UK

Viktor Orban is back in the White House again – doing Putin’s dirty work for him

ANALYSIS: The Hungarian leader and Donald Trump are no fans of democracy. Both are pro-Putin, and they have one point of friction, which will not ignite during their meeting in Washington DC. World affairs editor Sam Kiley explains why this is good for the Kremlin

The Independent UK

Viktor Orban to visit White House to broker new Trump-Putin summit and seek permission to buy Russian oil

The Hungarian PM is a key ally of Moscow and has stymied European support for Kyiv

Euronews

Trump-Orbán: Russian oil imports and war in Ukraine on the table in 'high-stakes' Washington visit

The two leaders are politically aligned, but Washington has criticised Hungary for importing Russian energy even as the rest of Europe unplugs from Moscow. Visit could see Hungary could strike an LNG deal with Trump.

Euronews

Exclusive: Zelenskyy says 'Ukraine's future is in the European Union'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasised Ukraine’s commitment to its accession to the European Union at Euronews' Enlargement Summit on Tuesday.

Euronews

Hungary's complicated enlargement policy: No to Ukraine, yes to the Western Balkans

Hungary opposes Ukraine's accession to the EU, threatening a veto, but Budapest is not against EU enlargement entirely: Prime Minister Orbán backs the Western Balkans and supports Moldova and Georgia in a complex balancing act.

Euronews

Hungary's Orbán and Magyar hold competing rallies before 2026 election

With elections due in April, the rival rallies were a standoff between Viktor Orbán and Péter Magyar, his main political challenger who looks set to present the long-serving Hungarian leader with the most competitive ballot in his 15 years in power.

The Mary Sue

Putin’s still strumming Trump ‘like a guitar in a thrift store’ as the two plot another so-called Ukraine peace meeting

Vladimir Putin hasn’t given up his favorite tune: strum the strings of Donald Trump until he plays along. Now, the two are arranging yet another “peace summit” over the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, and it’s clear who’s tuning whom.After a lukewarm Alaska summit held on Aug. 15, 2025, that yielded little…

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