Hungary is heading into what could be its most consequential election in decades — and Ukraine has become a central issue in the campaign. The Kyiv Independent’s Martin Fornusek reports from

U.S. Vice President ⁠JD ⁠Vance will visit Hungary ⁠in early April ahead of what could be ​right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban's toughest election since taking power in ‌a 2010 landslide, Foreign Minister ‌Peter Szijjarto said on Friday.

Hungary’s election fight is intensifying as Viktor Orbán and challenger Péter Magyar stage rival mass rallies in Budapest to show strength.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has claimed that Ukraine will be forced to restore supplies of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline in April because it is running short of money.

The Hungarian prime minister, who faces a tough reelection battle next month, is the most pro-Russian leader in the European Union

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar’s supporters packed central Budapest in a show of strength a month before elections that polls show could spell the end of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule.

An operation to seize Ukrainian cash-in-transit guards and assets belonging to Oschadbank on 5 March was planned by Hungarian intelligence services to provoke a confrontation with Ukraine ahead of

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Budapest regards the explosion on the Nord Stream gas pipeline and the attacks on the Turkish Stream as terrorist actions by Ukraine. This was announced by the Hungarian leader on March 20 during a press conference from Brussels.