EU fails to finalise embargo on Russian oil imports as Hungary vetoes proposal
Sanctions require the unanimous agreement of the 27 member states in order to pass
German government says it backs phased-in ban on Russian oil imports into EU
Brussels officials seeking consensus on an embargo as part of the latest package of sanctions against Moscow
European gas prices soar after Gazprom halts supplies
Russian gas supplies for Bulgaria and Poland turned off over failure to pay in roubles
Hungary warns of US interference in bid to oust premier Viktor Orban
Ruling Fidesz party faces toughest challenge yet as Orban runs for fourth term next year
Large majority favours keeping 12.5% corporation tax rate, poll finds
As State set to accord with OECD 15% rate for multinationals, only quarter of voters agree
Fifa facing questions over anti-racism policy after England players abused
Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings into events at Puskas Arena
Ireland among 13 EU states to condemn Hungarian anti-LGBT law
Law presented by hard-right government of Viktor Orban as measure to combat child abuse
Poland's spy trial highlights fears of China's growing reach in Europe
Hungary alarms some EU allies with rapid expansion of Chinese and Huawei ties
Russia cries ‘sabotage’ as Slovak drug agency questions its vaccine
‘Congratulations idiots!’ Slovak finance minister tells critics of his Sputnik V deal
The Irish Times view on China sanctions: transatlantic common cause
The sanctions mark an important, restrained, wider multilateral recalibration of relationships with China
Hungary buys Sputnik vaccines for 1m people, saying EU has been ‘too slow’
‘Hungarians need the vaccine, not an explanation’ about why it is not available, says PM
Hungary becomes first EU state to approve Russia’s Covid vaccine
Sputnik V wins emergency approval along with AstraZeneca vaccine
Ireland’s vaccine rollout: Can we stay at the top of the EU league table?
Ireland is now second in the EU vaccination league table. Can this pace be sustained?
A Joe Biden presidency: The likely winners and losers among world leaders
Rightwing populists will be scrambling to adapt to the departure of Donald Trump
Hungary hopes Turkey’s invasion of Syria will stop migrants reaching EU
Budapest ready to help settle migrants in Syria if Ankara creates a ‘safe zone’
US pulls troops out of northeast Syria as Turkey assault intensifies
Reports of executions and breakout from camp housing Islamic State families
Dangerous Danube prevents divers reaching sunken pleasure boat
South Korean foreign minister and rescue team land in Budapest to boost search effort
Hungary prime minister seeks inquiry into Danube deaths
Police arrest captain of cruise ship involved in boat accident
Romania's de facto leader Liviu Dragnea jailed over corruption
Ruling party boss sought judicial overhaul that alarmed the European Union
US pledges to face down Russia and China in central Europe
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns of threats from ‘authoritarian powers’
Pompeo to visit Hungary and Slovakia, and join Pence in Poland
US secretary of state and vice-president to visit central Europe to seek more co-operation
Demise of cold war arms treaty sends chill across Europe
US and Russia halt compliance with 1987 pact and trade blame over missile range
Budapest protesters rally to try and keep Soros-funded college in Hungary
Pressure from Orban nationalist government set to force out Central European University
Budapest to ask EU to halt money to NGOs opposed to Israel
EU unlikely to back Hungary’s call to muzzle bodies seeking Israeli boycotts or sanctions
Ukraine reassures its ethnic Hungarians amid bitter row with Budapest
Kiev decries ‘idiotic myths’ about supposed threats to minority’s safety
Hungary warns of retaliation if Ukraine acts on dual citizenship spat
Budapest is already blocking some Kiev-Nato co-operation over language row
Prague and Warsaw back Hungary over threat of EU censure
Viktor Orban to visit Russia next week after bruising European Parliament defeat
Hungary under fire over migration as college halts courses for refugees
Budapest summons Swedish ambassador after criticism from Stockholm
Report urges EU to punish Hungary over dwindling democracy
Fine Gael's European Parliament bloc accused of shielding Viktor Orban
Triumphant Orban to continue Hungary’s migration and NGO crackdown
Landslide win divides EU opinion as election monitors raise concerns
Hungary-Ukraine ties fray as Orban defends diaspora in re-election bid
Kiev and locals reject Budapest's depiction of ethnic strife in western Ukraine
Close Viktor Orban ally defends Vienna anti-migrant video
UN human rights chief calls Hungary’s leader a ‘racist and xenophobe’
Ukraine seeks to placate Hungary in education-law row
Budapest calls for review of EU-Ukraine relations over reform of language tuition
Ukraine defends education reform as Hungary promises ‘pain’
Russia criticises new language rules to focus on Ukrainian at school as ‘act of ethnocide’
Hungary and Russia lead criticism of Ukraine's new education law
Kiev denies that US-backed reforms will suppress minority languages
Furious Hungary vows to fight on against EU refugee quotas
Slovakia accepts top EU court's rejection of joint complaint
Hungary backs EU-Russia rapprochement before Putin visit
Russian and Hungarian leaders Putin and Orban have high hopes for Trump presidency
Investigations into Italy bus crash in which 16 killed
Bus with 56 people on board caught fire on motorway near Verona after hitting a mast
Hungary’s leader warns of terror threat if refugee referendum fails
Orban makes final appeal to voters ahead of Sunday’s poll amid international criticism
Hungary under fire over award for ‘hate-filled xenophobe’
Prime Minister’s controversial friend given honour as refugee referendum looms
Angela Merkel facing discord from Central Europe
Links with Turkey and Russia, refugee issues and Brexit all signal a divided bloc
Central Europe urges EU reform and rejects deeper ties
Questions over whether top EU officials did enough to avert Brexit
Central European states deride new EU refugee plan
Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia also wary of visa-free EU travel for Turks
Schengen area could collapse over refugee crisis – ministers
Athens recalls its ambassador to Austria and issues veto warning amid tensions
Slovenia riles Croatia with border fence to ‘direct’ migrants
Balkan ire with EU inaction grows as Hungary says Dublin rules on migrants are ‘dead’
Hungary to close border with Croatia to stop flow of migrants
Country has already erected fence almost the length of its southern border
LÉ Niamh rescues 125 people off the coast of Libya
Thirteen migrants die after boat collides with ferry off Turkish coast
EU urged to grasp ‘last chance’ to resolve migrant crisis
Over 17,000 migrants enter Croatia since Wednesday after Hungary sealed Serbian border
Hungary seals border and begins crackdown on migrants
Serbia and rights groups alarmed by Hungary, as Austria reintroduces border checks
Migrant numbers surge as Hungary seeks to seal border with Serbia
Move comes as Germany brings back border controls with Austria
Hungary’s migrant policies like Nazi deportations - Faymann
Austrian chancellor says Orban’s response reminiscent of Europe’s ‘darkest chapter’
Thousands of exhausted migrants and refugees arrive in Austria and Germany
Hungary vows to seal southern frontier with a new high fence
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