Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his country is ready to open all negotiation clusters with the European Union under Denmark’s presidency of the Council of the EU, calling for a resolution to Hungary’s veto, which is hampering Ukraine's progress towards membership in the bloc.

Hungary summoned Ukraine's ambassador on Thursday following claims that an ethnic Hungarian man died weeks after military recruiters allegedly assaulted him in Ukraine. Ukraine authorities said they "categorically" rejected accusations that the man had been forcibly mobilised and denied he had been beaten.

Hungary opposes the European Union's idea to create a €100 billion fund to support Ukraine, calling it "war financing," according to Balázs Orbán, an adviser to the Hungarian Prime Minister. "Europe has run out of money — except when it comes to war.

Hungary summoned the Ukrainian ambassador on Thursday, after a report that a Hungarian-Ukrainian dual citizen was beaten to death during forced mobilisation, an allegation Ukraine's army rejected, saying he died of a pulmonary embolism.

Denmark is pushing the EU to consider triggering Article 7—its so-called “nuclear option” against Hungary for violating EU principles and blocking Ukraine’s membership bid. As frustrations mount, the bloc faces a critical decision on whether to escalate action or risk further internal paralysis.

Matej Drlicka, sacked as Slovak National Theater chief by Robert Fico, called on the European Union to protect cultural and artistic freedom.

While Hungary was exempted from the European Union’s Russian crude oil ban in 2022 — allowing the landlocked country to keep receiving Russian crude via Druzhba — the country is under pressure to phase out those supplies amid an EU push to end energy imports from Russia by 2027.

It’s been nearly a year since Slovakia’s hard-right minister for culture Martina Šimkovičová fired Matej Drlička from his position as director of the Slovak National Theatre, the country’s oldest and most significant theatre.

BUDAPEST - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called Saturday's Pride \"repulsive and shameful\", accusing the EU of directing opposition politicians to organise the event, which turned into an anti-government protest,

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s LGBTQ+ community is preparing for a face-off with the country’s autocratic government, and plans to push ahead with a march in the capital on Saturday despite a government ban and threats of legal repercussions.