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Ukraine accuses Hungary of seizing bank convoy carrying cash, staff

Kyiv claims Hungarian authorities kidnapped seven employees of the Ukrainian Oschadbank, together with a large quantity of cash and gold, and has warned its citizens to avoid transiting Hungary.

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Zelenskyy says Druzhba pipeline could be restored in month and a half

"Ukraine can repair the Friendship oil pipeline in a month or a month and a half, although it sees no technical or safety reason to do so," Zelenskyy said. "I will be frank: my position, which is shared with European leaders, is that I would not repair the pipeline."

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EU countries rebuff 'reversed' membership for Ukraine

The prospect of revamping the accession rules to grant "reversed" membership for Ukraine has been largely dismissed by member states.

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Democratic Iran is 'far from certain', Kallas says, warning of dangers

"The dream scenario would be a democratic Iran that poses no threat to its neighbours, but this outcome is far from certain," Kaja Kallas said.

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Portugal's drone exports to Ukraine are double its sales to Russia

From €4 million in 2022, the year the war began, revenues have soared to €87.3 million in 2025. Portuguese exports to Ukraine, five to ten times lower before the conflict, now represent double the sales to Russia.

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Hungarian veto proves EU needs less unanimity, says new Dutch PM

"The Netherlands is back," Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten declared on his first trip to Brussels since taking office.

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Orbán and Zelenskyy clash again over Druzhba, with Brussels in between

As the dispute over the Druzhba pipeline persists, EU officials are hoping that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make a move.

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Russian Central Bank sues EU for immobilising €210 billion in assets

The Russian Central Bank has challenged the indefinite immobilisation of its sovereign assets, which the European Union has agreed to release only when the war in Ukraine ends and reparations are paid.

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Iran's troubles will have 'negligible' impact on the war in Ukraine

Russia has been wreaking havoc on Ukraine for years with the Iranian-designed Shahed kamikaze drone, but Iran's current troubles will not dent Moscow's ability to send barrages of the drone toward Ukrainian targets.

Europe in Motion

How do Europeans want the war in Ukraine to end?

As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, Europeans differ in terms of how much they care if Kyiv wins, according to a new survey.

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'Something has to give': EU weighs options to lift Hungarian veto

Officials in Brussels are scrambling to find a solution to lift the Hungarian veto on the €90 billion loan to Ukraine. What options are on the table?

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Did the EU bypass Hungary's veto on Ukraine’s €90 billion loan?

On 24 February, the European Parliament announced that it had signed off on a €90 billion loan to support Ukraine. On social media, some users claimed this showed Brussels had overridden Hungary’s opposition to the loan. However, this is only one part of the legislative process.

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Hungary’s energy giant threatens legal action against Croatia

The warnings from Hungary's MOL Group come amid heightened tensions between Budapest and the European Union. The dispute intensified after Hungary blocked the EU’s €90 billion financial package for Ukraine.

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Brussels welcomes mission to Druzhba, hoping to lift Hungarian veto

"We need to take the next steps to see what shape and form this fact-finding mission will take," Brussels said about the Hungarian-Slovak proposal.

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Germany supplies Ukraine with natural gas for the first time

Germany is now supplying natural gas to Ukraine via an LNG terminal in the island of Rügen. The move was announced by the Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz.

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Orbán proposes 'fact-finding mission' to damaged Druzhba pipeline

In a new letter to António Costa, Viktor Orbán admits the "political difficulties" caused by his veto on the €90 billion loan for Ukraine.

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