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FILE - The then-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto holds a press conference following a cabinet meeting in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Boglarka Bodnar/MTI via AP, File)

Former Hungarian foreign minister resigns from parliament for job with Chinese automaker

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, watches from outside the main table as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to EU leaders via video link during a round table meeting at the EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)

Orban’s top opponent says Hungary’s alleged Russian backchannel ‘treason’ to be investigated

By Sam McNeil and Justin Spike - Associated Press

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks with the media as he arrives for the EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Tusk says Poland long suspected Hungary shared EU Council details with Russia

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Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto speaks during a joint news conference with his Greek counterpart in Athens, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ** FILE **

Hungarian foreign minister blames ‘pro-war’ EU leaders for stalled Ukraine-Russia peace talks

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade fires a 122mm mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

‘Ukraine cannot win this war’: Hungarian minister says talks with Russia a must

By Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Slovenian Minister for the Environment, Climate and Energy, Bojan Kumer, left, is welcomed by Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, right, for a meeting in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Attila Kovacs/MTI via AP)

Hungary’s foreign minister hints that Budapest will continue blocking EU military aid to Ukraine

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, July 23, 2022, Russian Army special forces soldiers are seen on a mission at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Hungarian diplomat pushes talks for swift end to Russia-Ukraine war

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Hungary's right-wing populist prime minister, Viktor Orban, center, greets thousands of supporters as they gather in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. The so-called &quot;peace march&quot; was a show of strength by Orban's supporters ahead of national elections scheduled for April 3, while a coalition of six opposition parties also held a rally in the capital. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi)

Hungary accuses Ukraine of interfering in upcoming election

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Hungarian FM in Ukraine to push for ethnic minority rights

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, left, poses with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for a photo prior to a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Szijjarto tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving in Thailand for an official visit, Thai and Hungarian officials said Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Pool Photo via AP)

Hungarian diplomat in Bangkok tests positive for coronavirus

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL - Associated Press

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, left, poses with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for a photo prior to a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Szijjarto tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving in Thailand for an official visit, Thai and Hungarian officials said Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Pool Photo via AP)

Hungary’s foreign minister tests positive for coronavirus

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at the U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) **FILE**

Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian foreign minister, blasts ‘liberal media,’ defends democratic record

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek, left, addresses media together with his counterparts Jacek Czaputowicz of Poland, 2nd left, Miroslav Lajcak of Slovakia, right, and Peter Szijjarto of Hungary, 2nd right, during their joint press in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Hungary criticizes EU’s failure to agree enlargement talks

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Hungary looks at Cyprus gas to diversity energy supply

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, shakes hands with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, left, during their meeting at the US State Department in Washington, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Hungary a ‘natural ally’ of Trump as Pompeo, Peter Szijjarto meet

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Flames engulf a bus that crashed near Verona, northern Italy, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Police say 16 people have died when the bus carrying Hungarian school students returning home from France crashed into the side of a highway near Verona. Thirty-nine people survived. The bus was returning to Budapest with students ages 15 to 17. (Lanfranco Fossa' via AP)

Hungarian official: Bus crash victim IDs could take days

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press