The European Union's justice chief says Hungary has made virtually no progress in addressing concerns about democratic backsliding over the last year.

A Hungarian official has taken aim at progressive activists within the European Union, accusing them of authoring a report that attacks Christianity and seeks to diminish its influence

The money currently frozen combines around €8.4 billion in cohesion funds and €9.5 billion in COVID-19 recovery funds. View on euronews

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's foreign ministry said in a statement that it summoned Ukrainian ambassador Sandor Fegyir "after Ukrainian recruiting officers reportedly beat a Hungarian man during forced conscription in Transcarpathia, leading to his subsequent death from the injuries".

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.

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.

Poland’s recent presidential election and Romania’s unexpected voter turnout reflect contrasting political trajectories.

On Hungary's veto of further negotiations with Ukraine, the prospects of joining the European Union, how EU citizens feel about Ukraine's accession, billion-euro aid and reconstruction during wartime – read in the interview with European Commissioner for Enlargement,