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

In recent days, Budapest's mayor was once again lobbying in Strasbourg, but not for the release of funds needed to operate the CAF trams.

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 government will support first home buyers with up to $443 million per year in interest rate subsidies under a new programme announced this week as right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban gears up for a closely-fought 2026 election.

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.

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,