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Hungary has secured an agreement to receive natural gas from Azerbaijan for the next two years, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said, as the central EU member state disputes the bloc’s pledge to phase out Russian gas imports. “We have secured another gas purchase agreement, this time with Azerbaijan: 800 …

Hungary will buy U.S. nuclear fuel for the first time to use at a Russia-built nuclear power plant in the country, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said ahead of a meeting of the U.S. and Hungarian leaders. Szijjarto is part of a large Hungarian delegation led by Prime Minister Viktor …

The U.S. is increasing pressure on Hungary to cut off its reliance on Russian oil imports and vows to work with Hungarian authorities and neighboring countries to help Budapest wean off Russian supply, a senior U.S. diplomat says. Matthew Whitaker, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO, rejected in a Fox News …

Hungary has no intention of suspending Russian oil imports despite pressure on the whole of the European Union from U.S. President Donald Trump and EU pressure on Hungary specifically. “We can’t ensure the safe supply [of energy products] for our country without Russian oil or gas sources,” Foreign Minister Peter …

Oil flows via the Druzhba pipeline from Russia to Hungary have been halted, following a Ukrainian attack on a transformer station, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday. “Ukraine has attacked again the oil pipeline to Hungary, which has halted petroleum transportation to our country,” Szijjarto posted on Facebook. …

Hungary’s energy security chief on Wednesday (18 September) slammed the European Union for not providing enough support to help smaller, landlocked countries move away from Russian natural gas. Csaba Marosvari, Hungary’s deputy state secretary for energy security, told attendees at the Gastech conference in Houston that smaller, landlocked states, including …

Hungary will face fuel shortages from September if full Russian oil flows are not restored, a government official said on Friday, accusing Ukraine of blackmailing it by partially suspending supplies. Eastern European Union members Slovakia and Hungary have been hit by a stop in flows from Russian group Lukoil coming …

Russia’s Gazprom will supply more gas to Hungary and China during the winter, CEO Alexei Miller told Russian media, as cited by Reuters. The update comes on the heels of another report that said Gazprom was working on expanding its gas export infrastructure to China. The Hungary and China updates …

Turkey on Wednesday said it was ready to assist Hungary with natural gas delivery via the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP). “We, (Turkey) together with Azerbaijan, are ready to provide all means of support in the delivery of natural gas to Hungary via TANAP,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at …

Hungary is once again threatening to water down the European Union’s sanctions regime against Russia by insisting that nine people be removed from a list of restrictive measures imposed on more than 1,300 individuals and 170 entities during several rounds of action in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. …