“Now the issue of extending sanctions is on the agenda, I have put on the handbrake and asked European leaders to understand ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday threatened to block attempts to renew EU sanctions on Russia, linking his support to efforts to reopen a gas pipeline across Ukraine to Central Europe.

Hungary wants the European Union to intervene in a gas dispute it has with Ukraine, a potential sign of friction in the ...

With a key deadline set to expire next week, Viktor Orbán and his deputies have raised the spectre of vetoing EU sanctions ...