Hungary and Slovakia should not be afraid of Ukraine in Europe; instead, they should focus on ensuring that Russia has no place in Europe. — Ukrinform.

Ukraine pumps Russian natural gas through its territory to several European countries, including Slovakia, Moldova and Hungary. Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has been critical of the European Union’s support to Kyiv, last week travelled to ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that European leaders must acknowledge the need to change their strategy regarding Ukraine.

MOSCOW: Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine are set to end on New Year's Day, bringing down the curtain on Moscow's long period of dominance of supply in the European gas market.

Hungary is in talks with Russia and Ukraine on keeping open gas shipments via Ukraine even though its Russian gas imports now come via the Turkstream pipeline, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday,

Ukraine, Russia unable to finalize gas transit deal amid Azerbaijani mediation Despite Hungary currently importing Russian gas via the TurkStream pipeline, Orban emphasized that he does not intend to abandon the transit route through Ukraine.

Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine stopped as a key transit deal expired, raising the stakes for the continent’s energy security as it draws heavily on reserves.

Russia's energy giant Gazprom announced on Wednesday that it had halted the flow of natural gas to Europe through a long-standing pipeline that has carried Soviet and Russian gas through Ukraine for nearly six decades.

The tiny nation had already introduced a 60-day state of emergency earlier this month in anticipation of Kyiv's expected cut.

Russian gas supplies sent via Ukraine to Europe for more than 40 years are scheduled to end on January 1 after Ukraine's Naftogaz refused to renew its latest five-year transit deal with Russia's Gazprom.

Poland takes over the European Union’s rotating presidency from Hungary on Jan. 1, a change at the helm likely to be met with a sigh of relief in many EU quarters. Warsaw is expected to bring a more conciliatory approach than its predecessor to a role that -- although lacking in real power -- is seen as a key driver of the bloc’s action.