Viktor

BUDAPEST/KYIV/DUBLIN — Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban accused Ukraine on Wednesday of preparing to disrupt Hungary’s energy system and ordered soldiers and equipment deployed to protect critical infrastructure, escalating a dispute over a shutdown of the Druzhba oil pipeline that has choked Russian crude deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia. Orban, speaking in a video posted to his Facebook page, said the Druzhba outage was for “political, not technical, reasons,” and cited intelligence reports pointing to possible…

Rubio to visit Hungary and Slovakia after Trump backs Orbán, amid EU tensions U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Hungary and Slovakia next week after President Donald Trump publicly endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of April elections, the State Department said, setting up a high-profile diplomatic swing as transatlantic tensions flare. Rubio will represent the United States at the Munich Security Conference before heading to Budapest and Bratislava. He is stepping in for Vice President JD…