
Orbán: U.S.-Hungary Friendship Must Endure Despite Differences
The Hungarian government will continue to resist the U.S.’s “plan to squeeze everyone into a war alliance,” Prime Minister Orbán said.

The Hungarian government will continue to resist the U.S.’s “plan to squeeze everyone into a war alliance,” Prime Minister Orbán said.

Punitive measures targeting the bank and its senior officials came as a part of a new sanctions package imposed by the U.S. against more than 120 organizations and individuals in more than 20 countries.

Pharmaceuticals are considered humanitarian goods and therefore are exempt from sanctions.

Japan has struggled to wean itself off Russian energy imports and made the decision with the prior approval of the United States.

Russian dissatisfaction with the deal—which allows Ukraine to ship grain through Russia’s blockade—casts a shadow over its future.

The Belarusian president and his Iranian counterpart inked cooperation deals in various areas while comparing notes on how to navigate Western-imposed sanctions.

Beijing’s plan for peace advocates dialogue and cessation of sanctions.

Iranian officials responded to the fifth round of EU sanctions with reciprocal sanctions and a declaration that the European restrictions had no basis in international law.

Sanctions are a “fundamental part of the EU’s geopolitical toolbox,” Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said.

The episode highlights an apparent shortcoming in Brussels’ sanctions policies—as soon as the EU cuts one source of revenue, the Russian hydra just grows another head.