According to the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the European Commission turned an economic issue into an ideological one.

The Hungarian government plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, a process that could take up to a year, states Justice Minister Bence Tuzson, according to the Hungarian edition of Free Europe.

Language used by President Donald Trump and his government to slash US-funded foreign aid is being adopted by other governments to attack NGOs and independent media, rights groups warn. In Georgia, for example,

Donald Trump intends to increase pressure on Russia by threatening secondary sanctions against countries buying Russian oil. Experts doubt Trump's determination to implement these measures due to the risk of destabilizing the global market — more details in RBC-Ukraine's report below.

After The Atlantic published editor Jeffrey Goldberg's bombshell "Signalgate" article on March 24, many national security experts described Goldberg's revelation as a wake-up call. Goldberg revealed that National Security Director Michael Waltz had wrongly invited him to a group chat on the messaging app Signal in which Trump Administration

The European Parliament has called for urgent measures to boost the EU's economic competitiveness and defence capabilities as lawmakers seek to bolster the bloc's resilience against escalating trade tensions with the US and wider global challenges.

He is unable to hold up real EU assistance to Ukraine, and Hungary's European partners are coming up with workarounds to avoid any veto. At the same time, Orbán is also emboldened by U.S. President Donald Trump, who is pushing for a ceasefire in Ukraine.