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Green light for EU loan to Ukraine as 20th sanctions package is approved

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Green light for EU loan to Ukraine as 20th sanctions package is approved

Thu 23 Apr 2026 08:28 CEST

Both the EU's giant loan to Ukraine and the 20th sanctions package against Russia have been approved, the Cypriot EU Presidency announced. Hungary and Slovakia will once again receive Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline - which has become a stumbling block to the loan

Zelensky calls EU's €90 billion loan the right signal

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Zelensky calls EU's €90 billion loan the right signal

Wed 22 Apr 2026 10:04 CEST

Hungary ends its opposition to an EU loan of €90 billion to Ukraine. The EU has provisionally approved the loan and a 20th package of sanctions against Russia

Orbán threatens to block EU loan to Ukraine unless Druzhba pipeline is reopened

Orbán threatens to block EU loan to Ukraine unless Druzhba pipeline is reopened

Fri 20 Feb 2026 22:19 CET

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is threatening to veto the EU's multi-billion-euro loan to Ukraine unless an oil pipeline from Russia is reopened.