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    Marton Dunai

    South-East Europe correspondent

    Marton Dunai writes about South-East Europe for the FT, including Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Before he joined the FT, he was a correspondent at Reuters and the Wall Street Journal, and worked for newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Hungary
      Orbán comes under Nato scrutiny over purge of military top brass

      Budapest says there is no hidden agenda behind the cull of senior officers

    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      Hungary
      Hungary’s soaring inflation puts squeeze on Viktor Orbán

      Populist leader faces struggle to assuage growing discontent with pre-election generosity

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Europe Express
      Brussels takes aim at crypto in sweeping new banking overhaul Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How Montenegro’s political linchpin lost his shine

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      News in-depthKosovo
      ‘We need autonomy’: Kosovo Serbs object to western diplomacy

      Refusal to resume work at public institutions reflects their deep resentment of Pristina

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Kosovo
      US pressures Serbia and Kosovo in effort to stop ‘violence metastasising’

      Washington keen to avert crisis ‘not too far away’ from Ukraine conflict

    • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
      News in-depthHungary
      Bad blood between Hungary and Ukraine undermines EU unity on Russia

      Budapest’s energy dependence on Moscow and mistrust of Kyiv complicate the bloc’s approach to the conflict

    • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
      Kosovo
      Kosovo closes border crossing as tensions with Serbia intensify

      Belgrade puts troops on high alert as ethnic Serbs resist Pristina’s authority

    • Sunday, 25 December, 2022
      News in-depthEurozone economy
      Croatia anticipates economic boost as it prepares to adopt euro

      Former Yugoslav nation long in pursuit of closer integration with EU switches to single currency on January 1

    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      European Union
      Brussels to withhold part of Hungary’s regional aid over reform failures

      Viktor Orbán’s government has yet to enact reforms aimed at ensuring the country’s judicial independence

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Balkan Peninsula
      Croatia gets EU approval to enter border-free Schengen zone

      Romania and Bulgaria kept out of free travel area as Austria and the Netherlands voice concerns

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Hungary
      Hungary scraps fuel price cap after drop in imports curbs supply

      PM Viktor Orbán reverses signature policy as cost of imports soars after Russian sanctions disrupt market

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Europe Express
      Expansion of free movement area hangs in balance Premium content

      Some member states oppose Bulgaria and Romania joining Schengen

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Hungary
      Hungary blocks €18bn worth of EU aid for Ukraine

      Brussels in turn delays €5.8bn of Budapest Covid recovery funds for move seen as ‘low point’ in Orbán’s foreign policy

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Slovenia
      Slovenia plans to build pipeline to Hungary to transport Algerian gas

      Prime minister Robert Golob aims to help neighbours ‘solve dependency’ on Russian energy

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Hungary
      Hungary faces freeze in EU funding

      Brussels accuses central European country of failing to live up to its pledges on the rule of law

    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      The Big Read
      The electric vehicle boom in a quiet Hungarian town

      The country is becoming a surprise hub of Europe’s new battery industry. But critics fear becoming too dependent on China

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      Hungary
      Hungary rejects EU criticism over progress of anti-corruption reforms

      Budapest says it has fulfilled rule-of-law pledges and will be able to tap into EU funding

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Kosovo
      Serbia and Kosovo avert threat of violence with deal on car plates

      Longstanding dispute over authority between Belgrade and Pristina remains acute but threat of immediate escalation falls

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Kosovo
      Kosovo delays crackdown on Serbian driving plates after US pressure

      Brussels diplomat says parties’ failure to reach agreement is ‘playing with fire’ as Pristina pushes for wider deal

    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      News in-depthUK immigration
      How poverty and fake promises are luring Albanians to the UK

      Sophisticated social media campaigns entice young men from deprived rural areas to make hazardous journey

    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      Europe Express
      Franco-Italian migration spat expands at EU level Premium content

      EU foreign ministers are set to discuss migration at Italy’s request

    • Sunday, 6 November, 2022
      Serbia
      Serbia ‘in a hurry’ to ease energy dependence on Russia

      Sanctions on Moscow force Belgrade to outline plans to weaken oil and gas ties to traditional ally

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      UK immigration
      Home Office reports surge in Albanians crossing by boat to England

      Fresh data fuel rhetoric around crisis over cross-Channel migration

    • Monday, 24 October, 2022
      Energy crisis
      Romania offers cautionary tale on pitfalls of energy subsidies

      As Bucharest struggles to make promised refunds to utilities, energy groups warn they face a cash flow crisis

    • Sunday, 23 October, 2022
      News in-depthEnergy crisis
      ‘People will burn anything’: energy poverty and pollution hit eastern Europe

      In Hungary and across the region residents are turning to cheaper and dirtier sources of heat such as lignite coal

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