{"id":8721,"date":"2026-03-31T23:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=8721"},"modified":"2026-03-31T23:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:32:05","slug":"not-acceptable-brussels-slams-zelenskyy-as-kyiv-budapest-tensions-spiral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/03\/31\/not-acceptable-brussels-slams-zelenskyy-as-kyiv-budapest-tensions-spiral\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not acceptable\u2019: Brussels slams Zelenskyy as Kyiv-Budapest tensions spiral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The European Commission has condemned President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s perceived threats against Hungarian leader Viktor Orb\u00e1n, calling the rhetoric &#8220;not acceptable&#8221; amid a deepening dispute over the damaged Druzhba oil pipeline. Tensions spiked after Zelenskyy suggested Ukrainian soldiers should &#8220;speak&#8221; to Orb\u00e1n in their own language, while Orb\u00e1n continues to block a \u20ac90 billion EU loan to Kyiv in retaliation for oil supply disruptions. Slovak leader Robert Fico joined the criticism, warning that such &#8220;blackmailing statements&#8221; could lead other member states to also block financial aid to Ukraine. The situation is further complicated by Hungary&#8217;s recent detention of seven Ukrainians on money-laundering charges, an act Kyiv has denounced as &#8220;state banditism.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: March 6, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/news\/not-acceptable-brussels-slams-zelenskyy-as-kyiv-budapest-tensions-spiral\/\">euractiv.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has condemned President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s perceived threats against Hungarian leader Viktor Orb\u00e1n, calling the rhetoric &#8220;not acceptable&#8221; amid a deepening dispute over the damaged Druzhba oil pipeline. Tensions spiked after Zelenskyy suggested Ukrainian soldiers should &#8220;speak&#8221; to Orb\u00e1n in their own language, while Orb\u00e1n continues to block a \u20ac90 billion EU loan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":8723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eroding-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8726,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8721\/revisions\/8726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}