BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 22 (UPI) -- Hungary's biggest opposition Fidesz party condemned Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai for continuing the economic policy of his predecessor.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 13 (UPI) -- Gordon Bajnai, a 41-year-old non-partisan technocrat, is likely to become Hungary's next prime minister, observers said.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 2 (UPI) -- An official with Hungarian energy company MOL lashed out at Austrian rival OMV for acting as a Russian proxy in a deal that included a 21 percent share in MOL.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, March 21 (UPI) -- Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said Saturday he is prepared to resign and allow his Socialist Party to nominate his successor.

BRUSSELS, March 2 (UPI) -- The European Union has said no to a proposal by Hungary to assemble a $240 billion bailout for Eastern European countries.

BRUSSELS, March 1 (UPI) -- Eastern and Central European nations crippled by recession won't be able to count on a European Union lifeline at this point, EU leaders made clear Sunday.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The World Bank said it had set up a $31 billion fund to help Central and Eastern European banks weather the financial crisis.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- European leaders at an energy meeting held in the aftermath of the Russian-Ukrainian gas crisis see the proposed Nabucco natural gas pipeline as a way around Moscow-controlled energy supplies. While leaders in Budapest Tuesday pledged financial and political support, the Western-backed project to send Azeri, Caspian and Middle Eastern gas to European consumers will have trouble competing against two other Russian projects and acquiring needed supply guarantees, especially if Iran's massive reserves remain isolated.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Hungarian officials called on Parliament to lend its support for the construction of the Nabucco gas pipeline as Russia cuts the supply of gas to Ukraine.