Hungarian Prime Minister Magyar Péter met Ukrainian President Zelenszkij at an EU summit, where Zelenszkij requested transit assistance for grain exports through Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, bypassing Black Sea shipping disruptions caused by ongoing military threats.
Hungarian Prime Minister Magyar Péter visited Poland to study EU fund recovery under similar circumstances to Hungary's situation, but discovered that despite Poland's reformist government winning two and a half years ago, EU funding remains partially blocked due to incomplete judicial independence reforms and unmet conditions.
Roszatom wins a small victory after a Finnish project failure.
Austria's innovation ministry denied formally complaining to Brussels about Hungary's Danube riverbed weir construction, though it stated the river's economic importance to Austria and coordination with Hungary regarding navigation and water management remained ongoing priorities.