Contested Druzhba pipeline resumes operations with EU close to signing off on €90bn loan for Ukraine – Europe live

Member states meet this morning, as Ukraine starts pumping oil through Druzhba with Slovakia and Hungary deliveries to resume Thursday

During his press conference, Fico also doubles down on his criticism of the incoming Hungarian government led by Péter Magyar, in a further sign that the relations between Bratislava and Budapest could change dramatically in the next few months.

Fico has been close friends with Orbán, often teaming up with him on energy issues, but it doesn’t look like this Slovak-Hungarian partnership will continue under the new management in Budapest.