Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto has said US President Donald Trump sees Hungary as a friend and "it was in this spirit that the US administration lifted the sanctions related to the Paks nuclear plant project".

Hungary's Atomic Energy Authority has granted permission to resume construction activity in the entire working pit area of the planned first new unit at the Paks II nuclear power plant project.

The forging of parts of the reactor pressure vessel for unit six of Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant - the second unit of the Paks II project - has begun in Russia.

Hungary's Paks II new nuclear project says it is ready for first concrete, but is awaiting permission from the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority.

The European Court of Justice's advocate-general says Austria's appeal relating to the legality of Hungary's state aid for the Paks II nuclear power project should be upheld by the court.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said strategic cooperation with the UK on nuclear energy has been launched, with a specific focus on small modular reactors.

Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó says first concrete is to be poured for the Paks II new nuclear plant early in 2025 after the country's National Atomic Energy Agency approved the preliminary safety report.