Norway agrees to restart grant payments to Hungary after a decade

By Erick León

Oslo.— Norway reached an agreement to restart grants to Hungary, Reuters reported on October 23, after a decade without transfers because of disagreements with the previous government.

The €254.1 million agreement was scheduled to be signed on Monday by Hungary, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Norway provides 97% of the resources.

The program will finance cooperation on democracy, press freedom, anti-corruption efforts and the green transition. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said controls had been agreed to monitor the use of the money.

Espen Barth Eide, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. Archive portrait: Cecilie Stuedal / Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Reuters. Information published October 23, 2026.

Original Spanish report, published October 25, 2026.

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