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European Union leaders struggled to find immediate solutions on how to deal with the ongoing energy crisis but have avoided an open rift between Germany and France that would have exposed EU divisions as it confronts Russian President Vladimir Putin over his war in Ukraine.

Hungary's prime minister said on Friday that an agreement had been reached at the EU summit in Brussels that any future EU gas price cap will not apply to long-term gas supply deals like the 15-year deal that Hungary has with Russia's Gazprom.

European Union leaders are struggling to find immediate practical solutions on how to deal with the energy crisis but avoid an open rift between Germany and France

European Union leaders struggled to find immediate practical solutions at their summit Thursday called to grapple with the energy crisis fueled by the war in Ukraine and maintain a united front in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin's coercion.

European Union leaders head into a two-day summit with opposing views over if and how the bloc could impose a gas price cap to contain the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its strategy to choke off gas supplies to the bloc

European Union leaders head into Thursday's energy summit looking for joint measures to contain an energy crisis that has already dented their economy and threatens to spread more hardship this winter

Thousands of Hungarian students and parents protested on Friday in the second major rally in two weeks to support teachers who have been fired for joining strike action for higher wages and more teachers being warned of dismissal.

HéVíZ, Hungary: Despite his staunch support of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill, the leader of Russia's Orthodox church, has so far escaped European Union sanctions -- thanks to the support of Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with Hungarian Prime Minster Viktor Orban in Berlin on Monday, a German government spokesperson said.

At least 10,000 Hungarian students, teachers and parents blocked a Budapest bridge before filling a main square outside parliament on Wednesday in support of teachers fighting for higher wages and teachers sacked for protesting.

Political activist and financier Bill Browder is putting U.S. representatives and world leaders on notice for either supporting Russia, or openly accepting donations from the Vladimir Putin regime. There is “no question” that western politicians still accept money from Russia, even after its invasion of Ukraine, he said.