Visegrad Group in March 2026: the most important developments in security
In March 2026, security news in the Visegrad countries centered on the dispute between Hungary and Ukraine. On March 6 Hungary released seven Ukrainian bank employees it had detained while they were transporting cash and gold from Austria to Ukraine; Ukrainian officials had accused Hungary of hostage-taking. On March 12 Hungary returned the bank's armored trucks, described as damaged. The same day, a former Ukrainian general said of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, 'we know where he lives, where he sleeps', and a Slovak minister warned that Prime Minister Robert Fico could be shot if he visited Kyiv. On March 23 Orbán ordered an investigation after alleging that Ukrainian intelligence had tapped the phone of a senior Hungarian diplomat. The same day the EU called reports of Hungarian leaks to Russia 'extremely concerning' and restricted Hungary's access to classified intelligence.
Poland announced it would close its airspace for three months. It said it had foiled a cyberattack on a nuclear research center that may have come from Iran, and launched the first elements of an anti-drone system on the Belarus border. Poland refused a US request to host bases or troops for potential strikes on Iran.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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