Hungary Says US Lifts Sanctions on Its Nuclear Expansion Project

Construction at the Paks 2 nuclear power plant near Paks, Hungary.

Photographer: Atilla Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images

The US government has lifted sanctions that had held upBloomberg Terminal Hungary’s planned expansion of its Paks nuclear plant, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Sunday.

Donald Trump’s administration withdrew the penalties imposed during Joe Biden’s presidency, which means construction at the site on the Danube south of Budapest can now accelerate, Szijjarto said in a statement.