Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, whose country currently presides over the Council of the EU, said on Jan. 5 that the bloc must undertake reforms before accepting new members.The statement comes less than a month after the European Council agr…
Ukraine’s state-owned railway company Ukrzaliznytsia transported a record 2.1 million passengers to European countries in 2023, the company reported on Jan. 5. The airspace above Ukraine has remained closed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasi…
Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has had a phone call with Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, during which they agreed to meet in January for the first time and discussed the organisation of a meeting…
Anyone who is keeping an eye on Ukraine’s path to the EU is aware of the crucial diplomatic achievement in December. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, under unprecedented pressure from his counterparts at the EU summit in Brussels, reluctantly ac…
The Ukrainian President’s Office has stated that the security guarantees that Ukraine hopes to receive from Western countries will not feature the word “assurances”.
Source: European Pravda; Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Chief of the Ukrainian President’s Offic…
Ukraine’s former President Petro Poroshenko received $1 million from Hungary due to interest earned on foreign investments, Poroshenko’s party, European Solidarity, said in a statement on Dec. 21. Reports emerged earlier on Dec. 21 that Poroshen…
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is not a war, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban claimed on Dec. 21 while speaking at an annual press conference in Budapest.Hungary is one of the few European countries that has maintained close ties with Russ…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he called the war against Ukraine a “special operation” [as the war against Ukraine is called in Russia – ed.] at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin because Russia apparently has not declared …
The EU has been considering the possibility of applying the provisions of Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union, which can make it possible to deprive Budapest of the right to vote due to the requirements put forward by Hungary in exchange for …
Hungary threatened to veto Bulgaria’s entry into the EU’s passport-free Schengen Zone if Sofia does not scrap its transit tax on Russian gas, Reuters reported on Dec. 16, citing Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.Budapest is known for its amica…