Budapest has remained intent on blocking all decisions on Ukraine to be considered at the EU leaders’ summit as of Sunday, 10 December.
Source: Rikard Jozwiak, Radio Liberty’s Brussels correspondent
EU ambassadors met all day today (Sun) in Brussels. …
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he had spoken “as frankly as possible” with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected president of Argentina.
Source: Zelenskyyʼs video message
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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s allies are reportedly set to meet with U.S. Republicans in Washington for a closed-door meeting to lobby for the end of military aid to Ukraine, the Guardian reported on Dec. 10.Members of the Hungarian Institute…
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ahead of meetings in Brussels this week that will determine future aid to Kyiv as well as Ukraine’s EU accession. The EU on Dec. 14-15 is set to vote on th…
The European Commission is expected to unlock 10 billion euros ($10.7 billion) in frozen funds for Hungary, the Guardian reported on Dec. 8, citing anonymous diplomatic sources.The funds, which constitute about a third of Hungary’s total suspended fund…
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said Budapest has no objection to a meeting between Viktor Orbán and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but it should be preceded by “proper preparation”.
Source: Szijjártó in a comment to ATV, as reported by European P…
The leader of Georgia’s ruling party said that Budapest backs Tbilisi’s EU candidacy, stressing that European aspirations of Georgia and Ukraine are separate issues, Gruzia Online reported on Dec. 7.Hungary, broadly considered the most Kremlin-friendly…
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has held a telephone conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, during which, among other things, issues related to Ukraine were discussed.
Source: Kallas on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda
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Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, spoke by phone with Péter Szijjártó, Hungarian Foreign Minister.
Source: European Pravda
Details: The statement of the Office of the President indicated that Yermak promised Szijjarto the a…
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has responded to criticism from his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock regarding Budapest’s vetoing of European decisions on Ukraine, saying that Ukraine is still “unfit” to join the EU.
Source: Péter S…