NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reportedly told allies in a letter last week that Sweden should join the military bloc at the latest during a foreign ministers’ meeting on Nov. 28-29, Bloomberg wrote on Oct. 24, citing the Swedish govern…
The European Commission is expected to issue a positive evaluation of Ukraine’s accession bid on Nov. 8, although additional conditions may be raised, Reuters reported on Oct. 24, citing three official sources.Following a potential recommendatio…
EU foreign ministers have again failed to agree on the 500 million euros ($530 million) in military aid for Ukraine, as Hungary seeks assurances on the removal of its OTP Bank from Kyiv’s international sponsors of war list, Radio Free Europe/Radio Libe…
Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Minister of Ukraine, believes that Hungary will not interfere with Ukraine’s membership in the European Union, since “strategically” it meets Hungarian interests.
Source: Kuleba on the air of the national 24/7 newscast on Monday …
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban compared his country’s EU membership to the era of the Soviet domination over the Central Eastern nation, the Associated Press reported on Oct. 23. “Today, things pop up that remind us of the Soviet times. Y…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed a long-awaited protocol on Sweden’s NATO accession, which now has to be ratified by parliament, the Turkish Republic’s Directorate of Communications announced on Oct. 23. It was not clarified when the T…
Following a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday 23 October, Josep Borrell, European Foreign Affairs chief, confirmed a decision on the allocation of a tranche of €500 million to help Ukraine with weapons was not made.
Source: Borrell at a press c…
Hungary’s stance has caused EU foreign ministers to once again fail to agree on a €500 million tranche from the European Peace Fund, which is used to support Ukraine’s military, during their meeting on Monday, 23 October.
Source: Radio Liberty journali…
The European Union is counting on Hungary to unblock the eighth tranche of military aid for Ukraine within the framework of the so-called European Peace Facility, and hopes it will be able to transfer this money to Ukraine “sooner rather than later”.
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The World Karate Federation (WKF) has allowed 20 representatives of Russia and Belarus to participate in the World Karate Championship as neutral athletes.
Source: Tribuna; Suspilne, referring to the World Karate Federation (WKF)
Details: The tournamen…