Hungary proposed cutting a €50 billion European Union funding package for Ukraine down to €25 billion, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 3. Hungary said that payment of the additional €25 billion could be reevaluated halfway through the 2024-2027 disbu…
The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has removed the Hungarian OTP Bank from the list of international sponsors of the war in order to unlock half a billion euros from the EU military fund.
Source: European Pravda with reference to the N…
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 1, when Ukraine marks the Defenders Day, a public holiday honoring veterans and fallen soldiers, that the country will never again “pay with the future of its children, its sovereignty and its will for i…
Ukraine has agreed to suspend Hungarian OTP Bank’s status as international sponsor of terrorism in an effort to unblock 500 million euros from the European Union’s military fund, but Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said this is not enough.
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On Friday, 29 September, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) announced the suspension of the status of international war sponsor for the Hungarian OTP Bank, which Budapest had demanded repeatedly.
Source: This is stated in an announceme…
The government has approved the “Unity in Diversity” State Target Program, and therefore has implemented all seven steps recommended by the European Commission for European Union accession talks to begin, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Sept….
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Turkish parliament would ratify Sweden’s accession to NATO if the U.S. approves the sale of its F-16 fighter jets to Ankara, Reuters reported on Sept. 26.Erdogan told reporters on his flight b…
The rights of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine must be restored before Budapest supports Kyiv in international affairs, Prime Minister Viktor Orban claimed in a speech to Hungary’s parliament on Sept. 25. “We do not support Ukraine in any issue in the…
Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, has announced that Budapest will not support Ukraine’s NATO membership until the rights of the Hungarians of Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia) in Ukraine are restored.
Source: Orbán during a speech in Parliament,…
Péter Szijjártó, Hungarian Foreign Minister, met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Friday 23 September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and talked about bilateral cooperation and Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Source: European Pr…