Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has stressed that his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, who is holding up the adoption of a decision on additional aid to Ukraine at the EU level, is alone in this stance. Source: Ukrinform news agency, with reference to Donald Tusk at a press conference on 30 January, cited by European […]
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba considers Hungarian President Viktor Orban and Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto to be pro-Hungarian, not pro-Russian, Hungarian news outlet Telex reported on Jan. 30. In response to a question about pro-Russian sentiments among Hungarian political leadership, Kuleba recalled an instance during a recent meeting with Szijjarto in which the Hungarian official […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is worrying about allegedly “catastrophic consequences” of Ukraine’s EU accession again. Source: European Pravda with reference to Orbán’s claims in an interview to a French media outlet Le Point published by his press service Details: Orbán mentioned the Eurointegration of Ukraine in his comments on the protests of European farmers. […]
Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has said that negotiations with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in Uzhhorod, in Ukraine’s west, showed that Ukraine and Hungary both want to organise a meeting at the highest level. Source: Andrii Yermak, in comments to journalists following his meeting with Péter Szijjártó, as […]
(Bloomberg) — Swedish Prime Minster Ulf Kristersson has accepted Viktor Orban’s invitation to meet in Hungary in an effort to clear the last hurdle before the Nordic country’s accession to the NATO military alliance. Most Read from Bloomberg Kristersson said he was willing to hold talks in Budapest “at a time convenient for both of […]
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has offered his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán the prospect of a meeting in both Brussels and Budapest, as the Nordic country looks to have its application to join the NATO military alliance finally approved. Sweden applied to join NATO in May 2022, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. […]
(Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he’s confident that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will cease to block Sweden’s accession to NATO. He also sounded confident that Orban will wave through a €50 billion ($54.5 billion) support package for Ukraine at an extraordinary EU summit next week. Most Read from Bloomberg “I expect […]
Following Turkey’s approval, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has promised to press ahead with the long-delayed ratification of Sweden’s accession to NATO. He will urge parliament to vote on the matter “at the first possible opportunity,” Orbán posted on platform X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday after a phone call with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — With Turkey completing its ratification of Sweden’s bid to join NATO, Hungary is the last member of the military alliance not to have given its approval. After more than a year of delays, and consistent urging from its Western partners to move forward with Sweden’s application, the Central European country and […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he has sent a letter inviting his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, to discuss Sweden’s NATO membership bid. “Today I sent an invitation letter to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson for a visit to Hungary to negotiate on Sweden’s NATO accession,” Orbán wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Hungary and Turkey are […]
(Bloomberg) — The European Parliament called for withholding further European Union funds to Hungary until Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government satisfies all criteria aimed at reversing the erosion of the rule of law. The forint dropped against the euro. Most Read from Bloomberg The European Parliament voted 345 to 104 on Thursday in favor of […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has once again expressed his opposition to the European Union’s plan to commit €50 billion to four years of macro financial aid for Ukraine, saying that help for Ukraine should not “harm the EU’s budget”. Source: Viktor Orbán’s joint press conference with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Budapest, Hungary […]