Source link Budapest has said all major global players should behave responsibly and assist in easing the tension It is possible to avoid a further escalation of the conflict between Iran and Israel, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto wrote in a post on Facebook late on Sunday. Tehran launched a massive airstrike on Israel on […]
Source link The bloc is considering a proposal to spend 90% of income from Moscow’s frozen funds to procure arms for Kiev The EU’s plan to seize revenues generated by frozen Russian assets and use them to provide military aid for Ukraine is likely to fail, Deutsche Welle reported on Thursday, citing Hungarian opposition to […]
Source link A long list of grievances presented by the US ambassador has attracted a frosty reception in Budapest A keynote speech by the US ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman, sounded more like a “leftist activist” talk than a statement “worthy of an ambassador,” State Secretary at Budapest’s foreign ministry Tamas Menczer has said. Pressman […]
Source link Washington’s envoy accuses Viktor Orban’s government of jeopardizing relations Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is isolating his country from the Western “community of democracies,” US Ambassador David Pressman claimed on Thursday in wide-reaching rebuke. Ties between the two nations should not depend on “temporary” leaders, the diplomat argued, as he delivered a list […]
Source link Ursula von der Leyen previously unblocked over €10 billion to secure Budapest’s backing for Ukraine aid The European Parliament will sue the European Commission (EC) over its decision late last year to unfreeze billions of euros in cohesion funds for Hungary. In December, the EU released €10.2 billion (just over $11 billion) in […]
Source link Olaf Scholz needs resolve to withstand pressure from hawks, Peter Szijjarto has said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hopefully have enough resolve to withstand the “immense pressure” from pro-Ukrainian hawks, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has told Russian media. The head of Germany’s government is being pushed hard to send more weapons to […]
Source link Peter Szijjarto also warned Western leaders that talk of direct NATO intervention could lead to a “third world war” Ukraine will not be able to strengthen its negotiating position on the battlefield as some Western leaders think it will, and the longer peace talks are postponed, the worse the outcome will be for […]
Source link Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that a fighter jet deal helped secure Budapest’s approval The Hungarian parliament has voted overwhelmingly to allow Sweden to join NATO, nearly two years after Stockholm applied for membership in the US-led military bloc. The vote brings to a close the latest round of NATO expansion, with […]
Source link A joint EU statement denouncing Moscow and promising “unwavering” support for Kiev was blocked by Hungary on Friday, two anonymous diplomats told Politico and Bloomberg. An email from the office of Charles Michel, president of the European Council, said that “in the absence of a consensus” among the member states, the statement would […]
Source link A bipartisan delegation had sought to discuss Sweden’s NATO bid with senior officials in Budapest Senior Hungarian officials have refused to meet four US senators who arrived in Budapest on Sunday, Washington’s envoy to the country has said. The American lawmakers are attempting to press Prime Minister Viktor Orban into speeding up approval […]
Source link Budapest will continue to refrain from supplying weapons to Kiev, Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky has said The West is not ready to supply Ukraine with weapons for its conflict with Russia indefinitely, Hungarian Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky said in an address at a Business Leaders Forum in Budapest on Friday. Kiev has been […]
Source link Budapest is opposed to restrictions on Chinese firms included in Brussels’ package of measures, sources told the news outlet Hungary was the only member state that refused to sign off on the EU’s 13th package of sanctions against Russia during the meeting of the bloc’s ambassadors on Wednesday, the Financial Times has reported. […]
Source link Brussels went further in its “blackmail” campaign against Budapest than previously reported, a senior government aide has said Several EU heads of state directly told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban that they would crash the Hungarian economy if he blocked a €50 billion ($54 billion) economic aid package for Ukraine, his adviser, Balazs […]
Source link Budapest must ratify Sweden’s NATO application “very quickly,” an official has said, according to the news outlet Germany is pressing the Hungarian government to ratify Sweden’s bid for NATO membership, with a senior official telling Politico that approval is “a matter of loyalty to the alliance.” Hungary’s ruling party boycotted a ratification vote […]
Source link Budapest has continued to object to a planned aid package to Ukraine ahead of an EU summit this week Hungary’s minister for European affairs, Janos Boka, has said that Budapest will not give in to Brussels’ “blackmail” following a report that claimed that the EU would seek to sabotage the country’s economy if […]