4 month agoMore than 50,000 people at a major protest against the Hungarian govt, organised by content creators and artists in Budapest this evening, following the child-abuse pardon scandal that led to President Katalin Novák's resignation
Rally at Budapest, Heroes' Square, now
4 month agoOrbán has broken his silence. “The government is working.”
Péter Magyar, Judit Varga's ex-husband and until recently a government insider, is giving a dramatic live interview, with over 31,000 people watching. He's focusing his critique on Antal Rogán, a powerful minister some see as an éminence grise
Katalin Novák, the Hungarian president, has resigned. And Judit Varga, who was supposed to lead the Fidesz list in the European election, is leaving public life
Hungarian President Katalin Novák has resigned under pressure over a sex-abuse case. Novak announced her resignation on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted as an accomplice for helping cover up a sex abuse case in a children’s home.
4 month agoHundreds of people in Hungary protest against President Katalin Novak's pardon of a man accused of covering up a child abuse case
U.S. Ambassador to Hungary: Representatives of 16 NATO Allies attended today’s extraordinary session of Hungary’s Parliament to consider Sweden’s NATO accession. Not in attendance: a single member of Hungary’s ruling party
4 month agoOrbán’s MPs didn’t show up in Hungary’s parliament to vote on’s NATO accession - no quorum, no vote
Pedophilia cover-up scandal hits Hungary, and the opposition is calling for the resignation of President @KatalinNovak_HU. This comes after revelations that she pardoned a pedophile’s accomplice who helped cover up his boss’ sexual abuse of children at an orphanage
Orban: We made a compromise proposal. In return, we were blackmailed by Brussels. The Brussels blackmail manual was published in the @FT earlier this week. The cat is out of the bag. Forget about the rule of law, Hungary is blackmailed for having a it’s own opinion on migration, the war in Ukraine and genderpropaganda. We will defend our interests. Hungary cannot be blackmailed
5 month agoEl ministre d'Afers Exteriors d'Hongria, Sijarto, ha arribat a Uzhgorod per reunir-se amb el ministre d'Afers Exteriors d'Ucraïna, Kuleba, i el cap de l'oficina del president d'Ucraïna, Yermak.
Brussel·les ha elaborat un pla per sabotejar l'economia d'Hongria si Viktor Orbán bloqueja aquesta setmana un paquet d'ajuda de 50.000 milions d'euros a Ucraïna, segons un document intern secret vist per @FT que exposa les debilitats econòmiques de Budapest i com explotar-les.
Orbán’s number two and parliament speaker László Kövér says that he himself opposes Sweden’s NATO accession and hints that Fidesz MPs won’t support the opposition’s proposal for an extraordinary parliamentary session on the ratification
Els ambaixadors de la UE han donat llum verda parcial avui per iniciar les negociacions amb el PE sobre el paquet d'ajuda de 50.000 milions per a Ucraïna. Ara és probable que hi hagi llum verda completa a la cimera de la UE l'1 de febrer. Hongria fins ara no bloqueja
5 month agoMEP Petri Sarvamaa: Launched a historic petition, which, if successful, will allow Mr Orban to be deprived of the right to vote in the Council. This is decisively different from anything we have done so far regarding HU – the procedure foreseen in Article 7(2) TEU has never been initiated
Szijarto: Hungary vetoes Sofia's entry into Schengen unless it abolishes the gas transit tax
El primer ministre @PM_ViktorOrban explica el seu bloqueig de l'ajuda a Ucraïna: "La situació a Ucraïna és dolenta. Per tant, no hem d'enviar més diners per finançar la guerra, sinó acabar amb la guerra i tenir un alto el foc i converses de pau".
Hongria bloqueja 50.000 milions d'euros de fons pressupostaris de la UE per a Ucraïna hores després que s'arribi a l'acord per obrir les converses de membres
Primer ministre hongarès: L'adhesió d'Ucraïna a la Unió Europea contradiu els nostres interessos
6 month agoHungary's government interfered with Slovakia's election campaign, @RFERL Hungary's @kelleralant found. Just like in Poland, Orbán's cabinet office paid for an online anti-migrant ad targeting Slovakia – when it was already election silence there
On Monday, @eucopresident @CharlesMichel will be travelling to Hungary for a bilateral meeting with @PM_ViktorOrban in preparation of the European Council
Secretary General @jensstoltenberg will meet with Hungary's President @KatalinNovak_HU at NATO HQ on 8 November 17:30 (CET) Joint press conference
8 month agoAfter three people were killed in armed clashes between people-smugglers, Serbian and Hungarian police agreed to work together in the Serbia-Hungary border area to tackle the criminal gangs involved
Primer ministre hongarès: l'estratègia de la UE sobre Ucraïna "ha fracassat"
8 month agoHungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrived in Belarus on board the Hungarian Dassault Falcon 7X government business jet, which landed at Minsk National Airport at 08:18 today. He will participate in the international conference “Eurasian security: reality and prospects in a transforming world.”
Sweden PM says he doesn't set any dates for his country's NATO entry and that he got assurances that Hungary won't delay the process
Hungarians protested in front of Russian embassy
8 month agoU.S. Embassy in Budapest: The official statement by the Hungarian government spokesperson about @USAmbHungary is simply false. While they & their media apparatus spent the days after the PM’s meeting with Putin crafting falsehoods, we were consulting with Allies about Hungary’s relationship with Russia
Hungary’s NATO allies, represented by their ambassadors to Budapest, just had an extraordinary meeting at the US Embassy. They discussed security concerns over PM Orbán’s shocking bilateral talks with Putin in Beijing