1 year agoHungary finally admitted that the army bought two Dassault Falcon 7x business jets, not one. The Falcons and two recently purchased Airbus A319s make up ~12-13% of the yearly defense budget.
Hungary FM Szijjarto demanded that Ukraine amend the education law and postpone its implementation until 2023, otherwise Budapest will block meetings important for Ukraine at the level of the EU and NATO.
Soros-founded school says it is being forced out of Hungary
1 year agoA government controlled publication in Hungary published an antisemitic cover featuring the head of the country's largest Jewish organization
Hungary's Orban says stands behind Ukraine in crisis with Russia
1 year agoUS expresses disappointment that Hungary refused its request to extradite two suspected Russian arms dealers and instead sent them to Russia.
Hungarian intelligence took part in facilitating the escape of a former Macedonian prime minister to Hungary, two individuals with knowledge of the matter told POLITICO.
Hungary to continue blocking Ukraine-NATO Commission: Szijjarto claims there is no "forward progress" on the issue of rights of the Hungarian minority in Zakarpattia
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed that Macedonia's fugitive ex-PM Nikola Gruevski exited Serbia at the Tompa-Horgos-Roszke border crossing with Hungary - but insisted that Belgrade had no legal ground to arrest him at the time.
Orban: Agreements with the current Ukrainian government are impossible
Sources from the government of Albania confirm: Former prime minister of Macedonia Gruevski crossed the border from Albania to Montenegro at the 11 Nov at 7:11pm in a vehicle of the Hungarian Embassy in Tirana.
PSG: Vucic illegally ordered the BIA to conduct Gruevski through Serbia
1 year agoUkrainian authorities seize large drone from cigarette smugglers operating near the Hungarian border
1 year agoFormer PM of Macedonia Nikola Gruevski has fled the country to avoid a two-year jail prison sentence. The authorities have been looking for him for several days. He just resurfaced in Hungary where he says he has asked for political asylum.
Tusk v Orban @EPP summit: "If you support Putin and attack Ukraineyou are not a Christian Democrat; If you want to replace the western model of liberal democracy with an eastern model of 'authoritarian democracy', you are not a Christian Democrat".
Hungarian authorities bring criminal charges against prominent investigative journalist András Dezső
Hungary has shut down an investigation into a firm formerly co-run by Orban's son-in-law, which operated EU-funded projects allegedly tainted by fraud and conflict of interest. Police say they found no evidence of crimes flagged by the EU anti-fraud office
Czech Public TV: CzechRepublic government decided to follow The United States, Hungary or Austria and won't sign UN migration treaty.
1 year agoFidesz exclusion from @EPPGroup likely won't be a topic at this week's congress, says Fidesz MEP
[email protected] has discovered that the fence on the Hungarian-Serbian border is run and maintained by a company close to Fidesz. The firm took part in the construction of the fence as well which substantially increased its revenue. Orban asks the EU to pay half of the costs.
Croatia will not sign UN migration pact and joins the US, Hungary and Austria
1 year agoHungary's prosecutors no longer investigating the 'visa factory' operating at the country's Moscow embassy
Hungary wants Serbia to open 7 EU chapters by end of year
CEU director also told the media that the Hungarian gov told the US ambassador a few weeks ago that Hungary is not intended to sign or ratify the agreement.
Hungarian gov reaction: "The announcement by CEU is a Soros-style political ploy. Up to CEU has operated here, it does so now, and we think that it will continue to do so in the future "
CEU director Michael Ignatieff: "There is still time for a solution, but enough is enough". Also added they will keep the library and archieves in Budapest "as much as we can", and research activity will remain too.
CEU announced they'll move all US accreditation to Vienna if no agreement by December 1. But also that Hungary's govt informed them it's not willing to sign 3 weeks ago.
Hungary offers to strike minority protection treaty with Ukraine
1 year ago[email protected] met with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Siarto at the Warsaw Security Forum.
No suspension, no expulsion, just continue the dialogue - this is what the participants of the EPPSummit agreed upon after discussions with Hungary's PM Orban
