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
1 year agoForeign Minister of Hungary Sijarto has arrived in Uzhgorod to meet with Foreign Minister of Ukraine Kuleba and the head of the office of President of Ukraine Yermak
Brussels has drawn up a plan to sabotage Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán blocks a €50bn aid package to Ukraine this week, according to a secret internal document seen by @FT that lays out Budapest’s economic weaknesses and how to exploit them
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
EU ambassadors gave a partial green light today to start negotiations with EP on the 50 billion aid package for Ukraine. Full green light now likely at EU summit on 1 Feb. Hungary so far not blocking
1 year 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
Prime Minister @PM_ViktorOrban explains his blocking of aid to Ukraine: "The situation in Ukraine is bad. So we should not send more money to finance the war, but rather end the war and have a ceasefire and peace talks."
Hungary blocks €50bn of EU budget funds for Ukraine hours after agreement is reached to open membership talks
Hungarian Prime Minister: Ukraine's accession to the European Union contradicts our interests
1 year 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
1 year 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
Hungarian Prime Minister: EU strategy on Ukraine has "failed"
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year ago@PM_ViktorOrban held bilateral talks with Russian President Putin in Beijing. The two leaders discussed Hungarian-Russian cooperation in the fields of gas and oil supplies and nuclear energy. During the meeting, PM Orbán stressed the importance of peace. He said that it was crucial for the whole continent, including Hungary, that the flood of refugees, sanctions and fighting should end
1 year agoHungary's Foreign Minister in Moscow, Russia, and Orban in Tbilisi, Georgia
Dodik: Hungary ready to take over projects in RS that Germany cancelled
.@Vucic discusses investment potential, cooperation with @PM_ViktorOrban, AlNahyan
Hungary blocked EU statement which condemns the military operation by Azerbaijan
1 year agoHungary's government has essentially canceled all major infrastructure developments for Budapest and its metro area, including important railway projects, many co-funded by the EU. The move is seen as a retaliation partly against the opposition-controlled capital, led by
@bpkaracsonyg
, partly against Western-minded former state secretary for transportation
@vitdavid
. Vitézy has been openly speaking out against the current government's transportation and development policies.
The President of Hungary, Katalin Novak, arrived on a working visit to Transcarpathia
EU ambassadors also prolonged by 6 months the visa bans and asset freezes on 1800 people/entities that have undermined Ukraine’s territorial integrity. Hungary managed to remove three minor names but wanted to remove as many as 9 initially
Hungary will find the legal and political way not to implement the EU’s decisions on migration, and it will not acccept the mandatory qoutas either, Hungarian PM Orban said in Vienna, after meeting Austrian Chancellor Nehammer and Serbian President Vucic
Hungary's parliament postponed ratifying Sweden's NATO accession bid on Wednesday to its autumn legislative session, AP reports
