7 hour agoBig ovation followed the Hungarian opposition figure Peter Magyar's words: "The spring is here, The spring of the Hungarians, and We, together will end Orban's winter"
7 hour agoThousands gathered in Budapest at a rally held by opposition party TISZA, calling for the end of Viktor Orban's rule in Hungary. Orban earlier called all opposition politicians "cockroaches" in his National Day speech. Photo: BIRN
Hungarian Prime Minister: We demand the expulsion of Soros agents from the European Commission and the removal of corrupt lobbyists from Parliament.
Hungarian PM Orban made a post with a list of demands from EU
Oil supplies from Russia to Hungary have been suspended due to an attack by a Ukrainian drone on a measuring station of the Druzhba oil pipeline, - Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said
Hungary reported first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in over 50 years
1 week agoOrban: After meeting with both the former and current Presidents of France, it was a pleasure to meet with the future President. Thank you for the insightful discussion @MLP_officiel
Cosponsors of the U.S. draft resolution at the UN general assembly on war in Ukraine: Israel, Hungary, Georgia and North Macedonia
Hungarian FM: Pro-war leaders want to prevent peace deal in Ukraine
Hungarian FM says student protests destabilize Serbia
Transnistria now gets Russian gas—via Hungary and Moldova, paid for with Russian loan money. On Feb 14, the unrecognised region switched supply routes: gas comes through a Hungarian company via Moldovagaz, financed by Moscow. Transnistrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky thanked Russia for its “support in a difficult energy situation
1 month agoAbascal, Le Pen, Salvini and Orban proclaim from Madrid their brotherhood with Trump: "High fences make good neighbors"
Hungary PM Orban threatened to veto European Union sanctions against Russia when they come due for renewal in six months' time if Ukraine fails to resume the transit of Russian gas by then
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has pledged to review penalties the Biden administration imposed on Hungary, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after holding talks with his US counterpart
1 month agoZelensky: "The US, Hungary, Slovakia, and Germany oppose our NATO membership."
Ukrainian MFA responding to Hungarian statements that Ukrainian decision to halt gas transit suddenly impacted EU customers: If Hungary wants to join Russia, CIS or CSTO, Ukraine will be glad to take freed place in EU and NATO
US Treasury OFAC is sanctioning Antal Rogan, a senior Hungarian government official, "for his involvement in corruption in Hungary."
Hungarian Foreign Minister: We will not give up cooperation with Russia in the energy sector
2 month agoOrbán hints at granting political asylum to more Polish fugitives. He said it twice, the second time when he was asked about Daniel Obajtek: "He's an MEP, so it's not an issue. But in general it is true that we have to face up to the fact that there may still be cases like this."
The Hungarian ambassador received a protest note from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with the decision to grant political asylum to M. Romanowski. He was also informed about the decision of Minister @sikorskiradek to summon the Polish Ambassador in Budapest for consultations in Poland,- @MSZ Spokesperson Paweł Wroński
2 month agoHungary’s government is in advanced talks with Chinese rail giant CRRC to purchase trains, locomotives, and signaling systems on a large scale, while ending cooperation with European firms like Siemens, Stadler, and Alstom
Hungary grants Poland's former Deputy Justice Minister, Marcin Romanowski, political asylum
President Zelensky at European Council commenting on Putin's proposal to make a duel between air defense and "Oreshnik" at some place in Kyiv: "Do you think the sane person could propose this?". Also says no one authorized Viktor Orban to be mediator in talks with Russia, and he cannot be as has very warm relationship with Putin
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called Budapest's "peacemaking" statements out of touch with reality and called on Hungarian officials to stop manipulating the topic of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday Brussels had put forward a list of Georgians to sanction over a crackdown on pro-Western protesters, but Hungary was set to block the measures
Kremlin: Putin and Orban discussed the situation in Ukraine in the phone call
Hungary's FM Szijjarto told RIA Novosti that he discussed sanctions against Gazprombank in Istanbul with colleagues from a number of countries, including Russia
3 month agoIran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the ambassador to Hungary, the rotating president of the EU, to protest the latest EU and UK sanctions against Iranian entities and individuals including Iran's shipping line over alleged ballistic missile supplies to Russia
3 month agoHungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar compared supermarket prices in Poland and Hungary, finding that Hungary is 20-35% more expensive (~100 HUF = 1 PLN). Hungary also has the highest VAT rate in the EU at 27%, including on fruits and veggies. In Poland, that's 5% (used to be 0)
"Hungary's government believes China's investments will offer a lifeline to an economy facing severe challenges that have placed it among the weakest performers in the EU. Hungary is now in recession, with GDP falling by 0.7 per cent in the third quarter
