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A leaked intergovernmental priority list suggests environmental matters will be relegated below issues of defence, immigration and food security in the next legislative cycle, while Hungary has made it clear the Green Deal will not be a priority when it takes over the EU Council presidency in July, and Belgian premier Alexander De Croo has warned of the huge cost of implementation. An internal working draft of the EU’s Strategic Agenda for 2024 to 2029, widely circulated in Brussels earlier this week, sets out three priority areas, with the first being the promotion ‘strong and secure Europe’,...
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The country is scheduled to take over the Council on 1 July, succeeding Belgium. As presidency holder, Hungary will be in charge of setting the political agenda, moderating talks among member states and representing the institution vis-a-vis the European Parliament and the European Commission. This prospect has fuelled fears that the country will disregard the role of "honest broker" and abuse the position to stall, block or simply ignore key files that it views unfavourably, such as support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia. According to Zoltán Kovács, the government's international sp...
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Budapest (AFP) - Des dizaines de milliers de personnes se sont rassemblées à Budapest samedi, en soutien à un ancien proche de l'équipe au pouvoir devenu critique du Premier ministre Viktor Orban et qui entend défier le dirigeant nationaliste. La manifestation était convoquée par l'avocat Peter Magyar, qui secoue la politique hongroise depuis qu'il est passé sur le devant de la scène, dans le sillage du scandale suscité en février par une grâce présidentielle dans une affaire de pédocriminalité. Une foule d'environ 100.000 personnes a répondu à son appel, sur la place Kossuth de Budapest, deva...
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has promised to support the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the EU "as soon as possible" when his country takes over the European Council presidency in July. Orbán made on his X during his visit to Sarajevo, stating that if the EU is serious about giving "new impetus" to the European economy and safeguarding against illegal migration, it will be essential to involve the Western Balkans. Last month, the EU members made a political decision to start accession talks with Sarajevo. According to a recent survey, 37% of Europeans support the country's adm...
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Visitors flocked to the little village of Holloko in northeastern Hungary to see men pouring buckets of water on local women, an unusual Easter Monday custom. The Hungarian Easter tradition of sprinkling women with water goes back centuries and has been enriched by countless customs. After the water came the celebration. Members of the Nógrád Folk Dance Ensemble invited the onlookers to dance in the open street. Musicians and folk dancers from all over the country came to the village in their pleated skirts and shawls. Watch the full report in the video player above
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Two Ukrainian prisoners of war, part of a group of 11 handed over to Hungary by Russia in June 2023, said in an interview to Deutsche Welle, that Hungarian representatives imposed conditions preventing their return to Ukraine until the war's end. The 11 soldiers were previously held captive in Russia for an undisclosed duration, and the transfer occurred without prior notification to Ukraine. Both Russia and Hungary denied direct state involvement, attributing the operation to the Russian Orthodox Church and the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta. Hungarian representatives involve...
Kyiv Independent
Two Ukrainian prisoners of war, part of a group of 11 handed over to Hungary by Russia in June 2023, said in an interview to Deutsche Welle, that Hungarian representatives imposed conditions preventing their return to Ukraine until the war's end. The 11 soldiers were previously held captive in Russia for an undisclosed duration, and the transfer occurred without prior notification to Ukraine. Both Russia and Hungary denied direct state involvement, attributing the operation to the Russian Orthodox Church and the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta. Hungarian representatives involve...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Two Ukrainian prisoners of war, part of a group of 11 handed over to Hungary by Russia in June 2023, said in an interview to Deutsche Welle, that Hungarian representatives imposed conditions preventing their return to Ukraine until the war's end. The 11 soldiers were previously held captive in Russia for an undisclosed duration, and the transfer occurred without prior notification to Ukraine. Both Russia and Hungary denied direct state involvement, attributing the operation to the Russian Orthodox Church and the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta. Hungarian representatives involve...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Thousands took to the streets of Budapest to protest after a former government insider turned critic released an audio recording embroiling top officials in Hungary in a conspiracy to cover up corruption. Peter Magyar, the ex-husband of Justice Minister Judit Varga, has released an audio recording featuring what appears to be Varga's voice describing how other government officials caused evidence to be removed from court records to cover up their roles in corrupt business dealings. On Tuesday morning, Magyar published a recording on Facebook and YouTube. "They suggested to the prosecutors what...
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Thousands of people gathered near the Hungarian parliament in Budapest on March 26, calling for the resignation of the chief prosecutor and Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Reuters reported. The protests broke out after a former government insider published a leak that he says implicates other government officials in covering up corruption. Orban's rule was rocked by large-scale protests already in February when it became known that then-President Katalin Novak pardoned a man imprisoned for covering up child sex abuse cases. Both Novak and Justice Minister Judit Varga resigned in the wake of the s...
Kyiv Independent
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