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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. European Union ambassadors approved on Wednesday the disbursement of a promised 90 billion euro ($144 billion …
Read More »EU president calls Hungary election a ‘victory for fundamental freedoms’ as world leaders congratulate Magyar
European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Hungary’s election as “a victory for fundamental freedoms” and compared the ousting of nationalist Viktor Orbán to the country’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising and its 1989 break with communism. Hungarians were waking up to a political earthquake after a landslide victory for …
Read More »Hungary threatens veto on EU’s 20th Russia sanctions package over halted oil shipments
Budapest threatened to block a new package of European Union sanctions against Russia and to stall efforts to help Ukraine until Russian oil deliveries to Hungary resume. The EU’s foreign ministers are set to meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss the bloc’s 20th round of sanctions against Moscow, a …
Read More »Thousands march in Hungary as 2SLGBTQ+ rally becomes anti-government protest
Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Hungary’s capital on Saturday as a banned 2SLGBTQ+ rights rally swelled into a mass demonstration against the government. Crowds filled a square near Budapest’s city hall before setting off across the city, some waving rainbow flags, others carrying signs mocking Prime Minister Viktor …
Read More »Netanyahu to meet Orbán in Hungary. How is he getting around his international arrest warrant?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Hungary’s capital on Wednesday to meet with the country’s prime minister, despite an international arrest warrant for the Israeli leader over the war in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu’s four-day visit to Budapest is a sign of both his close relationship with …
Read More »Hungary, a founding member of the ICC, to withdraw from court amid Netanyahu visit
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu applauded Hungary for its “bold and principled” decision to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) as he visited Budapest on Thursday, in a rare trip abroad in defiance of an ICC arrest warrant. Netanyahu, invited by Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban, faces the ICC arrest warrant over …
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