Posts Tagged ‘Hungary’

Hungary Deprived of EU Aid Funds worth of Billions Due to Corruption

    Due to worries about corruption, the European Commission on Sunday suggested withholding $7.5 billion in payments intended for Hungary. According to Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn, the suspension is intended to defend the Union’s financial situation. The commissioner told reporters that today’s decision “clearly demonstrates the Commission’s willingness to defend the EU budget, and […]

EU Proposes To Suspend Billions In Funds To Hungary

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch recommended Sunday that the bloc suspend around 7.5 billion euros (dollars) in funding to Hungary over concerns about democratic backsliding and the possible mismanagement of EU money. The European Commission, which proposes the bloc’s laws and ensures that they are respected, said it was acting “to ensure […]

Hungary set to scrap energy price caps for some households

Much like the rest of Europe, rising energy bills are becoming a massive problem in Hungary. People here are on average poorer than those in Western Europe. Winters are also bitingly cold, with temperatures often heading below freezing. It’s left some people with difficult choices to make, such as that between eating and being warm. […]

Seven people dead after train collides with car in southern Hungary

Seven people have been killed after a train collided with a vehicle at a railway crossing in southern Hungary on Monday. Police said the accident occurred at around 06:45 on a rural crossing near the village of Kunfehértó. The driver of the vehicle and all six passengers died at the scene. Passengers on the train […]

Russia’s last EU ally, Hungary, Moves to Acquire Gas from Azerbaijan

    Hungary will obtain considerable volumes of green electricity from Azerbaijan in the future by participating in an international power line project, said Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó on Wednesday. According to Szijjártó, the current scenario clearly demonstrates the significance of identifying new energy sources and incorporating them into the country’s supply. […]

Russia’s last EU ally, Hungary, Moves to Acquire Gas from Azerbaijan

    Hungary will obtain considerable volumes of green electricity from Azerbaijan in the future by participating in an international power line project, said Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó on Wednesday. According to Szijjártó, the current scenario clearly demonstrates the significance of identifying new energy sources and incorporating them into the country’s supply. […]

Hungary Weather Service Officials Fired After Wrong Forecast Postpones Fireworks

The two were fired after an inaccurate rain forecast prompted the postponement of a fireworks display on the country’s most important national holiday. Source

‘A Pure Nazi Text’: Adviser To Hungary’s Viktor Orban Resigns Over Speech

The Hungarian leader is still scheduled to appear at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas next week. Source

Ukraine condemns Hungary for ‘spreading Russian propaganda’

Kiev slams Viktor Orban for saying anti-Russia sanctions and arms supplies to Kiev have brought no results Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s remarks about the ineffectiveness of anti-Russia sanctions are “a classic example of Russian propaganda,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko claimed on Sunday. Orban said on Saturday that the decision to impose sanctions […]

Hungary’s top diplomat visits Moscow to negotiate gas supplies despite EU sanctions

Budapest is keen to buy up to 700 million cubic metres of gas from Russia, said foreign minister Peter Szijjarto. Source

The Increasingly Tyrannical EU Flexes It Totalitarian Muscles Against Hungary

EU Commission sues Hungary over LGBT law READ HERE: Brussels has targeted Budapest for alleged discrimination and freedom of speech violation   Source

EXCLUSIVE – Hungary Will Not Allow Ideological ‘Gender Madness’ in Schools: Justice Minister

Hungary’s Minister of Justice has told Breitbart News that Western Europe has been gripped by “madness” on gender identity, but that her country will not allow such ideas to be taught to children.

Hungary to Charge Foreigners More at Fuel Pumps to Keep Supply for Locals

Petrol stations in Hungary were sites of chaos this week as foreign vehicle owners rushed to buy fuel before the country raises prices for foreigners, with some even being turned away. Hungarian petrol prices are much cheaper than in many

CPAC goes to Hungary

CPAC Hungary shows that a kind of far right international is forming.

Soul searching for Hungary’s once ‘neo-Nazi’ Jobbik party

Three-quarters of Hungary’s parliament could be occupied by far-right politicians when the National Assembly reconvenes following the country’s recent general election. The far-right nationalist Fidesz, the party of the long-ruling prime minister, Viktor Orban, increased its representation in parliament, confounding some pollsters who had expected a neck-and-neck election against an unprecedented six-party opposition alliance. Fidesz, […]

Hungary ‘helping Putin’ in the war , says Ukraine’s foreign ministry

Ukraine has accused Hungary of “helping Putin” in the war, a day after the country’s leader Viktor Orban said he was prepared to break ranks with the EU and buy Russian gas in roubles. Without naming him, Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said in a statement that following Orban’s recent election victory, Hungary was […]

‘A victory so big you can see it from the moon… and Brussels,’ says Hungary’s Viktor Orban

Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared victory in Sunday’s national elections, claiming a mandate for a fourth term as a still incomplete vote count showed a strong lead for his right-wing party. In a 10-minute speech to Fidesz party officials and supporters at an election night event in Budapest, Orban addressed a crowd cheering […]

Hungary’s election may spark the next crisis for the EU | View

“Fidesz slowly stripped the guarantees for fair elections out of the system – a death by a thousand cuts,” argues Michael Meyer-Resende, speaking about this Sunday’s election in Hungary. Source

Hungary election: Who is Viktor Orban and how has he stayed in power for so long?

Today, Viktor Orban is best known for being a right-wing populist. But did you know his career began at the other end of the political spectrum? Source

Zelenskyy tells Hungary’s Viktor Orban to ‘decide who you are with’

Orban has let NATO troops be stationed in the country but banned the shipment of weapons and other lethal equipment to Kyiv. Source

Ukraine war: Orban lets NATO troops into Hungary but bans weapons passage to Kyiv

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has signed a decree allowing NATO troops to move through and be stationed in the country. Orbán approved the move on Monday in the wake of Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. But he also banned the shipment of weapons and lethal equipment to Kyiv. Non-lethal aid — such as personal […]

Global Famine Scenario: Hungary Stops All Grain Exports Effective Immediately

Hungary, one of Europe’s most grain-rich countries, is halting all grain exports effective immediately. Just hours after Russia announced a ban on fertilizer exports, Hungary dropped a bomb on the world with this decision, which is expected to send already record-high wheat prices even higher. This comes only a week after we warned that Ukraine […]

EXCLUSIVE – Hungary ‘Blocking Cooperation with Ukraine’ at EU, NATO over Anti-Hungarian Discrimination

Hungary, noted for its strong border policies, has opened its arms to Ukrainian refugees but will continue “blocking cooperation with Ukraine at every European Union and NATO forum” over the country’s treatment of its Hungarian minority, an official told Breitbart News this week. Hungary’s national conservative prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has surprised left-liberal critics by declaring […]

As MEPs raise alarm over rule of law, is Slovenia following Hungary’s path?

As the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union enters its final days, Ljubljana has come under the spotlight in Brussels — but not in the way it was hoping for. The European Parliament on Thursday voted a resolution criticising the small Balkan nation for the first time over “the state of EU […]

7 Migrants Killed, 3 Injured in Car Accident in Hungary

Forensic investigators examine the site of a fatal crash in Morahalom, Hungary, on Dec. 14, 2021. (Hungarian Police via AP) BUDAPEST, Hungary—Seven migrants were killed and three others injured when the vehicle they were traveling in crashed into a house while fleeing a police stop, Hungarian police said. The accident occurred just before midnight Monday […]

Doctors want more transparency on COVID deaths in Hungary

Public health professionals and journalists in Hungary and other countries in central and Eastern Europe have demanded greater transparency and more detailed data on the COVID-19 pandemic since some of the first outbreaks last year. But in many cases, information is still hard to come by, even though some experts say that greater government transparency […]

Hungary gives visa to Belarusian official expelled from Czech Republic

Hungary has admitted that it granted a special visa for a Belarusian official expelled from the Czech Republic. The Hungarian foreign ministry confirmed to Euronews it had been issued to Vladimir Bazanov, the president of the Belarusian football federation. Bazanov and his wife were reportedly detained by Czech authorities last week, accused of illegally entering […]

Hungary’s Orban sides with Poland, rejects EU law primacy ahead of bloc’s summit over LGBTQ

Home » Europe, Politics, Wars / Conflicts » Hungary’s Orban sides with Poland, rejects EU law primacy ahead of bloc’s summit over LGBTQ     Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has once again challenged the idea of the primacy of EU law, accusing Brussels of attempts to infringe upon the rights of the national governments […]

MTV Says Award Show in Hungary Will Protest the Nation’s Anti-LGBTQ Laws

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The MTV Europe Music Awards will be held Nov. 14 in Hungary, the network said Tuesday, reaffirming and defending the location despite the country’s recent passage of legislation widely condemned as anti-LGBTQ. The ceremony is an opportunity to make a stand for gay and trans civil rights worldwide in the central […]

Fan unrest as Hungary draws at England; Poland walks off

Crowd trouble marred World Cup qualifiers as Hungary fans clashed with police during a 1-1 draw against England at Wembley Stadium and Poland’s players walked off in Albania after bottles were hurled in another Group I match on Tuesday. Karol Świderski had just scored for Poland in the 77th minute when he was struck by […]

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