3 week 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
4 week 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
Putin: IRBM Oreshnik range is up to 5500kms, claims "missile defense in Poland cannot intercept it"
1 month agoZelenskyy said that the issue of deploying foreign troops in Ukraine may be raised in Brussels on Wednesday
Prime Minister of Poland @DonaldTusk in Lviv: We had a long and honest talk with President @ZelenskyyUa about the geopolitical situation, the situation on the front and Polish-Ukrainian relations
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
The government's majority in parliament has voted for Zbigniew Ziobro, who served as justice minister in the former PiS government, to be detained and forcibly brought to testify before a committee investigating the use of Pegasus spyware under PiS
Leak from the Druzhba pipeline in Pniewy. Chemical group works on DK11
1 month agoRadosław Sikorski at a joint conference with the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "Ukraine confirms that there are no obstacles to conducting search and exhumation work on its territory and declares its readiness to positively consider applications in these matters."
1 month agoKarol Nawrocki, who's been running the Institute of National Remembrance since mid-2021, will be running for president of Poland in the 2025 election
1 month agoPolish farmers protest on the border between Poland and Ukraine
Hungary's FM Szijjarto told RIA Novosti that he discussed sanctions against Gazprombank in Istanbul with colleagues from a number of countries, including Russia
KGB of Belarus accused GROM Military Unit of Polish Armed Forces in preparation of saboteur groups
1 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
2 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
Hungarian Foreign Minister: EU will not be able to support Ukraine alone, it will have to change approach on after Trump's win
Hungarian PM: Trump will end US support for Ukraine
2 month agoPresident of Ukraine Zelensky met in Budapest with President of France Macron, UK PM Starmer, NATO General-Secretary Rutte, also with re-elected President of Moldova Maia Sandu and other
2 month agoCypriot President Nikos Christodoulides meets Erdogan in Budapest
2 month agoLavrov holds talks with Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto
2 month agoSlovakia: Women Press Freedom strongly condemns the violent assault on TV Markíza journalist Kristína Kövešová in Trnava while she was investigating violent crimes for her program Reflex. Kövešová sustained serious injuries, including a broken nose, concussion
Hungary summons Swedish ambassador over Swedish PM's comments regarding PM Orban's visit to Georgia - Foreign Ministry
2 month agoFootage shows Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban leaving his hotel in Tbilisi, near the Georgian parliament where tens of thousands gather right now to protest election rigging, as he was met with loud boos from the crowd on his way to his escort
South Korea, Poland agree to bolster joint response against North Korea's troop dispatch to Russia
