7 month ago "We don't agree on everything," Swedish PM Kristersson says, standing next to his Hungarian counterpart, but he says Sweden and Hungary have agreed on deepening cooperation as they will "soon be allies." Stockholm expects parliamentary/govt approval Monday for NATO accession
7 month ago In Poland, three Ukrainian grain trucks with rapeseed were opened by unknown persons at the "Dorogusk" railway station
7 month ago Zelensky discussed the situation on the Ukrainian-Polish border with the President of the European Council
7 month ago Iran and Hungary foreign ministers are now meeting in Tehran
"Our talks and our cooperation with President @AndrzejDuda are one hundred percent consistent" - Prime Minister @donaldtusk on the issue of support for Ukraine
.@donaldtusk on provocations near the border: "In these days and weeks, the fate of Ukraine is hanging in the balance, and I don't need to convince you that our fate is also hanging in the balance. Any such attack in public space, supporting Putin's narrative, is high treason."
We will include border crossings with Ukraine and indicated sections of roads and railway tracks on the list of critical infrastructure. It's a matter of the next few hours - @donaldtusk
President Zelensky calls PM Tusk and President Duda to meet on the border and resolve the issues with trade blockade
@PolskaPolicja: There is no consent to breaking the law and inciting hatred‼️ Immediate reaction of @PolskaPolicja to presenting scandalous slogans during the farmers' protest in the Wodzisław district. The police and prosecutor's office carry out activities in accordance with Art. 256 § 1 of the Penal Code
7 month ago Polish protesters at the border with Ukraine shutdown the railway border crossing and spilled the grain from the freight car
Hungary to vote on Swedish NATO bid on Monday, says ruling party— AFP
President Zelensky on blockade of Ukrainian traffic on the border by Polish protesters: it is not casual situation, and it is not about grain but politics, should be resolved for the sake of Europe
Hungarian Foreign Minister: The European Union continues its wrong strategy by adopting a new package of sanctions against Russia
7 month ago More than 50,000 people at a major protest against the Hungarian govt, organised by content creators and artists in Budapest this evening, following the child-abuse pardon scandal that led to President Katalin Novák's resignation
Rally at Budapest, Heroes' Square, now
7 month ago Orbán has broken his silence. “The government is working.”
8 month ago French counter-disinformation service @Viginum_Gouv unearthed a pro-russian propaganda network named "Portal Kombat". Foreign affairs ministers @steph_sejourne, @ABaerbock and @sikorskiradek announced today a common mechanism to raise alert and fight back
8 month ago The Embassy of Ukraine in Poland is expecting a strong response from the Polish authorities following an incident at the border where protesting farmers spilled part of the grain from Ukrainian trucks. Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland, Vasyl Zvarych, stated that the Ukrainian trucks, sealed after customs procedures and en route to Lithuania, were stopped by farmers who dumped part of the grain. The Ukrainian Embassy and Consulate General in Lublin have appealed to the Polish police to open a case, and the police have initiated proceedings. Zvarych emphasized that such actions should not be tolerated in a European civilized country
Péter Magyar, Judit Varga's ex-husband and until recently a government insider, is giving a dramatic live interview, with over 31,000 people watching. He's focusing his critique on Antal Rogán, a powerful minister some see as an éminence grise
Donald Trump has said he would "encourage" Russia to attack any Nato member that fails to pay its bills as part of the Western military alliance
Katalin Novák, the Hungarian president, has resigned. And Judit Varga, who was supposed to lead the Fidesz list in the European election, is leaving public life
Hungarian President Katalin Novák has resigned under pressure over a sex-abuse case. Novak announced her resignation on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted as an accomplice for helping cover up a sex abuse case in a children’s home.
8 month ago Hundreds of people in Hungary protest against President Katalin Novak's pardon of a man accused of covering up a child abuse case
The farmers' protest is ongoing. Roadblocks across Poland
U.S. Ambassador to Hungary: Representatives of 16 NATO Allies attended today’s extraordinary session of Hungary’s Parliament to consider Sweden’s NATO accession. Not in attendance: a single member of Hungary’s ruling party
8 month ago Orbán’s MPs didn’t show up in Hungary’s parliament to vote on’s NATO accession - no quorum, no vote
Pedophilia cover-up scandal hits Hungary, and the opposition is calling for the resignation of President @KatalinNovak_HU. This comes after revelations that she pardoned a pedophile’s accomplice who helped cover up his boss’ sexual abuse of children at an orphanage
Germany Foreign Minister @ABaerbock and Polish Foreign Minister @SikorskiRadek at a joint press availability in Berlin
Orban: We made a compromise proposal. In return, we were blackmailed by Brussels. The Brussels blackmail manual was published in the @FT earlier this week. The cat is out of the bag. Forget about the rule of law, Hungary is blackmailed for having a it’s own opinion on migration, the war in Ukraine and genderpropaganda. We will defend our interests. Hungary cannot be blackmailed
8 month ago Foreign Minister of Hungary Sijarto has arrived in Uzhgorod to meet with Foreign Minister of Ukraine Kuleba and the head of the office of President of Ukraine Yermak