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The first Franco-Polish treaty since 1991 was signed today in the French city of Nancy. The treaty provides enhanced mutual security guarantees and cements closer defense cooperation between the two countries

Ukrainan ulkoministeri: Kahden unkarilaisen diplomaatin on poistuttava maastamme 48 tunnin kuluessa. Olemme juuri kutsuneet Unkarin suurlähettilään Ukrainaan ja esittäneet hänelle asiaa koskevan nootin. Toimimme vastauksena Unkarin toimiin vastavuoroisuuden periaatteen ja kansallisten etujemme mukaisesti.

Unkari ilmoitti karkottaneensa kaksi Ukrainan Budapestin-suurlähetystössä diplomaattisen suojeluksen alla työskennellettä vakoojaa.

Ukrainan turvallisuuspalvelu paljasti Unkarin armeijan tiedustelupalvelun vakoiluverkoston. Kaksi epäiltyä pidätettiin.

Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki was in Oval today

The Hungarian Parliament just voted to withdraw from the @IntlCrimCourt

Valtioministeriö sanoo, että Rubio ja puolalainen FM Sikorski keskustelivat tänään "lisäyhteistyöstä Venäjän ja Ukrainan välisen sodan lopettamiseksi". Rubio ilmaisi Yhdysvaltojen toiveen, että Ukrainan ja Venäjän viranomaisille esitetty rauhanehdotus hyväksytään ja johtaa kestävään rauhaan Ukrainassa

Poland bans eight Georgian officials over crackdown on protesters

Several thousand Hungarians protested against right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban's moves to ban the annual Pride march by LGBTQ groups

Yhdysvaltain armeija Eurooppa ja Afrikka ilmoittavat suunnitellun Yhdysvaltain sotilaskaluston ja henkilöstön siirtämisestä Puolan Jasionkasta muihin kohteisiin maassa. Tämä siirtymä on osa laajempaa strategiaa, jolla optimoidaan Yhdysvaltain sotilasoperaatioita, parannetaan liittoutuneiden ja kumppaneiden tuen tasoa ja parannetaan samalla tehokkuutta.

Channel 12 Israel: The International Criminal Court sent Hungary an arrest warrant for Netanyahu just hours before his arrival in Budapest.

Orban plans law to ban blocking bridges during protests

FM Szijjártó: Chinese investments will flood Hungary in 2025

AFP quoting the German Foreign Minister: Netanyahu's visit to Hungary is a bad day for international law

Hungarian FM Szijjarto: After eight years, the Israeli Prime Minister is back in Hungary. Good to have you here @netanyahu, where you are safe and always welcome

Hungary's government has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, it said on Thursday, shortly after Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in the country for a state visit.

Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march. They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week

Happening now in Budapest: Anti-government protesters have occupied four bridges, opposing Viktor Orbán’s crackdown on freedom of assembly under the guise of “child protection.” Though aimed at the Pride march, Orbán’s law threatens banning any kind of protests or rally

NATO member Finland says it plans to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel landmines. Poland and the Baltic countries said last month they will withdraw from the convention due to the military threat from neighbouring Russia

@predsednikrs Aleksandar Vučić met today with Hungarian Defence Minister @SzBobrovniczky in Belgrade with whom he discussed the continuation of cooperation in the field of defense, as one of the most important aspects of cooperation between the two countries. Also signed a document that operationalizes and concretizes the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in the Field of Defense, which was reached in 2023. President Vučić also expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister @PM_ViktorOrban for everything he has done to improve Serbian-Hungarian relations

Vucic Disappointed with Kosovo-Croatia-Albania Military Agreement, Signs Agreement with Hungary

The speaker of the Coordination Council, Anzhelika Melnikova, flew away in an unknown direction. "According to available information, she is not on the territory of Poland. I have officially filed a report with the Polish law enforcement agencies about the disappearance of the speaker of the Coordination Council, Anzhelika Melnikova," said Pavel Latushko.

Czech PM Petr Fiala’s cabinet has rejected Beijing-based Emposat’s plan to construct and operate a satellite ground station with a 7.3-meter-diameter parabolic antenna in the municipality of Vlkoš in South Moravia due to national security and espionage concerns

The anti-Orban protest tonight in Hungary escalated to a bridge blockade

People in Budapest protest against a law that limits freedom of assembly, a law that aims to ban the annual Pride march

An explosion occurred this morning in the production area of Poličské strojírny in Bořiny near Poličky. Eleven fire brigades and rescuers are responding to the scene. According to initial information, the warehouse exploded

Puolan pääministeri: Eurooppalainen sopimus, jonka mukaan unioni pystyy puolustautumaan kaikilta Venäjän hyökkäyksiltä viiden vuoden sisällä.

Orbán’s close ally, Speaker László Kövér, banned the entire liberal Momentum party faction from parliament and fined them €175,000 for protesting Orbán's Pride crackdown—setting a precedent to ban other elected opposition MPs too

Ten EU countries offer readiness to seek alternative funding for @RFERL after U.S. cuts. A joint statement signed by Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden reflect their 'deep concern' over the radio's situation

Hungary just became the first EU country to ban Pride events in Viktor Orbán's latest anti-LGBTQ crackdown, allowing facial recognition to identify and punish disobedient attendees. Liberal opposition MPs (Momentum party) protested inside parliament by using smoke grenades