EU agrees €50 billion in new aid for Ukraine in message to divided US
Brussels, Belgium Reuters European Union leaders unanimously agreed on Thursday to €50 billion in new aid to Ukraine, sending a message to the United States split on whether to keep backing Kyiv in its fight against Russia’s invasion. The agreement overcomes weeks of resistance from Hungary and comes amid uncertainty over the future of US […]
Hungary far-right would lay claim to neighbouring region, if Ukraine loses war
Budapest, Hungary Reuters Hungary’s far-right Our Homeland party would lay claim to a western region of Ukraine that is home to about 150,000 ethnic Hungarians if Ukraine loses its statehood due to Russia’s invasion, the party’s leader said late on Saturday. Our Homeland leader Laszlo Toroczkai made the remarks at a conference where the party, […]
Hungary’s Orban blocks aid for Ukraine, says he can still halt EU accession
Brussels, Belgium/Budapest, Hungary Reuters Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vetoed a major European Union aid package for Ukraine on Friday and warned he could still halt Kyiv’s accession to the bloc after membership talks won EU approval. At a summit in Brussels on Thursday, the European Union’s 26 other national leaders took the historic step […]
Hungary passes ‘sovereignty’ law as Orban steps up campaign
Budapest, HungaryReuters Hungary’s parliament passed a law in parliament on “protecting national sovereignty” on Tuesday to defend against what the ruling Fidesz party called undue political interference by foreign persons or groups. The legislation came as nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has clashed repeatedly with the European Union over democratic rights in Hungary, has […]
Postcards: Jewish refugees from Israel find comfort and companionship in a countryside camp in Hungary
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Hungary frees 777 foreigners convicted of people smuggling – statement
Budapest, HungaryReuters Hungary has in recent weeks freed 777 foreigners, mostly Serbian, Ukrainian and Romanian nationals, convicted of human-trafficking, the directorate of prisons said on Wednesday in a reply to Reuters questions. Citing overcrowded prisons, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government issued a decree in April allowing the release of foreign nationals convicted of people smuggling, […]
Pope says Argentina Government wanted “my head” when he was in Buenos Aires
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis said that when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires more than a decade ago, the Argentine Government wanted “to cut my head off” by backing false accusations that he had collaborated with the military dictatorship of the 1970s. Francis made his comments on 29th April in a private conversation with Jesuits […]
Pope says Vatican involved in secret Ukraine peace mission
Aboard the papal planeReuters The Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Pope Francis said on Sunday, declining to give further details. “I am willing to do everything that has to be done. There is a mission in course now but it is not yet […]
Pope in final Mass in Budapest urges Hungary to open doors
Budapest, Hungary AP Pope Francis urged Hungarians to open their doors to others on Sunday, as he wrapped up a weekend visit with a plea for Europe to welcome migrants and the poor and for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Francis issued the appeal from the banks of the Danube as he celebrated […]