Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that Ukraine should be left as a “buffer zone” between Russia and the West, which would provide certain security guarantees but not admit Ukraine as a member of the EU or NATO.
#Hungarian President Katalin #Novak resigned on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted of helping to cover up sexual abuse in a children's home.
Novak, a close ally of conservative Prime Minister Viktor #Orban, resigned a week after her presidential pardon was first reported.
Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigned on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted of helping to cover up sexual abuse in a children's home. Novak, a close ally of conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban, resigned a week after her presidential pardon was first reported by local news site...
@Ultraverified#Hungary was not part of the Soviet Union. It was the first country to rebel against it.
Moreover, it was the most promising of the countries that joined the EU in 2004.
Yesterday, #EU-Commission sent formal notice to launch infringement procedure against #Hungary for new “sovereignty protection law”. Read excellent analysis by HHC & @AmnestyHungary here. It's scary.
The fallout of @KatalinNovak_HU's pedophilia pardoning scandal is enormous. Viktor #Orbán switched to damage control mode and set to curb the president's pardoning powers when it comes to crimes committed against children. He essentially threw her under the bus.
Orbán initiates amending the constitution over presidential pardon case
This is the first time the Prime Minister has spoken up on the President's decision to pardon a man complicit in forcing minors to withdraw their testimony against the man who had sexually abused them.
Pedophilia cover-up scandal hits #Hungary, and the opposition is calling for the resignation of President Katalin #Novák. This comes after revelations that she pardoned a pedophile’s accomplice who helped cover up his boss’ sexual abuse of children at an orphanage.
Rabid dictator Viktor Orban blocks vital $54 billion European aid package for Ukraine, a democracy, while Trump sings his praises and they exchange kisses. Trump would "end the war in Ukraine" by giving Ukraine to Putin!
Prime Minister Viktor #Orban said on Friday he "went to the wall" for his country before agreeing to the #EU deal worth 50 billion euros ($54 billion) at a summit in #Brussels on Thursday after weeks of resistance.
Post-summit debrief with MEP Daniel Freund: EU power play worked
Minutes after the EC President Charles Michel announced the agreement for 50 billion euros in Ukraine aid, Euractiv spoke to German MEP Daniel Freund (Greens), who has been among the most outspoken critics of Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán in the run-up to this extraordinary EU summit.
Orban gibt Blockade auf: Ein klassisches Stück Gipfel-Diplomatie
Am Ende lenkte der ungarische Regierungschef Orban ein: Die EU-Staaten einigen sich ein großes Finanzierungspaket für die Ukraine. Das war ein hartes Stück Arbeit und klassische Gipfel-Diplomatie. Von Paul Vorreiter.
Orbán says Ukraine should be “buffer zone” outside EU and NATO (www.pravda.com.ua)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that Ukraine should be left as a “buffer zone” between Russia and the West, which would provide certain security guarantees but not admit Ukraine as a member of the EU or NATO.
Hungarian president resigns over sex abuse case pardon (www.reuters.com)
Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigned on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted of helping to cover up sexual abuse in a children's home. Novak, a close ally of conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban, resigned a week after her presidential pardon was first reported by local news site...
How Giorgia Meloni and French hospitality got Orbán to OK Ukraine aid (www.politico.eu)
EU leaders on Thursday reached a deal to provide €50 billion in aid to Ukraine — with even the Hungarian prime minister on board.