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Hungary protests against Chinese battery plant defy 'Orbanomics'

Debrecen (Hungary) (AFP) - Even as diggers turned over land for one of Europe's biggest electric battery plants, environmental protesters vowed to run the Chinese project out of town.

AFP

'Fences protect Europe', Hungary's Orban says ahead of EU migration summit

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday called for European Union financing for border fences, reviving an idea long seen as inadmissible ahead of a summit of the bloc's leaders to discuss curbing irregular immigration.

Reuters

Ukraine tells Hungary 'anti-Ukrainian rhetoric' must stop

Ukraine protested to Hungary's ambassador on Tuesday over "disparaging" comments made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and urged Budapest to stop what it called anti-Ukrainian rhetoric.

Reuters

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New Czech president expected to foster EU, Ukraine ties

Prague (AFP) - Newly-elected Czech president Petr Pavel, a former NATO general, will promote close ties with the European Union and offer firm support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion, analysts said.

AFP

Ukraine: ‘Fast-Track’ Talks Underway for Missiles, Planes

Ukraine and its Western allies are engaged in "fast-track" talks on the possibility of equipping the invaded country with long-range missiles and military aircraft, a top Ukrainian presidential aide said Saturday. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Ukraine’s supporters in the West "understand how the war…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine: 'Fast-track' talks underway for missiles, planes

A top aide to Ukraine's president says Kyiv and its Western allies are engaged in “fast-track” talks on the possibility of equipping the invaded country with long-range missiles and military aircraft

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin now fighting 'war against the West' after 'barbaric' attacks provoke tanks deal

The Secretary General of the European External Action Service said that tanks have been sent to Kyiv to aid in 'saving lives' after Putin's 'indiscriminate attacks on civilians'

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Ukraine to summon Hungarian envoy over 'unacceptable' remarks by Orban

The Ukrainian foreign ministry will summon Hungary's ambassador to complain about "completely unacceptable" remarks Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made about Ukraine, Kyiv said on Friday.

Reuters

Hungary will veto EU sanctions on Russian on nuclear energy - PM Orban

Hungary will veto any European Union sanctions against Russia affecting nuclear energy, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday.

Reuters

Billionaire ex-premier, former general vie for Czech presidency

The Czech Republic is holding an election for the successor of a divisive president who has challenged the European Union’s values.

Tribune News Service

Czech presidential vote starts with retired general, ex-PM leading the field

A retired general who held a senior NATO military job headed into the Czech Republic's presidential election starting on Friday as a favourite ahead of his main rivals - a divisive former prime minister and an economics professor.

Reuters

Pope Benedict: Thousands more bid farewell at Vatican including Hungary’s Orban

Tens of thousands expected for Benedict’s funeral on Thursday

The Independent UK

Benedict funeral to be similar to that of reigning popes

(This Jan. 3 story has been refiled to correct grammar in paragraph 11)

Reuters

EU holds back all of Hungary's cohesion funds over rights concerns

The European Commission said on Thursday it would hold back all 22 billion euros of EU cohesion funds for Hungary until its government meets conditions related to judiciary independence, academic freedoms, LGBTQI rights and the asylum system.

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The Independent UK

Hungary's Orban wants to 'drain the swamp' in European Union

Hungary’s prime minister thinks it’s time to “drain the swamp” in the European Union, something he imagines could lead all the way to dissolving the bloc’s legislature

WEKU

EU leaders have agreed on a new plan to source power that isn't from Russia

European leaders have finalized an agreement for an undersea electricity connector that could become a new power source for the EU amid a crunch on energy supplies caused by the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Hungary's new anti-fraud chief seeks impact, dismisses concerns over powers

Hungary's new anti-fraud body has obtained broad authority to flag suspected corruption, its leader Ferenc Biro said on Wednesday, promising to use all the powers he had at his disposal to maximum effect.

The Independent UK

EU reaches deal on Ukraine aid, tax on big corporations

The European Union has reached a deal in principle to send an 18 billion euro ($18.93 billion) financial aid package to Ukraine and approve a minimum tax of major corporations in a big move that narrowed a rift between the European Union and recalcitrant member Hungary

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Reuters

EU locked in intensifying tug-of-war with Hungary over money

The European Union was haggling with Hungary on Friday over releasing billions of euros in aid in exchange for Budapest revoking its veto on extending a joint loan to Ukraine and acceding to a minimum global tax.

Daily Mirror

Two Russian soldiers brazenly carry bathtub out of someone's home in Ukraine

Soldiers are seen carrying a bath across muddy ground away from what appears to be a Russian military truck parked next to a warehouse while their colleagues are seen carrying a chair

AFP

Falsehoods plague elections as voters tackle Trumpian tactics

Washington (AFP) - From the United States to Brazil and Israel, a barrage of election-related misinformation hammered voters around the world in 2022, but many pushed back against the conspiracy-laden Trumpian tactic of sowing distrust in the democratic process.

AFP

Hungary scraps petrol price caps amid fuel shortage

Budapest (AFP) - Hungary on Tuesday abolished petrol price caps after a fuel shortage led to "panic buying" at petrol stations with Hungarian energy giant MOL blaming the price limits.

The Independent UK

Orban’s Hungary vetoes crucial European aid package for Ukraine

The aid package was worth more than £15 billion

The Independent UK

Hungary vetoes EU Ukraine aid, deepening rift with Brussels

A rift between the European Union and member state Hungary has deepened after Budapest vetoed an 18-billion euro financial aid package to Kyiv, exacerbating a dispute over the rule of law in the country and Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s outlook over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Reuters

Students rally in Budapest protesting against teachers' dismissals

Thousands of teachers, students and parents protested in the Hungarian capital on Saturday in solidarity with teachers fired from top Budapest secondary schools for taking strike action that the government deemed unlawful.

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