Tag: Hungary
Hungary wants apology for ‘outrageous’ claims by US official
Washington’s UN envoy has made “baseless” allegations regarding anti-Semitism, Budapest says Hungary blasted the US over what it says are “outrageous” and “false” accusations of anti-Semitism, leveled by a senior diplomat against Budapest. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mate Paczolay added that while Washington later admitted the mistake, it has not issued a public apology. On Tuesday, speaking to the Index news site, Paczolay slammed Linda Thomas-Greenfield,…
EU Commission calls for freeze on €13bn funding for Hungary
The EU’s executive says Hungary needs to enact reforms before receiving EU budget and Covid funding. The post EU Commission calls for freeze on €13bn funding for Hungary appeared first on Rich TVX News Network.
EU fails to agree on gas price cap – Hungary
Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says the measure is seen by many as a misguided intervention in the natural gas market EU nations have failed to reach an agreement on imposing a price ceiling on natural gas following a Council of Energy Ministers’ meeting, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday. Ministers from the bloc will discuss the proposed measure further during an extraordinary meeting…
Austria won't train Ukrainian troops
Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said his country supports the new EU mission but is keeping its neutral status Austria does not plan to take part in an EU military training mission for Ukrainian troops, the country’s Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said on Monday. His remarks came as the bloc’s Foreign Council agreed to drill about 15,000 Ukrainian troops over two years and to allocate an…
Hungary PM Viktor Orban's adviser resigns over 'pure Nazi' speech – BBC News
A close ally of the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, has resigned, comparing his recent comments on race to those of the Nazi era. Zsuzsa Hegedus, who has known the nationalist Mr. Orban for 20 years, described the speech as a “pure Nazi text”, according to Hungarian media. The International Auschwitz Committee of Holocaust survivors called the speech “stupid and dangerous.” Mr Orban said European…