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Viktor Orbán’s controversial ‘Greater Hungary’ scarf explained

A recent football match between Hungary and Greece – two countries that didn’t even qualify for the World Cup – would have been quickly forgotten were it not for the sartorial choices made by one of the spectators. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán was in attendance, sporting a scarf with…

The Conversation

EU seeks to freeze €13bn in funding to Hungary over corruption fears

European Commission says Viktor Orbán’s government’s rule-of-law reforms do not go far enough

The Guardian - UK

EU Commission proposes blocking billions in funds to Hungary

The European Union’s executive branch has recommended that billions of euros in EU funds be withheld from Hungary over its failure to implement solid rule-of-law reforms, a move highlighting lingering divergences between the European partners

The Independent UK

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Austria loses court challenge to Hungarian nuclear plant state aid

Austria on Wednesday lost its challenge against a European Commission decision five years ago allowing Hungary to expand its Paks atomic plant as Europe's second-highest court rejected all its arguments.

Reuters

Chinese Covid protests are widening the cracks in the authoritarian edifice

Starting out as a journalist, I learned my reporting trade on the foreign desk at The Times, where we burgeoning newshounds scrapped for the chance to assist on the big stories. On one June day in the summer of 1989, though, there were more than enough stories to go round.…

Evening Standard

Hungary expects EU to approve its recovery plan next month: minister

Hungary's government expects its recovery fund plan to be approved by EU finance ministers at an Ecofin meeting on Dec. 12, its minister in charge of EU negotiations said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Ukraine, partners launch $150 million grain export plan to help vulnerable nations

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hosted a summit in Kyiv with allied nations on Saturday to launch a plan to export $150 million worth of grain to countries most vulnerable to famine and drought.

Reuters

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Brazil hopes dampened at Everton after bold claim 'This is the football city of England'

Everton and the World Cup: After a winning start at Goodison Park, Brazil's 1966 hopes were dampened against Hungary in the Merseyside rain

Liverpool Echo

Hungarian president to travel to Kyiv, invited by Ukraine's Zelenskiy - website

Hungary's President Katalin Novak is travelling to Kyiv to meet her Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy, website index.hu reported on Friday, adding Novak would go by train via Poland.

Reuters

Hungarian FM on Russia's war in Ukraine: 'We want peace, not another sanctions package'

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto doesn't rule out vetoing a ninth package of sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine – a package that is currently being prepared by the EU, along with a proposed price cap on Russian oil. "We want peace, not another [sanctions] package," he says.…

France 24

Serbian police find 600 migrants after shootout near Hungarian border

Serbian police uncovered 600 illegal migrants near the border with Hungary on Friday following a shootout in a town in which one person was shot, the Interior Ministry said.

Reuters

Serb police: man shot in border town clash between migrants

Serbian police say a migrant has been shot and wounded and a number of others have been detained following reports of a clash between migrants in a northern Serbian town on the border with Hungary

The Independent UK

Hungary complains to EU about Ukrainian law's impact on some firms

Hungary's foreign minister said on Friday it has complained to the European Union alleging that Ukraine is making business harder for its companies such as drugmaker Richter because they have operations in Russia.

Reuters

Hungary to back Finland and Sweden NATO bids in 2023, Orban says

Hungary’s parliament will approve Finland’s and Sweden’s bids to join NATO at the legislature’s first session next year, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

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Ex-Linfield striker Christy Manzinga opens up on 'racist abuse' playing in Hungary

The 27-year-old joined Hungarian side Zalaegerszegi TE from Linfield in the summer

The Independent UK

Friend or foe: Hungary delays ratifying Sweden and Finland’s bid for Nato membership

Hungary has delayed ratifying Finland and Sweden’s bid for Nato membership – but prime minister Viktor Orban said it would be approved early next year.

Reuters

EU to approve Hungary's recovery plan, hold cash until conditions met

The European Commission is likely to approve next week Hungary's post-pandemic recovery plan to keep open the possibility of EU disbursements later, but hold back any payouts until Budapest fulfils all agreed conditions, sources at the EU executive said.

Reuters

Hungary govt expects total of 7 billion in EU funds next year

Hungary expects to receive a total of about 7 billon euros worth of European Union funds next year from various EU programmes, the government said on Thursday.

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Hungary to provide $195 million in financial aid to Ukraine - govt decree

Hungary will provide 187 million euros ($195 million) in financial aid to Ukraine as its contribution to a planned EU support package worth up to 18 billion euros in 2023, according to a government decree published late on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Amid war, fault lines show ahead of Central European summit

The leaders of four Central European countries are holding a summit in Slovakia to discuss energy, migration and regional cooperation

Reuters

Orban's 'Greater Hungary' scarf likely on agenda at central Europe summit

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday he expected the scarf depicting "Greater Hungary" worn by Hungarian leader Viktor Orban will be discussed at a summit of Visegrad countries this week.

The Conversation

The book that changed me: Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem and the problem of terrifying moral complacency

Hannah Arendt published Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil in 1963. Over the next two decades alone, it would be republished some 30 times, first in the United States and then Britain, as debate swirled around both its arguments and its author.

The Independent UK

Anger as Viktor Orban wears scarf showing Ukrainian territory as Hungarian

‘Soccer is not politics!’ PM says

Reuters

Ukraine to protest over Orban scarf showing part of Ukraine as Hungarian territory

Ukraine will summon the Hungarian ambassador to protest that Prime Minister Viktor Orban went to a football match wearing a scarf depicting some Ukrainian territory as part of Hungary, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Some EU lawmakers oppose release of funds to Hungary's Orban

Some European Union lawmakers warned the bloc's executive Commission against unlocking billions of euros in funds for Hungary, saying Prime Minister Viktor Orban was trampling on democratic norms.

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