Hungary however sued by the European Commission earlier this month. A rule passed last year limits what schools can teach about homosexuality and transgender. This is the latest anti-LGBTQ bill imposed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government. On Saturday, hundreds of Hungarians marched in the annual Budapest Pride march despite the heat. They committed to … Read more
After a month of negotiating over a blocked sanctions package, EU leaders were hoping to persuade Prime Minister Viktor Orban to support a watered-down oil embargo against Russia on Monday. But the Hungarian leader, who has demanded an exemption from the ban and guarantees for his country’s energy supply, warned on arrival at the EU summit … Read more
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has chastised the European Commission for its handling of a possible Russian oil embargo, calling it “irresponsible.” He argued that the Commission, which develops rules for member states, had failed to adequately negotiate the embargo with member countries as he arrived at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels. He … Read more
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned Friday that the European Commission’s planned oil embargo against Russia is a “nuclear bomb” for Hungary’s economy. If accepted, the embargo will abolish utility pricing controls, and fuel costs might reach 700 to 800 forints (1.94-2.22 USD) per litre, according to Orban, who spoke to local public radio MR1. … Read more
Hungary would veto any European proposal that leads to the restriction of energy imports from Russia, according to a senior minister in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government. “We’ve made it clear that we’ll never support” extending European Union sanctions against Russia to the field of energy, Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas told HirTV on Sunday. The … Read more
Slovenians voted in parliamentary elections on Sunday, with conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa facing up against a political novice in the polarised EU country. Jansa, 63, an ally of nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and admirer of US ex-president Donald Trump, is polling head-to-head with Robert Golob, formerly a solar power entrepreneur. Sporting a tie in … Read more
BUDAPEST – Hungary used the invasive Pegasus spy software, a senior ruling party official said Thursday, but insisted the government had not spied on citizens illegally. In July Hungary was the only EU country listed by an investigative journalism consortium as a potential user of the spyware, with hundreds of targets including journalists, lawyers and other … Read more
