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Chinese, Hungarian FMs discuss promoting bilateral cooperation, China-EU ties

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-26 23:28 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds talks with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in Beijing on Tuesday. BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in Beijing on Tuesday, discussing issues including deepening bilateral cooperation and developing a healthy and …

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Chinese, Hungarian FMs discuss promoting bilateral cooperation, China-EU ties

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-26 23:28 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds talks with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in Beijing on Tuesday. BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in Beijing on Tuesday, discussing issues including deepening bilateral cooperation and developing a healthy and …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukrainian and Hungarian foreign ministers meet but fail to break a diplomatic deadlock

Associated Press

KAMIANYTSIA, Ukraine — A years-long diplomatic conflict between Ukraine and Hungary took a step toward resolution on Monday during a meeting of their foreign ministers, but no breakthrough was reached on Hungary’s blocking of a crucial European Union financial aid package for Kyiv. The meeting, at a resort near the Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod, came as European leaders are scrambling …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Belarus leader asks Hungary’s Orban to visit and seeks a dialogue with EU amid country’s isolation

Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia — The authoritarian president of Belarus invited Hungary’s prime minister to visit his country, which has faced increasing isolation over the government’s relentless crackdown on dissent and support of ally Russia’s war with Ukraine. Lukashenko expressed readiness “for a dialogue with European countries” and invited Orban over “to discuss serious matters.” Orban’s press chief, Bertalan Havasi, said the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Hungary in the spotlight after Turkey presses on with Sweden’s bid to join NATO

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Hungarian parliament on Tuesday refused a proposal to hold a vote on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, further delaying the Nordic country’s inclusion in the military alliance. The governing Fidesz party — led by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán who is widely considered one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s only allies in the EU — which …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Serbia will increase supplies of Russian natural gas to Hungary if Ukraine pulls out of transit deal

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Serbia will provide Hungary with increased shipments of Russian natural gas if Ukraine follows through on ending a gas transit agreement with Russia, Hungary’s foreign minister said Sunday. Speaking in a taped message, Peter Szijjarto said Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, had met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest, and assured him that Serbia would be …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Live Updates | China bristles at NATO eastward 'expansion' as alliance wraps up summit

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A joint communique from the …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Live Updates | Zelenskyy hails ‘steps forward’ at NATO summit to help fight against Russian forces

Associated Press

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Follow along for updates on the summit of the NATO military alliance in Lithuania’s capital: What to know: — Ukraine wins G7 security pledges but its NATO membership remains elusive — Turkey won’t ratify Sweden’s NATO membership before October, Erdogan says — Biden and Zelenskyy praise each other despite divisions over Ukraine war — Greece and Turkey …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Hungary blocks military aid to Ukraine over listing of Hungarian bank

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary will continue to block the disbursement of a new tranche of European Union military support to Ukraine until Kyiv removes a Hungarian bank from a list of international sponsors of Russia’s war, Hungary’s foreign minister said Wednesday. Peter Szijjarto, speaking in Vienna after a meeting with his Austrian counterpart, called Ukraine’s recent listing of OTP Bank …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Hungary forces new energy deals with Russia amid Ukraine war

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary signed new agreements Tuesday to ensure its continued access to Russian energy, a sign of the country’s continuing diplomatic and trade ties with Moscow that have confounded some European leaders amid the war in Ukraine. Speaking at a news briefing in Moscow, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Russian state energy company Gazprom had agreed to …

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1 year, 10 months ago

US ambassador’s views on Hungary ‘irrelevant,’ minister says

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Hungarian foreign minister accused the United States ambassador to Budapest on Thursday of trying to interfere in Hungary’s internal affairs, amid a growing diplomatic rift between the U.S. and the Central European country. At a news conference in Budapest, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto lashed out at comments in Politico this week in which Ambassador David Pressman …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Hungary FM: Sweden should ‘act differently’ to join NATO

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Sweden’s government should “act differently” if it wants to clinch Turkish support for its bid to join NATO, Hungary’s foreign minister said Tuesday, adding that a recent Quran-burning protest outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm was “unacceptable.” Peter Szijjarto made the remark at a news conference following talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Hungary’s capital …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Hungary won’t veto EU arms funding to Ukraine, official says

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s foreign minister said Monday that while his government isn’t in favor of the European Union sending funding for weapons to Ukraine, it won’t block a planned tranche of 500 million euros in assistance to Kyiv to use in the war with Russia. Speaking at a news briefing on the sidelines of a meeting of EU foreign …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Hungary’s foreign minister travels to Russia for energy expo

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s top diplomat traveled to Russia on Monday to take part in an international forum on nuclear energy, underscoring his country’s persistently close ties with Moscow amid the war in Ukraine. In a post on Facebook early Monday, Szijjarto said his appearance at the expo would include talks with the head of Russia’s state atomic energy company, …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Hungary foreign minister in Moscow for gas supply talks

Al Jazeera

Hungary’s foreign minister says he wants to discuss ensuring gas supplies for his country and finding a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine. Hungary’s foreign minister has arrived in Moscow where he wants to talk about ensuring gas supplies for his country and finding a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine. Szijjarto told a news conference that in …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Russia-Ukraine crisis updates | May 11, 2022

The Hindu

Ukraine's natural gas pipeline operator said on May 11 that it would stop Russian shipments through a key hub in the east of the country, while its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Kyiv's military had made small gains, pushing Russian forces out of four villages near Kharkiv. While speaking to French University Sciences Po, Zelensky said that the war could have …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Live updates: Zelenskyy recalls envoys to Georgia, Morocco

Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has recalled Ukraine’s ambassadors to Georgia and Morocco, suggesting they haven’t done enough to persuade those countries to support Ukraine and punish Russia for the invasion. Jeremy Fleming, who heads the U.K.’s GCHQ electronic spy agency, said Russian President Vladimir Putin “massively misjudged” his chances for a swift military victory in Ukraine. But Fleming warns that …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Hungary accuses Ukraine of interfering in upcoming election

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s foreign minister on Wednesday accused Ukraine’s leadership of attempting to interfere in the upcoming Hungarian election, a charge later denied by his Ukrainian counterpart in an episode that put further strain on relations between the two countries. In a video on social media, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto claimed that there was “ongoing coordination between the …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates |

The Hindu

President Vladimir Putin ordered his military command to put Russia’s nuclear deterrent on high alert on Sunday in the face of a huge Western response to his war on Ukraine, which said it had repelled Russian ground forces nearing its biggest cities. -AP Russia Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Hungary’s Orban to discuss nuclear power project with Putin

Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban plans to meet with President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 1 to discuss the progress of a Russian-backed project to expand a Hungarian nuclear power plant, Hungary’s foreign minister said Thursday. Speaking on the sidelines of a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told Russian state news …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Hungary Will Receive Technology to Produce Sputnik V Covid-19 Vaccine: Foreign Minister

News 18

Hungary will receive technology this year to produce Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine at a Hungarian plant currently under construction, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Moscow on Thursday according to a foreign ministry statement. The Sputnik V vaccine, widely used in Russia and approved for use in more than 70 countries, is still undergoing a review by the World …

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3 years, 2 months ago

The AP Interview: Hungary committed to contentious LGBT law

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The right-wing populist government in Hungary is attracting conservative thinkers from the United States who admire its approaches to migration, LGBT issues and national sovereignty — all matters that have put the country at odds with its European partners, who see not a conservative haven but a worrying erosion of democratic institutions on multiple fronts. That led …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Israel continues Gaza raids as Palestinians hold general strike

Al Jazeera

Four Palestinian protesters killed in West Bank during demonstrations against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. 18 May 2021 - 21:00 GMT Palestinian FM urges ICC to investigate Israel’s war crimes The Palestinian foreign minister has sent a letter to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor’s Office, calling for an investigation into Israel’s “war crimes” in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem. “There …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Cambodia bans state-organized events in capital over virus

Associated Press

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia on Wednesday banned all state-organized events in the capital and a neighboring province for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after a number of people connected to a Hungarian official’s visit tested positive. The decision came after the government struggled to trace people that came into contact with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter …

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Chinese, Hungarian FMs discuss promoting bilateral cooperation, China-EU ties

Chinese, Hungarian FMs discuss promoting bilateral cooperation, China-EU ties

Ukrainian and Hungarian foreign ministers meet but fail to break a diplomatic deadlock

Belarus leader asks Hungary’s Orban to visit and seeks a dialogue with EU amid country’s isolation

Hungary in the spotlight after Turkey presses on with Sweden’s bid to join NATO

Serbia will increase supplies of Russian natural gas to Hungary if Ukraine pulls out of transit deal

Live Updates | China bristles at NATO eastward 'expansion' as alliance wraps up summit

Live Updates | Zelenskyy hails ‘steps forward’ at NATO summit to help fight against Russian forces

Hungary blocks military aid to Ukraine over listing of Hungarian bank

Hungary forces new energy deals with Russia amid Ukraine war

US ambassador’s views on Hungary ‘irrelevant,’ minister says

Hungary FM: Sweden should ‘act differently’ to join NATO

Hungary won’t veto EU arms funding to Ukraine, official says

Hungary’s foreign minister travels to Russia for energy expo

Hungary foreign minister in Moscow for gas supply talks

Russia-Ukraine crisis updates | May 11, 2022

Live updates: Zelenskyy recalls envoys to Georgia, Morocco

Hungary accuses Ukraine of interfering in upcoming election

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates |

Hungary’s Orban to discuss nuclear power project with Putin

Hungary Will Receive Technology to Produce Sputnik V Covid-19 Vaccine: Foreign Minister

The AP Interview: Hungary committed to contentious LGBT law

Israel continues Gaza raids as Palestinians hold general strike

Cambodia bans state-organized events in capital over virus