BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday his country will have plenty of opportunities in the future to interrupt Ukraine’s process of joining the European Union, a day after the right-wing leader’s stunning turnaround allowed an EU summit to move forward on bringing the war-torn country into the bloc. Orbán had spent … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave BRUSSELS — It was supposed to be a big day for Ukraine. Instead, it may be a big day for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s campaign to disrupt and dominate European politics. At a European Union summit in Brussels on Thursday, European leaders will decide whether to … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Former President Petro Poroshenko was denied permission to leave Ukraine for a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukraine’s security service said Saturday. Poroshenko announced Friday that he had been turned away at the border despite previously receiving permission from Parliament to leave the country. Under … Read more
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The European Union should first sign a strategic partnership agreement with Ukraine instead of starting membership talks with the country, Hungary’s Viktor Orban said on Friday, flagging a way to a possible compromise ahead of a crucial EU summit. The 27 national EU leaders are due to decide in mid-December on whether … Read more
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. President Alexander Lukashenko extended the invitation to Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave RIGA, Latvia — Russian President Vladimir Putin, increasingly isolated over the war against Ukraine, met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in China on Tuesday. The meeting was Putin’s first with a European Union leader since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant in March, accusing him … Read more