Hungary vows to block Ukraine's EU accession talks as media reports imminent Commission recommendation

Hungary will not discuss Ukraine's accession into the European Union as long as minority language law exists, Balazs Orban (no relation), an advisor to Hungarian President Viktor Orban, said in an interview with Dutch broadcasting service NOS on Nov. 7.

Poll: Majority of Hungarians disapprove of Orban's meeting with Putin

A majority of Hungarians disapprove of the recent meeting of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, according to a survey commissioned by Hungarian opposition media outlet Nepszava released on Nov. 7.

Hungary promises to block start of Ukraine's negotiations on joining EU

Lukashenko invites Hungary's Orbán to Belarus; Orbán's press service says he will consider coming

Hungarian foreign minister visits Belarus for 2nd time in 2023

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto visited the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on Oct. 26 to take part in the “Eurasian Security: Reality and Prospects in a Transforming World” conference, Belarusian state-run news agency BelTA said.

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Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, in a speech on the occasion of the anniversary of the Soviet suppression of the 1956 revolution, compared Hungary's membership in the EU to the more than forty-year Soviet occupation of his country. In particular, he accused the EU of seeking to deprive Hungary of its identity by imposing a model of liberal democracy, which, according to him, Hungarians reject. "Fortunately, what was once a tragedy is now at best a comedy. Fortunately, Brussels is not Moscow. Moscow was a tragedy. Brussels is just a bad modern parody," he added. @liveukraine_media

Hungary hinders EU's allocation of ˆ500 million for military support to Ukraine again

Putin and Orban hold talks in Beijing

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Oct. 17. Orban told Putin that his government is interested in continuing economic cooperation with Russia "as long as this is possible."