Section: Hungary
Hungarian gas deliveries to Ukraine climb 15%
Gas deliveries to Ukraine via Hungary have increased by 15% to 5.9 mln cubic meters per day, Ukraine’s gas transmission system operator Ukrtransgaz announced on Monday, according to Hungarian news agency MTI. …read more Source: Budapest Business...
Ukraine expects 10% more gas through Hungary
Ukraine expects daily gas flow through Hungary to grow 10% to 5.5 million cubic meters from today, Maxim Belyavsky, public relations officer of Ukrainian gas distributor Ukrtransgas, told Russian news agency Ria Novosty yesterday. …read more Source: Budapest Business...
Donetsk separatists play ethnic Hungarian card
Csaba TóthDonetsk separatists play ethnic Hungarian card A flyer written in Hungarian is being distributed by pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine calling for the ethnic Hungarian soldiers and officers of the Ukrainian army to put down their weapons. According to sources present at the front, the proclamation to ethnic soldiers in the Ukrainain...
Colleen Bell speaks out in support of Ukrainian sovereignty
StaffColleen Bell speaks out in support of Ukrainian sovereignty US ambassador Colleen Bell delivered the following remarks today at an official lunch today to which Ukraine’s top diplomat in Hungary was also invited. The event coincided with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Budapest: I know we were all...
Colleen Bell’s remarks at official lunch for
StaffColleen Bell’s remarks at official lunch for US ambassador Colleen Bell delivered the following remarks today at an official lunch she hosted for Ukraine’s top diplomat in Hungary. The event coincided with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Budapest: I know we were all cautiously optimistic — maybe...
Orbán, Szijjártó talk foreign policy with party leaders
Richard FieldOrbán, Szijjártó talk foreign policy with party leaders Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Minister for Foreign Trade and Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó met with the six heads of the various parliamentary caucuses on Saturday to reportedly ask their help in achieving national foreign policy objectives. According to Szijjártó...
Léderer: Russian 2008 invasion of Georgia was test run for 2014 invasion of Ukraine
Ádám LestyánszkyLéderer: Russian 2008 invasion of Georgia was test run for 2014 invasion of Ukraine The Georgian Prime Minister visited Budapest on Tuesday. Irakli Garibasvili agreed with Viktor Orbán that both countries needed to exploit the hidden economic opportunities. Foreign policy expert András Léderer told ATV that it was a good thing...
Viktor Orbán on Ukraine: We are facing a real war
Benjamin NovakViktor Orbán on Ukraine: We are facing a real war Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is slowly changing his position on the crisis in Ukraine. In his weekly radio address today on Hungary’s state-run radio broadcaster Kossuth Radio, Orbán admitted that the situation in Ukraine is starting to look like a war. Regardless of...
Merkel visit a political failure
From a diplomatic aspect, the joint press conference by the German chancellor and the Hungarian prime minister revealed some disagreements over the concept of illiberal democracy, the treatment of NGOs and the media. Left-leaning think-tank Political Capital provides a flash analysis. Chancellor Merkel’s visit was a highly anticipated event...
Forint up on Ukraine cease-fire news
The forint was trading at 306.05 to the euro late Thursday on the interbank forex market, up from 309.26 late Wednesday. At 309.06 to the euro early Thursday, the forint moved between 305.92, a four-day high, and 309.73. It reached a near three-month high at 303.76 last Friday. …read more Source: Budapest Business...
