Hungary has faced a financial crisis capable of collapsing its economy... Europe has never been as negative towards the Hungarian government as it is now...
It has been a sudden flare-up of "letter terrorism" in Spain. In two days, high-ranking officials and foreign diplomatic institutions received several dangerous parcels with a flammable substance. They all share one trait - they are involved in helping Ukraine in the fight against the Russian aggressor.
Pekka Haavisto: "There have been many wars that included a nuclear and a non-nuclear state. It doesn't guarantee that nuclear power always says the last word in the conflict."
Elected in 2019, the mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony, remains the most popular city politician and represents the "other Hungary", which position is almost unknown in Ukraine.
No surprise that after showing tangible progress in the summer, Ukraine found itself bogged down in agreeing on detailed steps with Brussels and in internal discussions.
It makes more sense for Putin not to launch nuclear weapons but only to use it as a threat... The West sees the decline of the direct nuclear threat...
"European Pravda" has had a chance to speak with Senator Risch in Canada, on the sidelines of the Halifax Security Forum. He attends it as the head of the American Congress delegation. The politician is actively working on new weaponry for Ukraine. But he admits: you have to be realistic, including jets. However, he has not the slightest doubt about Ukraine's victory.
Kyiv has been desperately fighting to start formal EU accession negotiations in previous months. The Ukrainian government got outraged by the fact that the European Commission had postponed by a year the assessment of Ukraine's progress in the implementation of the so-called "Seven requirements" defined by the European Commission. Without their fulfillment, it is impossible to start accession negotiations.
Ukraine plans to merge some ministries and establish the Ministry of European Integration, which is responsible for joining the EU and possibly NATO. The uniqueness of the decision is that the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy is preparing to "absorb" the Ministry of European Integration.
With the full-scale war, the Hungarian government led by Viktor Orbán not only did not cut off ties with his Russian friend Vladimir Putin but, on the contrary, is getting even closer to him.
One of the most common associations with the European Union is Eurobureaucracy and slow decision-making procedures. However, the rapid and rather decisive - despite the pressure of skeptical governments - the Union's response to the Russian Federation's aggressive war against Ukraine came as a surprise to many.
The G20 Heads of State and Government Summit will kick off in Indonesia in exactly one week. "European Pravda" learned the draft decisions of this meeting and discovered that it carries a serious, albeit hidden, danger for Ukraine and the world. The Western partners do not realise they are handing the trump cards to the Russian aggressor.
