Egyik 19

. Pacific Ocean October 16, 2024  Transforming the Pacific into a genuine powder keg? For the past 80 years, an island chain of military bastions running from Japan to Australia in the Pacific has served as a crucial fulcrum for American global power. Aware that the advent of the long-range bomber…

. Europe European Court of Auditors05/10/2023   Errors in spending from the EU budget increased significantly in 2022, according to the European Court of Auditors’ annual report published today. The auditors also warn of the growing risk of borrowing for additional payment needs, such as those…

.  Europe European Union(4 October 2024) 14:41  The European 'Union' voted today to impose tariffs as high as 45% on electric vehicles from China. Ten member states voted in favour of the measure, while Germany and four others voted against and 12, including Spain, abstained. The European…

. European ParliamentWednesday, 9 October 2024 09:09:49 - 09:36:43  Plenary Session. Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency. Current speaker Viktor Orbán, Hungary. /video/ (Source: euparl.europa.eu)- Note: The interpretation in English - Duration: 00:26:54…

. Europe Hungary11.10.2024  This year marks the centennial of the Turkish-Hungarian Friendship Treaty, The 1923 agreement was elevated to a strategic partnership in 2013 and to an "enhanced strategic partnership" last year, encompassing cooperation across all sectors. Turkish Energy and Natural…

. Black Sea October 2, 2024  Ukraine has made significant strategic gains in the Black Sea and views the region as a growing area of focus. Despite not having a sizable surface fleet, Ukraine has been able to effectively combat the Russian navy’s ships to the point where the Russian Black Sea…

. Europe North Macedonia28.09.2024  "The Western Balkans deserve much more than they have received from Brussels so far. I want to say that these countries should have become EU members long ago," Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán said in a news conference in North Macedonia's capital, Skopje, where…

. Asia ChinaSeptember 27, 2024 4:56 pm (EST)  China and Russia have strengthened ties. We can anticipate continuing advances in cooperation in the coming months.       Ukraine: China continues to forward peace efforts to end the war in Ukraine. In late August, China’s Special Envoy for Eurasian…

. HungarySeptember 27, 2024 10:22 am CET  Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó said yesterday that Budapest is keen to strengthen economic ties with Moscow, despite ongoing European Union sanctions against Russia. “Apart from the fact that we do not like the sanctions regime - although there are…

. Europe Hungary24/09/2024 - 18:50 GMT+2  European Affairs Minister Bóka insists 'he' won't pay a €200m fine imposed by EU courts for restricting asylum rights, though Brussels has triggered a special procedure to deduct the sum from EU funds. But the government is willing to engage in a…

. Europe FranceSep 23, 2024, 10:00 AM  Europe will have to review its relations with Russia sometime in the future, French President Macron said. Addressing an international conference on peace in Paris, he has called for "thinking about peace in Europe of tomorrow," bearing in mind that Europe…

. VaticanSeptember 14, 2024 5:02 AM   Yesterday, Pope Francis, leader of about 1.4 billion Catholics globally, held a news conference aboard the papal plane on his flight back after his demanding 12-day journey across Southeast Asia and Oceania. He criticised both former US President Trump over his…

. Europe Hungary September 11, 2024 5:27pm EDT  In 1944, hundreds of Nazi Germany's explosives-laden Black Sea fleet vessels were scuttled along the River Danube, destroying the ships themselves as they retreated from advancing Soviet forces. After a drought in July and August that saw the river's…

. Europe Russia(Tuesday), 10/09/2024 - 14:11  Today Russia launched its largest navy drills of post-Soviet era alongside Chinese warships. China sent four warships and a supply vessel to the exercise, joining Russia's naval fleet in the Sea of Japan. The major naval exercise will see Moscow sail…

. United StatesSep 1, 2024, 2:00 PM GMT+2  America isn’t ready for another war - because it doesn’t have the troops. Having been burned by massive threat inflation over terrorism in the post-9/11 era, Americans may be understandably skeptical of the gravity of the Russian or Chinese threat to the…

. Asia / The Middle EastAugust 19, 2024  Another crisis enveloping the Middle East region: intense heat and water scarcity. In Egypt, temperatures have rarely fallen below 100 degrees since May. In late June, the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, registered a temperature of 125 degrees (51,6…

. Europe Germany08/16/2024  Kremlin declares Berlin-based Russian anti-war group 'undesirable'. Russian authorities have declared the nongovernmental organization ’Deputies of Peaceful Russia’ group, an association of Russian politicians in exile who oppose Moscow's war in Ukraine to be an…

. United StatesAug 14, 2024  The 11th Airborne Division, also known as the “Arctic Angels,” stood up its Arctic Aviation Command at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on Thursday. The move puts two active-duty aviation battalions under direct control of the command and the 11th Airborne. Previously, the…

. Europe European CommissionAUGUST 1, 2024 4:55 PM CET ’EU snubs Hungary and Slovakia over Ukraine oil sanctions’. Following Moscow’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU imposed an embargo on imports of Russian oil but exempted pipeline supplies — including those coming to Hungary and…

. Europe Hungary4:22 PM CEST, July 31, 2024  In the months leading up to elections for the European Parliament, Hungarians were ’warned’ that casting a ballot against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would be a vote for all-out war. Orbán used a pro-government media empire that’s dominated the…

. Europe Poland30 July 2024  A new ’pro’-EU government came to power in Poland in December, drawing a line under a period when Warsaw and Budapest were regularly allies in disputes with the bloc over issues such as the rule of law or LGBT rights. Relations between Poland and Hungary have soured…

. Europe LithuaniaJul 26, 2024 at 1:31 PM EDT  NATO member state Lithuania is drawing up plans for a mass evacuation of civilians 'in preparation for the possibility of a war breaking out', the country's Interior Ministry said. Lithuania's Interior Minister Bilotaite was cited as saying on…

. Europe HungaryJuly 24, 2024  Data published by the Finland-based Centre for Research and Clean Air (CREA), show that last year Ukraine transited 14.6m tonnes of oil via the Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline to EU buyers including in Hungary and Slovakia. Another 5.5 million tonnes were shipped in…

. Europe HungaryJuly 23, 2024 11:50am EDT  Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s self-proclaimed "peace mission" trips to Moscow and Beijing this month aimed at brokering an end to the war in Ukraine. EU partners 'overwhelmingly' saw it as undermining their support for Kyiv, EU foreign affairs chief…

. Europe HungaryJuly 22, 2024 6:09 pm CET  Following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU banned imports of Russian oil arriving at the bloc by sea, but allowed landlocked countries like Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to continue buying supplies via the Russia-to-Europe Druzhba pipeline…