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. Europe Poland(Wednesday), 13 Nov 2024  US opens the northern section of defence anti-missile shield inaugurated today at the Redzikowo military base in northern Poland, near the Baltic coast. The base at Redzikowo is part of a broader NATO missile shield, called Aegis Ashore, which the military…

. Europe Hungary(Friday), October 25, 2024, 11:32 AM  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has suggested that Poland’s government and its prime minister, Tusk, were installed by the European Union as part of a plot to remove the country’s previous right-wing leadership. The comments came two days…

. Europe PolandOct 31, 2024  Poland is gearing up to start negotiations with Lockheed Martin for more than 100 HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems, General Kuptel, head of Poland’s Armament Agency, confirmed. Under a pre-existing framework agreement, Poland has the option to purchase up to 486…

. Europe   Poland16 October 2024  The Venice Commission, an advisory body of the Council of Europe, has analysed the legal reforms being proposed by Polish justice minister Bodnar, and has advised against Bodnar’s plans for a wholesale purge of judges appointed during the lifetime of the last…

. 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…

. North America United States12.10.2024  Former US President Trump's campaign has requested military aircraft for Trump to fly in during the final weeks of the presidential race, expanded flight restrictions over his residences and rallies, ballistic glass pre-positioned in seven battleground…

. Europe European Council10.10.2024  The European Council announced that member states have agreed on a new financial aid package which includes an exceptional €35 billion macro-financial assistance loan to Ukraine and a mechanism to support the country in repaying up to €45 billion in loans…

. 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…

. Europe Hungary(Sunday, 29 September 2024)  “We probably wouldn’t have done what President Zelensky did two and a half years ago, because it’s irresponsible,” Orbán, the political director to the Hungarian prime minister (and of no relation to him) said in a podcast interview he gave on…

. 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 Hungary(Friday), 20.09.2024  Photos on social media and Hungarian media show that bridges and the banks of Danube, where the parliament building is also located in central Budapest, were flooded. The Danube level reached 780 cm high yesterday evening, and is expected to reach 850 cm at…

. Europe Hungary19 September 2024  European Union (EU) ministers debated the development of a European degree system at an informal meeting of higher education and research ministers in Budapest, Hungary, on 16 and 17 September. The meeting was overshadowed by an ongoing row about Hungary’s access…

. Europe Hungary (17 September 2024 8:53)  In Hungary, authorities are bracing for potential flooding along the Danube River, which runs through the capital, Budapest. The river is rising by about a meter every 24 hours, and officials have issued flood warnings along a 500km stretch of the river.…

. Europe Hungary (Monday), September 16, 2024 09:58  Hungary expects near-record water levels as flooding slams Central Europe. Hundreds of specialists and soldiers prepare defenses. The National Technical Steering Group of Water Affairs coordinate flood protection works in the country. More than…

. Europe Austria (Sunday), 15.09.2024  Since Friday, water levels in several Austrian rivers have risen dramatically. Lower Austria is experiencing the most severe conditions, where according to local authorities, numerous streams have already burst their banks as a result of the heavy rain. The…

. 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…

. GermanyMonday, 9.9.2024 16:27  The ’far-right’ anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won state elections in the state of Thuringia last week and came second in another state, Saxony. Germany's coalition government has been consulting with the main "conservative opposition’ CDU and…

. United StatesSeptember 6, 2024  Planning for a post-American NATO, „Europe must prepare for a second Trump term”. By the end of January 2025, the Europe’s most important partner, the United States, could be led by former President Trump, who has said that he would encourage Russia to do “whatever…

. 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 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…

. GreeceJuly 25, 2024 1:41 PM  Greece formally approved an offer to buy 20 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from the United States as part of a major defense overhaul, government officials said Thursday. Delivery of the fifth-generation jet made by Lockheed Martin is expected to start in 2028, while…

. 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 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…