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Hungary
Budapest did not publicly announce the loan but confirmed it upon media inquiries. The loan, the largest among its debts, is subject to be repaid fully within three years.
10h ago
War in Ukraine
Brussels said 90 percent of the money would go to a central fund used to pay for arms for Ukraine, known as the European Peace Facility.
12h ago
War in Ukraine
Kyiv can expect $50B funded by EU-frozen Russian assets by October; Sports minister says Olympics shows “Ukraine exists” and can win the war; Over a dozen Leopard tanks going to Ukraine this summer.
1d ago
War in Ukraine
G7 and EU leaders agreed in June to use interest from frozen Russian assets to support a $50 billion loan for Ukraine to defend against Moscow's invasion.
1d ago
War in Ukraine
Slovakia and Hungary halted oil imports from Lukoil via the Druzhba pipeline after Ukraine banned Lukoil resource transit last month.
2d ago
War in Ukraine
Slovakia and Hungary have increased pressure on Kyiv after they said last week they had stopped receiving oil from Lukoil via Ukraine.
Jul. 23
Germany
The EU says this first tranche of funds will be used to finance the purchase of essential military equipment for Ukraine.
Jul. 23
War in Ukraine
Hungary’s repeated uncoordinated steps to speak against EU unity must “have some formal consequences,” EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said.
Jul. 23
Europe
A sample of what the European press is saying about the re-election of Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission.
Jul. 20
Poland
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Poland’s president from 1995-2005, says Ukraine’s Orange Revolution was pivotal in forming President Putin’s view of the world.
Jul. 19
EU
Von der Leyen’s first term was full of crises including the coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Jul. 18
Putin
Hungary’s Prime Minister has recently positioned himself as an unlikely peacemaker between Russia and Ukraine but in doing so is he truly neutral?
Jul. 18
War in Ukraine
“Russia is banking on Europe and the West going soft, and some in Europe are playing along,” von der Leyen told the European Parliament.
Jul. 18
Putin
Orban provoked the ire of fellow European leaders when, just days into Hungary taking the helm of the rotating EU presidency he went to Russia on July 5 to see President Vladimir Putin.
Jul. 18
War in Ukraine
The Council’s legal service told EU envoys last week that Budapest’s actions could constitute a breach of the bloc’s treaties.
Jul. 17
Slovakia and Hungary halted oil imports from Lukoil via the Druzhba pipeline after Ukraine banned Lukoil resource transit last month.
2d ago