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US must make security deal with Russia – Hungary
Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, USA

US must make security deal with Russia – Hungary

RT Photo by shoah An agreement between the US and Russia is the only thing that can end the conflict in Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Monday. Orban has repeatedly accused EU leaders of serving American, rather than European, interests by continuing to bankroll Kiev. Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha on Tuesday, Orban reiterated his position that Ukraine cannot win on the battlefield, and that Kiev and its Western backers must pursue peace talks with Russia. “First we should have a ceasefire,” he said. “Then let’s talk about the new security architecture of the European continent.” “The only peace agreement that could close this whole conflict is if it is between Russia and the United States,” he elaborated. “What is at stake is the ...
Jericho: Nazi Army Abducts A Child, Young Man
Hungary, Palestine Affairs, West Bank, ZIO-NAZI

Jericho: Nazi Army Abducts A Child, Young Man

Nazi soldiers invaded Fasayel village, north of Jericho in the northeastern West Bank, and abducted a child and a young man. Eid Barahma, the head of the Jericho office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), said the Nazi soldiers abducted Mohammad Ayesh Nawawra, 14, and Laith Sharari Nawawra, 25. He added that the soldiers stopped and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards and searched many cars. On Wednesday night, Nazi JEWISH illegal paramilitary colonizer shot a Palestinian child in the Nazi occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
NATO member blasts Ukraine invitation
Hungary, NATO, Ukraine

NATO member blasts Ukraine invitation

Hungary has once again objected to the US-led bloc including Kiev in a meeting ©  Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP Inviting Kiev to Brussels over Budapest’s explicit objections violates NATO’s principles, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday. He took part in the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Committee anyway, to raise the issue of ethnic Hungarian minority rights. “We came here in hope that no one will question the validity of our earlier joint decision that NATO is not a part of the war taking place in our neighbor [Ukraine] and that everything must be done to prevent a direct NATO-Russia conflict,” Szijjarto said on Facebook, posting from the foreign minister conference of bloc members. Inviting Ukraine “violates the principle of the ...
EU has abandoned peace and prosperity
Europe, Hungary

EU has abandoned peace and prosperity

The pro-war lobby has put the entire bloc in danger over Ukraine, the Hungarian prime minister claims Viktor Orban stands after a vote on Finland's bid to join NATO at the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, March 27, 2023 ©  AP / Denes Erdos The EU has forsaken its goal of ensuring peace and prosperity for its members, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared on Friday. Warning that the bloc is considering sending troops into Ukraine, Orban insisted that Hungary will continue pushing for a ceasefire. “Those who are pro-war have put the whole European Union in danger,” Orban told Radio Kossuth, referring to the ongoing efforts by EU member states to arm Kiev’s forces. To date, Brussels has supplied Kiev with just under $4 billion worth of arms, while in...
EU underestimating Russian economic capacity
Europe, Hungary, Russia

EU underestimating Russian economic capacity

The country has managed to adapt to sanctions since the first restrictions were introduced in 2014, THE Hungarian leader explained Viktor Orban ©  Arpad Kurucz / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Western countries are making a mistake by underestimating Russia's ability to adapt to sanctions, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Friday. According to Orban, Moscow had demonstrated it could adjust its economy to restrictions following the first wave of Western sanctions, introduced after Crimea voted to secede from Ukraine and to reunify with Russia in 2014. "I remember well that in 2015 we exported a lot of food products to Russia…In three years, Russia has built its agriculture and food industry to such an extent that if Hungary wanted to export foo...
Biden snubs two NATO allies for ‘democracy’ summit
Hungary, NATO, Turkey, USA

Biden snubs two NATO allies for ‘democracy’ summit

Türkiye and Hungary have yet to approve Sweden’s and Finland’s bids to join the US-led military bloc Biden at the 2021 Summit for Democracy ©  AFP / Saul Loeb The administration of US President Joe Biden has left NATO allies Türkiye and Hungary off the invite list for next week’s Summit for Democracy, Foreign Policy magazine reported on Thursday, citing three US officials familiar with the decision.   The two countries were also snubbed from last year’s inaugural rendition of the summit, an event that, despite being held only twice, Biden has lauded as one of his signature foreign policy achievements.    A State Department official confirmed that all participants in the 2021 summit had received an invitation for this year’s event, plus some ad...
Kiev’s treatment of minorities to be investigated
Human Rights, Hungary, Ukraine

Kiev’s treatment of minorities to be investigated

Ukraine has stripped the language rights of more than 150,000 Hungarians living on its territory Peter Szijjarto attends a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, February 7, 2022 ©  AP / Darko Vojinovic The Council of Europe will release a report this summer on Ukraine’s alleged discrimination against ethnic Hungarians and Romanians living on its territory, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced on Wednesday. Hungarian inhabitants of the Transcarpathia region have lost the right to education in their language and have been forcibly drafted into Kiev’s military. In a post on Facebook, Szijjarto said that the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission – which scrutinizes constitutional law and democratic reforms – will give its opinion on the matter in Ju...
EU taking ‘big step towards military escalation’
Europe, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine

EU taking ‘big step towards military escalation’

Calls for more weapons for Ukraine do not contribute to peace, Csaba Domotor has said Members of the European Parliament attend the opening session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on December 12, 2022. ©  FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP The new EU Parliament resolution calling for more Western arms for Ukraine and a full energy embargo on Russia will only add fuel to the conflict between Moscow and Kiev and prove detrimental to the European economy, Csaba Domotor, the secretary of state in the Hungarian prime minister's office, has said. On Thursday, the bloc’s legislature approved a non-binding document encouraging member states to adopt a tenth package of sanctions against Moscow as soon as possible. Among the measures being proposed are a...
Medieval inquisition returns to Europe as historical truth-tellers are put on trial
Hungary

Medieval inquisition returns to Europe as historical truth-tellers are put on trial

Josef Skála and two other scholars are being prosecuted in Prague, charged with ‘expressing doubts’ about who perpetrated the Katyn massacre. Andrea Catone Subscribe to our  channel The attack on Comrade Josef Skála was perfectly timed to disrupt his attempt to run in the presidential election on a Communist party ticket. The following article is reproduced from Italian Marxist website Marx21.it with thanks. ***** On 31 October 2022, Tomáš Hübner, single judge of the Prague 7 district court, sentenced Josef Skála, a well-known Marxist intellectual and former vice-president of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM), together with Vladimír Kapal, and Juraj Václavík, to eight months’ imprisonment under Article 405 of the Cz...
80,000+ March Against Far Right Orbán Government as Part of Teachers’ Revolt
Hungary

80,000+ March Against Far Right Orbán Government as Part of Teachers’ Revolt

People demonstrate during a protest of teachers and students against the government's education policy and for better working conditions on October 23, 2022, on a bridge in Budapest, Hungary. BY: Jon Queally, Common Dreams Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Budapest on Sunday evening to stand in solidarity with the nation’s teachers and denounce the far-right government of President Viktor Orbán. With over 80,000 marching in the demonstration it was the largest public display of dissent since Orbán’s reelection in April as a revolt by teachers — demanding better pay and increased funding for schools — continues. According to Agence France-Presse: Since the start of the school year, teachers and high school students have staged several demonstrations in Buda...