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It seems too good to be true, that the leaders of the European Union's member states managed to agree on the start of Ukraine's (and Moldova's) accession process, using a simple trick to avoid a veto from Hungary.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Dec. 15 blocked 50 billion euros ($55 billion) in EU aid for Ukraine, after leaders side-stepped his opposition to agree to open talks with Kiev on joining the bloc.

The European Commission announced on Tuesday evening that it is unfreezing the allocation of 10.2 billion euros from the cohesion funds to Hungary, after a few hours earlier Budapest published the last part of the adopted judicial reform - a condition for the allocation of the money.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an extensive interview with former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson that the only way to end the war in Ukraine is for Donald Trump to be re-elected as US president.

After the sabotage of Nord Stream, Hungary and Serbia warned the international community that any endangerment of the gas supply system from the Russian Federation would be considered a casus belli, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated in a conversation with American journalist Tucker Carlson.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's one-day visit to Budapest on Aug. 20 was marked by a series of diplomatic discussions as he engaged in talks with both Hungarian leaders and a contingent of international guests amid the backdrop of the World Athletics Championships hosted by Hungary.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday in Romania that the opening of the East is important because it needs a "world economy, not a closed and rigid European Union", "Agerpres" agency reported.

VIENNA - Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said on Friday Europe would have hundreds of thousands more migrants if it were not for Serbia and Hungary and their efforts to stop illegal migration.

He was speaking after a trilateral summit with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Vienna.

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, and the President of Hungary, Katalin Novak, will attend the session.
The prime ministers of the two countries, Ana Brnabi and Viktor Orban, are also present.
It is the first session to be held, and members of the governments of the two countries are also present at the session.

MEPs have called on the Council of the EU to postpone Hungary's presidency of the Community, scheduled for the second half of 2024.