we remember that the same viktor orban promised a package of 50 billion euros. not go to drink coffee, in contrast to the time when they voted for the start of negotiations for ukraine on joining the eu. what is the current situation in brussels regarding this, when will the eu countries be ready to return to consideration of this issue and have they found any solution in case viktor orban will again block, block this financing for ukraine? the actual solution was already found at the end of last year, i.e. it was announced that there are various plans b and not only plan b, and an extraordinary summit will be convened for this purpose, by the way, on february 1 it... is set, that is, there will be more once the leaders gather and try to pass it decisions, and even according to the results of the previous summit, they talked about the fact that it was actually unrealistic that at that summit viktor orban would simultaneously give approval to such a large number of decisions regarding ukraine, that is, a principled decision for which there was little hope, this i

a month before siyartu's visit, the parties agreed to organize a meeting between viktor orban and volodymyr zelenskyi, andriy yermak said. and on the eve of the visit, peter siyarto wrote on his facebook page: i am leaving for uzhhorod, we have a long day ahead of us, we must do everything to ensure that the hungarian community of transcarpathia returned the former rights. andriy yeremak, the head of the union of ukraine, said that there is a need for a frank and constructive dialogue between the countries, that ukraine is ready for this, and just the first stage of this dialogue took place today. however , the problems between hungary and ukraine... range from viktor orbán's blocking of aid to ukraine to statements by certain hungarian politicians about claims to ukrainian territories. similar statements were made recently in romania, we will talk about this in more detail a little later, and the visit of the hungarian foreign minister is taking place against the background of these statements. they are direct concern not only the territorial integrity of ukraine, but also ukrainian stateh

and then there is a quote from viktor orban. europeans themselves need this money.e are suffering more and more from poor economic performance. this money would be very useful for the residents of europe, the french, germans, hungarians, and poles. i would take the french, the germans, the poles here, in the end , i would not add anyone else, i would leave only the hungarians in viktor orbán's performance, well, because it seems to me that he does not think about others, he only thinks about them and about himself, but by the way, the fact of the existence of this compromise document, in which viktor orbán can make certain concessions to brussels, was also confirmed by the minister of foreign affairs of hungary, peter szijártó, during a press conference with his colleague from bahrain, and... abdel - by latif benrashed azzayani in budapest, he said that we are listening to peter szijharto in direct speech. what we need is not arms deliveries, not military psychosis, but an armistice and peace negotiations. that's why we don't think it's a good proposition to direct

different at home in slovakia and on his trips abroad, and the rhetoric of himself is also criticized viktor orban, in particular, he stated that ukraine would not be able to win the war, that orban would not support its accession to the european union and nato, and orban blocked aid to kyiv, these are all those issues. how important were well, orban is one of those who did not support sanctions against russia. our dmytro tuzhanskyi, director of the institute of central european strategy, joins the broadcast at this moment. my greetings to you. good day. thank you for joining. orban's visit to ukraine is being prepared. fitso was already in ukraine, although not in kyiv, but in uzhhorod. orban and fico are now friends of ukraine. why is this warming in relations, or is it still too early to talk about it at the moment? it is early, they are not friends, neighbors yet, and these are member countries of two alliances, where we are very much we want to join, so... you know , some like it, some don't like it, orban, fitso, or their teams, peter sijarto, for example, and the one with whom there will be

what do brussels think about the prospects of viktor orban's presidency in the eurocouncil? abramovych will tell us, she is with us live from brussels, elena, my congratulations, here's what they actually say about orban's chances of taking the reins of the eu into his own hands, and it could happen already this year? yes, i congratulate you, well, i will say right away that the chances are small, and diplomats and experts say so, and even charles michel himself, on... the evening when he spoke with journalists after his announcement that he was stepping down, he said he would stay, and now there is plenty of time to elect someone else, that there are options in brussels, to quote: avoid viktor orbán, and michel has promised to stay in office until the end , that is, he will conduct an election campaign at the same time, and in fact, we can say, he can remain in office until the end of the european elections, please listen to what he said. i have worked hard and will continue to do so until the last day of my european role. we we know that this summer, after the june electio

and you know how about the end of the war, says prime minister of hungary viktor orban.ill give you a quote. if in february 2022 donald trump was the president of the usa, there would be no war in europe. i don't see anyone but him, either in europe or in america, who would be a... strong enough leader to stop war, the world has, the world, the world has the name of donald trump, well, that is not enough, i hope that donald trump knows where hungary is geographically located, because he had problems with determining the territory, where and there slovak language, he confused something , but in any case, well, they will probably study it already, and before that he said that hungary borders with russia, in my way trump said it or trump said it, well, he obviously skipped geography lessons . well, it's like that, and what will be interesting if trump does not win the election, well, i don’t know, trump won’t win the election, unless they do infringe on him , they won’t, criminal cases have already been brought, but the criminal cases will be brought to an end and he will b

from this aid to ukraine, which he blocks before, so that there are also weak points in hungary, viktor orbánso hit by what, for example, what charles michel, president of the european council, is like that will remain in office until the end of this year, and viktor, viktor orban, when he takes over the presidency. union of hungary in the second half of this year, orbán will not chair the european council. this is also an important point that weakened orbán. well, in general , it is clear that hungary, an important neighbor of ukraine, has not had an ambassador of ukraine in hungary for more than a year and a half. fedoro shandru, this professor from the trenches, they still cannot appoint him normally as an ambassador, what he started, but in general hungary is very important for ukraine, due to the fact that after all, if, if not how, and this is a member of the european union and... nato, hungary did not block orban, did not block the start of negotiations with ukraine in the european union, on eu membership, in december of this year at the summit, when i went out for coffee, but in princ

if viktor orban does not cancel his veto on the allocation of aid to ukraine, then to the european one alternative options for continuation are being prepared, but not only i said this, but also ajalyabib, the minister of general affairs of eu affairs in brussels, the minister of foreign affairs in belgium, and jalyabi, at the same time she emphasized that currently the main goal is to reach the conclusion of an agreement with an opening proposal. next is a short quote from the minister. i believe that the most important thing is to... reach an agreement between the 27 eu member states. we will work on it, it is our priority. we will consider an alternative, but that will be after the february 1 summit. now the goal is to reach an agreement. well, february 1 is just around the corner, literally in two days, the leaders of the countries of the european union will gather in order to convince, or perhaps even put pressure on viktor orbán. i'll see what happens, i'll keep a close eye on it, of course you'll be the first to know about it. the russian war in ukraine has no military solution,

meeting between the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi and the prime minister of hungary viktor orbanh will take place, it was announced, but the exact date was not announced, of course, when it will happen, they are currently preparing the basis and . the ukrainian language law was also discussed, in particular, which concerns national minorities. as we know, the largest number of national minorities live in transcarpathia. kuleba said that they asked the hungarian side to provide a list of issues on national minorities that have suggestions, and they promised to make a commission that would work out all the comments in 10 days, and will be considered by both ukrainian sides in the future. and hungarian, they also discussed the issue of reconstruction of the bridge at the chop zagon checkpoint, the hungarian side promised to finance it, and also discussed the construction of new checkpoints at transcarpathia, specifically on the ukrainian-hungarian side. with regard to eu aid in the amount of 50 billion euros, peyter sierto said at a press conference with journalists that this issue

european parliament, as reuters wrote, there are many tools if there is political will to avoid viktor orban, said charles michel. but is there political will for this in the eu and what are orbán's chances of occupying such a position? if you watch us on youtube, be sure to ask questions to the speakers of our morning show just under this stream, we watch, these questions are important, we voice them, and also do not forget to support this video of this channel by liking and subscribing to the radio liberty channel. but the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs believes that the theoretical chairmanship of the ukrainian- hungarian prime minister viktor orban in the european council will not have a negative impact on ukraine. he announced this on the air of the telethon. minister dmytro kuleba, the head of the ministry of foreign affairs, said that the european union still has six months to elect the successor to the current head of the european council, charles michel, and he, i will remind you, decided to run in the elections to the european parliament this year, and therefore will leave h

bohdan, what are the real chances that viktor orban is known for his criticism will he still lead theeuropean council with brussels and loyalty to moscow? well, we need to clearly emphasize, prime minister of hungary viktor orban has no chance at the moment. no one to head the european council, it is said that he could temporarily, or possibly, temporarily perform the duties of the president of the european council, if i remind you once again, for almost the next six months , european leaders will not be able to find a replacement for charles michel, because he will obviously leave his position in case of... obtaining a mandate in the elections of the european parliament, so in europe there is a system according to which each country of the european union has the possibility of the presidency or the presidency of the eu for six months, and for hungary this term falls, starting from july this year until december, until the end of 2024, and that is... during at this time, in case of any problems, the prime minister of hungary, hungary would take over the necessary powers, the necessary

viktor orban, hungary, very powerful. he fronts on both russia and

viktor orban. >> there's a great man, a great leader in europe, viktor orban.s the prime minister of hungary. very strong man, some people don't like him because he's too strong. it's nice to have a strong man running your country. very tough man. viktor orban. have you ever heard of him? he's the prime minister of hungary, right, good. prime minister of hungary. very respected. >> you look at what viktor orban, the prime minister of hungary said, bring trump back. everything worked when trump was there. >> ruth, autocrats referencing each other. >> yeah. i'm laughing because trump had a long -- always had a thing for viktor orban had him in the white house in 2019, he said it's like we're twins. but here the clip was that, you know, the reason orben is so great is he's backing trump. it's always self interested. but trump's been educating the american population to see authoritarian leaders as, you know, positive models. even the worst murders, like the leader of north korea, or one party state xi jinping. and these are people who rule by corruption, by violen

zanone, well , we understand what is coming. the shadow of hungarian prime minister viktor orbán overhe 24th year he can lead. the european council, and this can create considerable complications for ukraine. well, so far we have heard, we have not yet been able to verify, that at least viktor orbán will not block the provision of macro-finance to us, but he insists on, so to speak, the receipt in parts, that is, to approve each year the another economic plan. actually, we would like to ask you about the potential influence and authority of orbán on what is called. this is a macro-fin for ukraine, and on the other hand, how seriously is european diplomacy ready, so to speak, to tame the hungarian, i wanted to say, mustang, politics, i will say so, thank you for the question, it is really and interesting, and it is really correct, let's say, relevant questions, because there are two questions, will hungary with orban lead now? european union. i think no. we know that there will be european elections in june european elections, that is, before the elections to the european parliament. t

that more and more eurosceptics like this will come to power in the european union , well, if viktor orbans the european council for at least six months, it will be very... bad for us , for a country that is at war with an aggressive neighbor who treacherously attacked us, well, we will hope, all the same, god forbid that president michel becomes a member of the european parliament, a member of the european parliament, and god forbid that they find a candidate to replace him right away, this is what the republicans and democrats in the american congress agreed on, the country's budget for 2024, in fact it's not even full budget and only the budget regarding the financing of government bodies and thus avoided the so-called shutdown, which is when there is no money for their financing. the news of such an important agreement was first announced by us president joe biden. eventually it the leader of the republicans in the house of representatives, mike johnson, and the leader of the democrats in the senate, chuck schumer, confirmed it. the agreement sets the total level of spending, which is

aims to prepare a meeting between president volodymyr zelenskyi and prime minister of hungary viktor orban. yarmak, by the way, said today that the specific dates of the meeting have not yet been discussed, but both sides allegedly expressed interest in this meeting took place as soon as possible, and i would also like to add that the ministry of foreign affairs informs the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine that the negotiations between the minister of foreign affairs kuleba, the head of the plo yermak, and also petro siart lasted for six months. hours and 10 minutes, that's quite a long time. recently, we had bad neighborly relations, there were open issues, that's right, since 2015, such laws were passed that reduced the rights of the hungarian national minority. parliament passed a law in december to stop this, and we appreciate that, but we have a request, maybe it's too much and you'll think i'm being rude, but we ask to return all those rights to the hungarian minority. which it had until 2015, we do not ask for anything more, in principle, the issue of returning the rights of n

bureaucrats and the management system of the european union in general there very clearly warned orban that, sorry, viktore of something, we will not give you money, and you should take care of your hungarian economy, so to speak, with your sovereign powers, so orban, i think, heard them, on the other hand, we understand that orban has ties to russia the federation, in particular, when we talk about gas and energy issues in general, and accordingly the body. orban wants to, and hesitates, so to speak, but there was a meeting in uzhgorod, in the orban triangle, oh , sorry, sijarto, sijarto, kuleba and yermak, respectively, took a break for a few days to 10 days, and after that they will to offer a more specific road map, yes, well, it is said, in particular, about the meeting between viktor orban and the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi. so, this one, let's consider the case. i personally think that there is no serious potential for improving relations between ukraine and hungary, because the problem of our relations lies deeper than some specific, situational stories, for example, with poland and

according to the political publication, hungarian prime minister viktor orban may become head of the european council after the departure of the current leader. charles michel plans to take place. in the european parliament, if he is not elected and eu leaders cannot quickly agree on a successor, the post for six months will belong to orban, whose country will become chairman of the eu council from july. true, for some eu countries, orban’s arrival as head of the european council is extremely undesirable, including because of his position on ukraine and current european politics. another scandal in the american education system. and because of political pressure , the head of harvard left his post. why the american dream is cracking and how people can be made an outcast for having an opinion, who else is thrown out onto the street, as well as the bribery system. in elite universities, who spit on general rules, corruption, repression and other scandals in understandable politics, watch today after the panorama. belarusian sport has a female face, vanesa once again proves this. the to

viktor orban, who does not want to concede pressure from the united states and the west in general, forfor ukraine. over the past year, the americans literally demanded that european countries send military aid to ukraine. slovakia handed over everything they could, including air defense systems, so much so that they themselves were actually left without air defense. well, then the government came to power. and here is the statement: kiev will no longer receive military assistance in any form from slovakia. the slovak prime minister also said that he would demand the revision of several points defense agreement with the united states, because quote, this agreement threatens the sovereignty of slovakia. and under fitz, slovakia was the first nato country to unblock cultural cooperation with russia, which was blocked by the previous pro-western government. fica understands that he is in the minority in his public statement, and through non-public channels, i think, enough european countries express their solidarity with him, because well, today perhaps only... orban, the prime minister of

prime minister viktor orban of hungary has already stated that he is allegedly ready not to impose aid to ukraine under one condition, if the amount is changed every year. give, re-approve. at the same time, orban emphasized that he still does not agree to the allocation of 50 billion euros to ukraine, because he said it was a huge amount. well, i will add that european truth, citing a high-ranking official of the european union, writes that volodymyr zelenskyi will take part in the eu summit, but online tomorrow. pavlo klinkin, minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, 2014-19, ukrainian diplomat, joined our broadcast. good evening. greetings, ms. vlasta, i am glad to be with you and your listeners. and of course the audience , forgive each other, yes, but what do you expect from tomorrow's summit, from viktor orban, will he go drink coffee again, but when they vote for aid to ukraine, can the situation turn out differently there, well, maybe coffee for him they will bring it, i don't know how they will do it there, although the brussels cow, well, not everyone is particularly attract

journalists citing their own sources in brussels and budapest, experts believe that this will allow viktor orbánkmail the leadership of the european union by blocking the allocation of aid to ukraine every year, if decisions unfavorable to him are adopted in brussels. i let me remind you that in mid-december last year , hungary vetoed the increase in the eu budget for 2024-27, including 50 million euros for macro-financial assistance to ukraine. well, there is also information related to hungary . hungary of this country continued national consultations on how to support, how to treat support for ukraine in general, and he continued these consultations, which were supposed to end, should have ended already, but will continue until january 17 , even last year, the leadership of this... country of our neighbor put this question of support for ukraine on a nationwide discussion, because they want to know the opinion of ordinary citizens of the country. well, it seems to me that this issue is simply being dragged out. the eastern border in finland, that is, the border with russia, which has a length

the same viktor orban blocked the adoption of a four-year aid package for ukraine worth 50 billion eurosional coalition's military support for kyiv has fallen to its lowest level since the start of the full-scale invasion. statements about the need to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict are increasingly heard in the west. so in 2020.

experts believe that this will allow viktor orban every year. chew up the leadership of the europeanby blocking the allocation of aid to ukraine, if decisions unfavorable to it are adopted in brussels. let me remind you that in mid-december last year, hungary vetoed the increase in the eu budget for 2024-27, including 50 billion euros for macro-financial assistance to ukraine. well, there is also information related to hungary, uhu this one. continued national consultations on what and how to support, how to treat the support of ukraine in general, and he continued these consultations, which should have ended, should have ended already, but will continue until january 17, last year, the leadership of this country, our neighbor, put this issue of supporting ukraine to a national discussion, grandmothers want to know the opinion of ordinary citizens. countries, well, it seems to me, are just dragging this issue out. finland's eastern border, the septo border with russia, which is more than 1,000 km long, will remain closed. i reported about it today minister of internal affairs maria r

although even today there is already a reaction from the prime minister - minister of hungary viktor orbanwrote to himself in, it seems, twitter, which is now called x, says that now there will be no problem with ratification through the country's parliament, although i personally wonder why there was a problem until now, what questions did he have with sweden, which did not... allow it should be done sooner, although, considering what viktor orban is doing and saying, we all understand why he is delaying it all, and the decision of the turkish lawmakers, i mean yesterday's parliamentary decision was already commented on in the west, for example, nato secretary general jen stoltenberg congratulated him and said that this decision will make the nato military-political bloc even stronger, and he expressed it at the same time. it is hoped that hungary will also not delay the ratification and complete it as soon as possible. the vote in the turkish parliament was also called positive in the united states of america. president joe biden's national security adviser, jake sullivan, said the decis

my column world about ukraine, immediately guessed that this is the prime minister of hungary viktor orbán for him it is a long-awaited event. victory , and by the way, with information about trump, i will start today’s world about ukraine column, with information about trump, i will end this column, so wait, because there will be a phenomenal video about phenomenality, although it is better to say about trump’s divine election, this video was prepared by the election team, pre-election team donald trump, so that's all at the end of the column, hang on and i'll continue. ukrainians need predictable funding throughout 2024 and beyond. they need a sufficient and sustainable supply of weapons. european commission president ursula funderlein said this during a speech at the world economic forum in davos. according to her, russia has suffered a strategic failure in ukraine, but will continue to make maximum efforts to correct the situation. therefore, he says. madam president, the west must continue, to help ukraine to resist, to resist. and then a short quote from mrs. ursula fonderlein. ukrai

the same viktor orban blocked the adoption of a four-year aid package for ukraine by 50 billions of euros military support. kyiv by the international coalition fell to the lowest level since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. statements about the need to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict are increasingly heard in the west. therefore, in 2024, ukraine enters the conditions of deep political , military and economic uncertainty. despite this, at the final annual press conference, zelenskyy made optimistic statements. i believe once again that our partners will not let us down.

about this prime minister viktor orban wrote on his page in the x microblogging network.this is the former twitter. he called this decision a good one, adding that plan b of the european union is plan a of budapest. i will remind you that the leadership of the european union. decided to work out alternative ways of providing assistance to ukraine by february 1, because at the december eu summit, orban blocked a four-year plan to support ukraine in the amount of 50 billion dollars. well, information has already appeared about what the european union can offer and what it might be plan b. orban thinks that it is plan b, ee during which they listen to his position and to his. demands, but the western mass media say that no, the european union is thinking about allocating us 20 billion euros, but bypassing what orban says and what he wants to be done in brussels, well, let's wait until february 1 and see and what will happen there, and in unison, unfortunately, with viktor orban, his neighbor also speaks territorially. minister of slovakia robert fico, according to him, the s

immediately decide on a candidate to replace him, and here is why it can be, i mean the candidacy of viktor orbánfor the position of president of the european council can be very dangerous for us, in the following information in budapest hopes that the elections to the european parliament, which will take place this year in many countries of the world, as well as in many world institutions, may become a turning point... which will help stop the war in ukraine. the minister of foreign affairs of hungary, péter szijártó, said this on his facebook page. further his short quote. this is an opportunity to establish peace, which must finally replace the war in ukraine, the supply of weapons and senseless human sacrifice. that is why it is so dangerous, i would even say, for us. when such calls are heard from budapest, after all, it is not even a call, it is the hope that more and more such eurosceptics will come to power in the european union, and if viktor orbán heads the european council for at least six months, it will be very bad for us and the country , which is at war with an aggressive neighbor,

, who arrived in budapest, during a joint press conference with the prime minister of hungary, viktor orbán words, the ukrainian army provided. moment has lost its fighting capacity, and therefore the allocation of additional billions of aid from the european union is a completely useless matter, according to him, it will not change anything. next, a quote from robert fitzo. in three years, we will also be standing here, and we let's state that the 50 billion that the eu allocated to ukraine has disappeared and that there are 100,000 more dead soldiers on each side and that no one has moved. damn frankly such statements, give these 50 billion euros first, despite the fact that there was a statement by the representative of bulgaria, i don’t know if you will talk about it, where he said unequivocally that ukraine will be able to win if we continue to support it and provide everything necessary for this victory, there are simply countries, there are leaders of countries who work their rating and try to get some bonuses from their citizens, to a rating or to an offshore account, let's say. or

drum roll in this case drum roll should not be the leader of hungary, viktor orbán, can lead for sixonths, and for us it can be very, very bad. therefore, we really hope that even if charles michel wins the elections to the european parliament and becomes an mep, in the european union will immediately decide on a candidate for his replacement. and here's why it might be, i mean the candidate. viktor orbán as the president of the european council can be very dangerous for us in the following information. in budapest , it is hoped that the elections to the european parliament, which will be held this year in many countries of the world, as well as in many global institutions, can become a turning point that will help stop the war in ukraine. the minister of foreign affairs said this on his facebook page. of hungary peter sijarto. here is his short quote. this is an opportunity to establish peace, which should finally replace the war in ukraine, the supply of weapons and senseless human sacrifice. that is why it is so dangerous, i would even say, for us. as.

giorgia meloni working with viktor orban to see if there is some incentive she could provide in termsving or bonds party join -- having viktor orban's party join the far right european coalition ahead of the european elections this summer. it is an effort west or leaders have been trying for months to make progress on and have so far failed. kriti: it is an interesting dynamic between italy, hungary, the united states even, all to deal with a war that is entering i believe its third year in 2024. bill faries, thank you for walking us through that story. other top stories from around the world, the white house is backing legislation that would let it see some of $300 billion in frozen russian assets to pay for the reconstruction of ukraine. bill was just talking about funding that was indeed stuck. president biden's support for the move comes with republicans in congress blocking more than $60 million in that funding, concerned the u.s. is carrying too much financial burden as kyiv's counteroffensive stalls. joe biden intends to dispatch a bipartisan delegation of former officials to t

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> there's a great man, a great leader in europe, viktor orban.ime minister of hungary. he's a very great leader, a very strong man. some people don't like him because he's too strong. it's nice to have a strong man leading your country. >> greetings from new hampshire where the republican front-runner would like to talk about the kitchen table issues like the strong man of hungary. very obvious closing message there and making american presidents immune from criminal prosecution, which would come in handy for donald trump. so, no, this is not your usual new hampshire primary-eve. we're looking at that tomorrow. joining us now is the usual host of the 9:00 p.m. hour, i know you've been missing her already, and the author of "the american fight against fascism," my friend and colleague rachel maddow. we're not going to make you use your voice too much, but thank you so much for talking to us this evening. rachel, let me start there. i've been sort of saying tongue in cheek about this is trump's closing message talking about viktor orban as he's cam

prime minister viktor orban wrote about this on his page in the x microblog network. this is the former twitter. he called this decision a good one, adding that plan b of the european union is plan a of budapest. i would like to remind you that the leadership of the european union decided to work out alternative ways of providing assistance to ukraine by... february, because at the december eu summit, orban blocked a four-year plan to support ukraine in the amount of 50 billion dollars well, information has already appeared about what they can offer in the european union and what this plan might be. orban thinks that it is b's plan during which his position and demands will be listened to. but here. the western mass media say that no, the european union is thinking about giving us 20 billion euros, but the entry of what orbán says and what he wants to be done in brussels. well, we will wait for february 1 and see what will happen there. well, he speaks in unison, unfortunately, with viktor orban territorially, he is also a neighbor, the prime minister. robert fico of

previously prime minister viktor orban blocked the allocation of $50 billion to kiev.hat in this case , part of the general budget of the european union, intended, among other things, for hungary itself, will go to ukraine. now the eu is looking for a way to bypass the veto, according to the financial times, the european union plans to collapse the national currency and scare away investors in order to reduce the number of jobs. and slow down hungary's economic growth, as well as publicly announce a complete cessation of funding for the country. the article has already been commented on in budapest, they said: that they won’t fall for blackmail. hungary had previously been threatened with deprivation of the right to vote in the european union, but viktor orban said that this could only be done if the rule of law was violated in the country. he recalled that budapest received a certificate that the legal system in hungary is the best in the eu. the eu's dependence on american liquefied gas is becoming increasingly risky. bloomberg came to this conclusion. according to h

in order to keep hungary trending, but simply to tell viktor orbán how to give more money than putin, money than putin, and in order to get great britain, because prime minister of great britain, listen , you don't want to help ukraine, you are against the whole thing, and we will leave you altogether, go to the fig, well, and this immediately causes, you remember, while great britain was blackmailing everyone by she will come out everyone was ready to fulfill any of their whims, and their whims were pro-ukrainian, and this is the fact that this year the last prime minister of the time when great britain was still a normal state from the european point of view was returned to the government of great britain, part of the european union, david cameron, and how everything has changed in terms of the pressure of great britain in foreign policy immediately, because david cameron , unlike those many politicians who came to power in the country as a result of brexit, this is immediately. it must be said that this is a change of political alliterations, immediately returned great britain to t

we see that the european union is ready to limit and authorize the provision of funds to viktor orbán's for non-compliance with certain european union norms. it is not directly related to ukraine. but in reality, this is a way of influencing orbán, who may be deprived of the right to vote. we see the position of orbán himself, who says that already... was suitable for the allocation of 50 billion , the only thing he requires is that it be approved every year, he is convinced that in one way or another the european union will make a positive decision and support ukraine, especially since this is important for the european union, given the processes that are taking place in the united states of america, and many in the european union are wary of the victory of donald trump, who proclaims isolationist slogans and about. eu and in relation to nato, at the same time, responsible european politicians want to use this, to show leadership in order to on the contrary, to make the european union even stronger. germany, for example, takes such a position, and in the field of defense as well, so th

well, in a word, after all, if not... screw it, but viktor orban, this cunning letter did intrude somethinghe european union, as we can see, he intruded such, but very we hope that all this, which the european commission offers in exchange, that this will not happen, and the help from the european union will continue to go to us, we really hope, and finally, 39% of the inhabitants of the country believe that the year 2024 will be even more turbulent than. .. this is evidenced by the data of a sociological survey conducted by the galap international agency in 40 countries of the world, by the way, it was also conducted in russia, but there some other firm conducted it on behalf of galap international. according to the answers of the respondents, only 26% of earthlings think that this year will be more peaceful than the previous one, but 39 percent of the surveyed respondents believe that nothing will change and everything will remain the same as it was. sociologists commented on the results of the study in the following way, direct speech. thus, fears clearly prevail in contrast to the perio

the viktor orban of the 2000 and 1990s, and jacques delors was very much in favour of hungary signingeeing itself from the embrace of what had been the soviet union. and that victor hogan still holds a memory which is quite dear of jacques delors, someone who was quite open to the idea of expanding europe to the east. we know he had reservations about it, meaning a dilation of europe but ultimately the side of it that europe spreads and extended it self eastward. hugh schofield, thank _ and extended it self eastward. hugh schofield, thank you _ and extended it self eastward. hugh schofield, thank you very much indeed. stay with us here and bbc news. let's get a report from north korea. residents of two small south korean islands have been evacuated after north korea fired more than 200 artillery shells into the sea off their coasts. south korean officials called the shelling near the two countries' maritime border "provocative" — and said it would respond with appropriate measures. four people were killed on the smaller of the islands, yeonpyeong, in 2010 by another barrage of north k

in order to keep it, you understand, in order to keep hungary in the trend, but simply to tell viktor orbáno give more money than putin or, to give more money than putin, and in order to get great britain, because the prime minister is great, listen, you do not want to help ukraine, you are against values, and we will leave you altogether, go nafig, well, and this immediately causes, you remember, while great britain... they were telling everyone that it would come out, everyone was ready to fulfill any of their whims, and their whims were pro-ukrainian, and that's it, that now this year. the last prime minister of the time was returned to the government of great britain great britain was still a normal state from the european point of view, part of the european union, david cameron, and how everything changed from the point of view of the pressure of great britain in foreign policy at once, because david cameron, unlike those many leaders who came to power in the country in as a result of brexit, it must be said right away that this is a political change, immediately returned great britain

the hungarian side has confirmed its interest in preparing a meeting between prime minister viktor orban and president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi. today, the country took another powerful step in this direction, stated the head of the head of state's office andriy yarmak after meeting with by the minister of foreign affairs of hungary, peter sijart. the negotiations took place in uzhhorod with the participation of two foreigners and the head of the ukrainian foreign ministry, dmytro koleba. hungary in... its turn declared its desire to return its minorities, to its minority all the rights it had in transcarpathia before 2015. sijarto noted that their side has formulated a request in 11 points, in particular, it refers to the restoration of the status of the national school and the possibility to write the matriculation certificate in the hungarian language. we get out of it. that as part of our membership course in the european union, we adopted the relevant educational legislation, which essentially returned the education system for national minorities to the situation in 2017, when

the same viktor orban blocked the adoption of a four-year aid package for ukraine worth 50 billion eurosy support of kyiv by the international coalition has fallen to its lowest level since the start of the full-scale invasion. statements about the need to seek a diplomatic solution are increasingly heard in the west. so in 2024, ukraine enters conditions of deep political, military and economic uncertainty, despite this , zelenskyy made optimistic statements at the final annual press conference. i believe once again that our partners will not let us down, they know the details, what is needed, how it will affect, they know how the postponement of certain dates affects, they know about our insistence that it is not artificial, that it is necessary. strength for our defense. whether there are grounds for optimism will become clear at the beginning of the 24th. on january 8 , the american congress will return from vacation, and on february 1, the leaders of the european union will gather for a special summit in order to try to approve the aid package for ukraine in a second attempt. this i

viktor orban actively criticized the eu's financial and military support for ukraine.rticular, he blocked the revision of the bloc's budget. this forced eu leaders to develop a plan b and convene an emergency summit to resolve the issue of aid to ukraine. they discussed preparations for the second ukraine-balkan summit. president zelenskyy spoke by phone with the prime minister of greece. the ukrainian leader thanked greece for participating in the fourth meeting of advisers in davos and invited to join the organization of the global peace summit. the leaders also discussed the course of hostilities and ukraine's current defense needs. in particular, regarding air defense and artillery. let me remind you that earlier us secretary of state anthony blinken offered greece to give some of its weapons to ukraine. in return, washington promised to provide the greeks with aid in the amount of 200 million dollars. we recognize the illegal annexation. working groups are working on the exchange of prisoners and should have results soon. andriy yusov, a representative of the main

according to the information received by the publication, prime minister viktor orban can get permissionnnually review the conditions for providing this assistance, in particular, regarding whether ukraine fulfills its obligations and whether it is necessary to continue providing this assistance. the european commission is also not against annual inspections of this aid and the addition of a clause on the so-called emergency braking, according to which any country. may express serious concerns about the provision of payments in ukraine. well, in one word, no matter how hard you try, viktor orban, this cunning letter did intrude on something in the european union, as we see that such an invader. but we really hope that all this that the european commission offers in exchange, that this will not happen and that the help from the european union will continue to go to us, we really hope. well. and finally, 39% of the inhabitants of the country believe that the year 2024 will be even more turbulent than the 23rd. this is evidenced by the data of a sociological survey conducted by the galap in

viktor orban to stop blocking the pro-ukrainian initiative in the eu. tetyana vysotska, correspondent of espress in european institutions, followed the debate. she is now in direct contact with us. tanya, i congratulate you. tell me, please, what mood prevailed in the session hall and whether it is possible to expect that ukraine will receive the promised 50 billion euros from the eu already after february 1. greetings irina, greetings from strasbourg. european the commission expects that ukraine will receive 50 billion euros over the next four years, and also expects that during the extraordinary summit of the european union, which will take place on february 1, eu leaders will be able to persuade viktor orbán to remove his veto from this issue. this was announced by the president of the european commission, ursela fondelaien , this morning during meeting of the european parliament, she once again emphasized that the european union will continue to support ukraine as long as it needs. we must provide ukraine funding package for the next four years. i a

on the viktor orban thing, listen, i think there's a very simple reason that trump is making that thehat may be the last contesting primary. and it's that's what he is offering. i mean, this is the special recipe donald trump is not leading the republican party, leading the republican field of candidates because of his youthful vigor, or because of his, you know, his policy preferences, but because of his eloquence, right? none of that is going on what he's offering. it is what he inherently offers. and now, more and more explicitly offers, which is if you pick me, that will be the end of politics. and you won't have to deal with politics anymore, you won't have to deal with contested elections. you won't have to deal with contests or divisions when it comes to power. you don't have a strongman leader. and it won't that be a lot that simpler. that's what he is offering. that strongman model is what the republican base is enthused about and that is something that sets him apart from every other republican candidates. and i think that we are naive to think that he is tricking people, an