During a joint press conference with his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson on Friday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban emphasized that his country had embarked on a new phase of relations with Sweden. The announcement coincides with Budapest’s impending ratification of Stockholm’s protracted NATO bid. Hungary stands as the final memberContinue Reading
The country is preparing to join the US-led alliance, though still faces opposition from Hungary. Sweden will send combat troops to Latvia, as the country gears up for possible NATO membership. The Swedish soldiers will form part of the first line of defence against a potential Russian invasion of theContinue Reading
Turkey plans to ratify Finland’s application to join Nato, but independently from Sweden’s bid, ahead of Turkish parliamentary and presidential elections in mid-May, according to Reuters. On Wednesday, Reuters cited two Turkish officials saying that the Turkish parliament is “highly likely to ratify Finland’s Nato bid before it closes inContinue Reading
In Hungary, not everything works out. While Sweden has chosen a path that is to obey the LGBTQ lobby, Hungary says no and takes responsibility. A change in the law in Hungary makes it impossible for homosexuals to adopt children. In order to be able to implement the amendment, theContinue Reading
Lithuania’s Health Ministry has updated its list of coronavirus-affected countries and people arriving from Norway, Hungary and Canada will be required to self-isolate from Monday. The cumulative two-week number of cases in these countries has exceeded the 16 per 100,000 threshold but has not gone above 25, meaning that peopleContinue Reading