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6 days ago | politico.eu | Veronika Melkozerova |Csongor Körömi

KYIV — Ukrainian security services arrested two Ukrainian nationals it said were working for Hungarian military intelligence near the countries’ shared border. The agents were collecting information about numbers of troops, military bases, weapons and jets in western Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region, as well as poking around about how the local population would react if Hungarian soldiers crossed the border, said SBU spokesperson Artem Dehtiarenko in a statement Friday.

2 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Pieter Haeck |Csongor Körömi

W połowie marca Węgry zakazały marszów równości i zmieniły przepisy, zezwalając policji na używanie kamer biometrycznych do identyfikacji uczestników takich wydarzeń. Rząd twierdzi, że zrobił to w celu ochrony dzieci przed agendą LGBTQ+. Krytycy takiego rozwiązania uważają jednak, że Budapeszt celowo podsyca kampanię wymierzoną w osoby LGBTQ+, aby zdobyć poparcie skrajnej prawicy.

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Pieter Haeck |Csongor Körömi

BRUSSELS — The European Union is looking into whether Hungary’s plan to deploy facial recognition technology to identify people attending LGBTQ+ Pride events is illegal. The move by the EU, reported exclusively by POLITICO, sets up the latest clash between Brussels and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government as Hungary becomes an increasingly troublesome member of the bloc.

1 month ago | politico.eu | Esther Webber |Csongor Körömi |Chris Lunday

Peace in Ukraine is “out of reach in the immediate future,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warned Friday as allies pledged a record €21 billion in new military aid to Kyiv. Pistorius said that “Russia needs to understand that Ukraine is able to go on fighting, and we will support it,” after a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — a format that organizes military aid for Kyiv.

1 month ago | politico.eu | Aitor Hernández-Morales |Csongor Körömi |Victor Goury-Laffont |Hanne COKELAERE

United States President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs are shaping up to be a major headache for his far-right allies in Europe. Washington’s decision to impose a 20 percent levy on all European Union imports is set to disproportionately impact the rural and blue-collar workers that have gravitated toward right-wing populist parties across the bloc. That’s left many European political figures who are the MAGA movement’s biggest cheerleaders in an awkward spot.