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The government demands an immediate response and explanation from Ukraine regarding cash shipments to Hungary, as "it is reasonable to ask whether this involves money from the Ukrainian war mafia," Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said on Friday.
The pro-government Civil Union Forum (CÖF) and its associated Civil Union Foundation (CÖKA) have officially announced a "Peace March" (Békemenet) to be held on the March 15 national holiday. The organization’s leader, László Csizmadia, confirmed on Tuesday that the police have been notified of the plans for the demonstration, which traditionally draws hundreds of thousands of supporters of the Orbán administration.
"We must not let hatred, fear mongering reign in Hungary," Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said late on Saturday, referring to an incident earlier in the day, in which shots were fired at a volunteer activist of his ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance in Szentendre, north of Budapest.
"Every day should be celebrated as Women's Day because a world in which women's decisions and participation in society have as much weight as those of men is a better world for men, too," Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, said in a video uploaded to Facebook on Sunday, International Women's Day.
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