Watch: "Hungary Has Paid a High Price for War in Ukraine", Says FM on CNN
- 9 May 2023 2:22 PM
Source: Quest Means Business
Source: Quest Means Business
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.
Janos Hajdu, director-general of Hungary’s counter-terrorism force TEK and a former chief bodyguard of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, was added on Friday to the Myrotvorets (Peacemaker) website, a database of Ukraine’s enemies run by civilian activists.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a campaign stop in Petervasara, in norther Hungary, that the Tisza Party was funded by Ukraine. "This isn't speculation or a suspicion; it's documented in a written report submitted to the national security committee."
Hungary does not typically get deliveries via the Strait of Hormuz, but the market impact of the threat to the oil chokepoint could still be felt in the country, Szabolcs Szabo, the senior VP for value chain management at Hungarian oil and gas company MOL told public media.
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