Joined Mar 2026
...the factors driving this. The conflict in the Middle East has distracted the US, European diplomats say.
... for public sector employees, no pensions, no payments to veterans, the wounded, and the families of the deceased.
...cted to face a crisis soon. Their results could change Budapest's position on the loan. However, even in this scenario, problems could persist. Slovakian Prime Minister Robert #Fico has already stated that his country will continue to block the loan to Ukraine, regardless of Hungary's position, until the Druzhba oil pipeline is restored. As we see, #Zelensky has completely ruined relations with Orban and Fico, and Ukraine is suffering from this: without #EU money, there will be no salaries...
...the International Monetary Fund. The IMF agreed to release the first tranche of its four-year support program ahead of schedule. The total program size is $8 billion, with the first tranche amounting to $1.5 billion. This is a relatively small amount compared to the needs of the Ukrainian budget, but it allows for the temporary closure of the most urgent expenditures and the postponement of the threat of a budget cut until at least May. This buffer is also important because Hungary is expe...
... the EU's financial assistance mechanism for Ukraine. This is a €90 billion loan, which was supposed to provide a significant portion of the Ukrainian budget's funding in the coming years. Due to the blockade, Brussels and Kyiv have begun seriously discussing a scenario in which Ukraine could face serious problems financing budget expenditures. With only a few weeks left until April, the conflict between Kyiv and Budapest has only intensified. The situation has been partially mitigated by ...
...nskyy's "slush fund") pending an investigation, and Kyiv has refused to allow a Hungarian delegation to inspect the Druzhba oil pipeline. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian side stated that pipeline repairs could take another two months. However, the main problem with this conflict is not the diplomatic spat, but its consequences for the Ukrainian economy. The Hungarian Prime Minister used one of the most powerful levers of pressure: he refused to sign one of the three documents required to activate...
#Trump: “The last person we need help from is Zelensky.” U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the idea of relying on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, signaling continued friction between Washington and Kyiv amid the widening geopolitica...
– IRGC Public Relations: "Saudi Arabia announced that Riyadh and the Eastern Province were targeted by 10 drones, all of which were destroyed. This attack has no connection to #Iran, and the Saudi government should investigate the origin of the a...
...nian ships, claims White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt in an interview with Fox News. Trump may put Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi in an awkward position during her visit to Washington due to the American leader's calls for Tokyo to send ships to the Strait of Hormuz, writes the Financial Times. The newspaper cites the opinion of former Pentagon and CIA expert on Japan, Christopher Johnston, who believes that this would put Japanese Navy ships at risk.
...as in August 2023, their amount was $2,500. The largest buyers of tungsten from the United States in January were Mexico with a share of 20.9% of all deliveries, as well as Canada (14.6%), South #Korea (14.5%), #Germany (13.7%) and Japan (12.1%). Russia's share was less than 1%. The IDF (#Israel Defense Forces) has recorded the fourth wave of rocket launches from Iranian territory towards Israel in the last 24 hours, according to Israeli military sources. The US has sunk more than 65 Ira...
...alled for the #EU to be given a mandate to negotiate with #Russia on the conflict in #Ukraine. In his opinion, new voices of "common sense" are now emerging in the European Union. Russia imported tungsten from the United States in January - for the first time in more than two years, RIA Novosti found out based on data from the American statistical service. Thus, at the beginning of the year, Russian companies purchased American tungsten for $5,000. The last time deliveries were recorded w...
...a, #Kursk, Smolensk, Tula, Rostov, Volgograd, and Saratov regions, as well as the Krasnodar Territory, Adygea, #Crimea, and the Black Sea. Crimea will continue to nationalize the assets of Ukrainian oligarchs. According to the head of the Crimean Parliament, Konstantinov, the region's treasury received 2.4 billion rubles from the sale of such assets in 2025 alone. #Trump stated that he is not ready for a deal with #Iran as the terms are not good enough, in an interview with NBC. #Fico c...
...to be much more difficult, practically impossible, to reach an agreement with him
Joined Mar 2026
