OECD calls off antibribery mission to Hungary in unprecedented move | Corruption News

OECD calls off antibribery mission to Hungary in unprecedented move | Corruption News

Paris-based organisation cites government’s failure to act on its previous recommendations, some more than a decade old. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has cancelled a mission to Hungary to discuss antibribery measures, it says, citing the government’s failure to act on its previous recommendations. There was no…

EU takes Hungary to European Court of Justice over ‘soverignty’ laws | European Union News

EU takes Hungary to European Court of Justice over ‘soverignty’ laws | European Union News

The European Commission says the ‘soverignty’ laws breached a series of rights enshrined in European Union law. The European Commission says it is taking Hungary to court over its foreign influence laws, which critics have regarded as a tool to silence opposition voices. The European body said on Thursday that…

World Nomad Games put the spotlight on the sport of the Great Steppe | Arts and Culture News

World Nomad Games put the spotlight on the sport of the Great Steppe | Arts and Culture News

Astana, Kazakhstan – Clouds of dust rise from the sandy ground of a playing field as a dozen horses converge, their riders standing in their stirrups as they direct their mounts towards an odd target: the headless and disembowelled carcass of a goat laying in the dust. From what appears…

F1: Oscar Piastri wins Hungarian Grand Prix; Verstappen-Hamilton clash | Motorsports News

F1: Oscar Piastri wins Hungarian Grand Prix; Verstappen-Hamilton clash | Motorsports News

Oscar Piastri beats teammate Lando Norris for maiden Formula One victory after contentious team order drama at McLaren. Oscar Piastri claimed his maiden Formula One victory when he finished ahead of his McLaren teammate Lando Norris, after a vexed radio argument produced an extraordinary finish to an incident-filled Hungarian Grand…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 873 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 873 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 873rd day, these are the main developments. This is where the war stands on Wednesday, July 17, 2024: Fighting: Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia’s Kursk region triggered a fire at a factory producing electrical devices and wounded at least six people, according to local governors….

Orban’s ‘peacemaking’ mission: Did Hungary’s leader achieve anything? | Russia-Ukraine war News

Orban’s ‘peacemaking’ mission: Did Hungary’s leader achieve anything? | Russia-Ukraine war News

When Hungarian premier Viktor Orban broke ranks with the rest of the European Union to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on July 5, he cast himself as a peacemaker. “The number of countries that can talk to both warring sides is diminishing,” Orban said, referring to Russia’s war…

Hungary’s Orban meets China’s Xi in mission to end Russia-Ukraine war | Politics News

Hungary’s Orban meets China’s Xi in mission to end Russia-Ukraine war | Politics News

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue as he held talks with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who was in Beijing on a visit the European leader has branded as a “peace mission”. Xi and Orban’s meeting in the Chinese capital…