Armenia
Hungary reportedly blocking EU non-lethal military aid to Armenia, again
Hungary also initially blocked aid in 2024 before agreeing to withdraw its objection on the condition that aid also be sent to Azerbaijan.
Hungary
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Georgia–Hungary Relations
Georgian Foreign Minister Botchorishvili meets with Hungarian counterpart Szijjártó in Budapest
On the same day, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó spoke with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan.
Georgia
Hungary says Trump has ‘totally changed’ US position on Georgia
The following day, Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili thanked Hungary and Slovakia for their support for Georgian Dream.
Georgia–Hungary Relations
Did Hungary help hand Georgian Dream victory in the disputed parliamentary elections?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party have become deeply involved in Georgian domestic politics, both publicly and behind closed doors.
Armenia
EU ‘to approve’ €10 million non-lethal military aid for Armenia
Armenia will receive €10 million ($11 million) in non-lethal military aid from the EU after Hungary withdrew its objections, reportedly in exchange for providing equal funds to Azerbaijan for demining. On Thursday, RFE/RL reported that the EU was expected to approve the package on 22 July. ‘All the member states of the Union are now ready to give the green light’, they cited a diplomatic source in the EU as saying. Hungary reportedly agreed to lift its veto after agreeing to a compromise
Armenia
Armenia and Hungary restore diplomatic relations 10 years after Safarov freed
Armenia and Hungary have agreed to restore diplomatic relations, having severed them in 2012 following the release of axe murderer Ramil Safarov. Armenian and Hungarian foreign ministers Ararat Mirzoyan and Péter Szijjártó reached the agreement at a meeting on Thursday, on the sidelines of the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers in Poland. Armenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that they had ‘agreed to restore full diplomatic relations, expressing their intention to open a new chapter
Education
Anti-Orbán demonstrators face off with far-right in Tbilisi
Both supporters and opponents of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán greeted the controversial politician with simultaneous demonstrations on 21 April, during an official two-day visit to Tbilisi. Anti-Orbán protesters whistled over Orbán and his attendants, while counter-demonstrators greeted him with excitement, as Orbán and Georgia’s PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili arrived at Courtyard Marriott Hotel for a Georgia–Hungary business forum. The demonstrators were protesting the Hungarian govern
