Hungary

Hungary takes over the presidency of the EU Council for 6 months amid serious disagreements with the EU leadership on issues such as the war in Ukraine and migration.

17 Ukrainian men were detained near the Hungarian border for attempting to illegally cross the border, paying from $3,000 to $12,000 each for the failed attempt.

Right-wing parties in Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic have announced the creation of a new far-right faction, Patriots for Europe, in the European Parliament, which will fight against the Brussels establishment.

Ukraine faces power outages throughout the day, with stricter restrictions from 17:00 to 11:00, imports electricity from Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Moldova, while 465 settlements remain without power due to fighting and technical problems.

It is possible that all the bodies were found in the Tisza, and the river is treacherous, some of them may be located in the roots of trees in the river itself.

Today, power outage schedules are planned throughout the day, with increased restrictions from 17:00 to 23:00, and Ukraine also imports electricity from 5 countries to meet demand.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet with French President Macron in Paris ahead of Hungary's EU presidency amid tensions over support for Ukraine and migration policy.

Germany and Denmark will play each other in the quarterfinals of Euro 2024, the match will take place on June 29 in Dortmund.

Ukraine is ready to meet Hungary's demands for national minorities in the framework of European integration and will implement 11 proposals put forward by Hungary as part of the process of Ukraine's accession to the EU.

Ukraine will begin a bilateral selection process by the end of 2023 to determine further steps to join the European Union, with the goal of being ready to make the first decisions by 2025 and achieve full membership by 2030.

The least of all politicians trust Petro Poroshenko – 75. 3%, while only 5.3% of respondents fully trust him. Answering the question: "Does the politician's activities harm or help Ukraine in the war with the Russian Federation?"63.6% of respondents said that they consider Poroshenko's activities harmful.

Six EU leaders agreed that Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa and Kaya Callas should receive leadership positions in the European Commission, the European Council and the foreign policy service, respectively.

Ukraine and Moldova will start long-awaited EU accession talks on June 25, a symbolic moment in their efforts to join the bloc amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

An electronic queue with time intervals for buses crossing Ukraine's border with Romania and Moldova is already in place at most checkpoints, allowing carriers to register and preventing large crowds of buses at certain times.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban criticized the negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, but said that Budapest is not blocking the process and supports the start of negotiations.

A police officer who accompanied Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was killed and another was seriously injured in a traffic accident involving a BMW driver in Stuttgart.

The president of Moldova signed a decree on the start of negotiations on the Republic of Moldova's accession to the European Union.

Due to the difficult situation in the Ukrainian energy system after Russian attacks on facilities, restrictions on electricity consumption are in effect throughout the day on June 21, with increased restrictions from 13:00, and emergency assistance was received from Poland the day before to overcome the deficit.

All 32 NATO members have agreed to the candidacy of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the post of Secretary General of the Alliance, who will take over the leadership at a critical moment.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis is withdrawing his candidacy for the post of NATO Secretary General, and Romania will support the candidacy of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Viktor Orban's Fidesz party may not be admitted to the European Parliament group, while his opponent Péter Magyar and his Respect and Freedom Party (TISZA) will join the European People's Party group after a vote in Brussels.

A Swiss parliamentary committee has approved a proposal to amend the law to allow indirect arms exports to Ukraine, which are currently prohibited due to the country's neutrality.

Denmark, Germany, and Hungary have agreed to jointly purchase Skyranger tower air defense systems, a short-range mobile system capable of engaging aircraft, drones, and missiles.

Hungary and Slovakia have announced their potential support for Mark Rutte as the next NATO Secretary General.

The EU plans to agree on new sanctions against Russia by the June 27 summit, including restrictions on the transportation of Russian LNG and oil, trade bans and blacklists.

After talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte expressed cautious optimism that Hungary's opposition to him becoming the next NATO chief will be overcome.

Power supply has been restored to all consumers in Poltava region that were cut off due to a Russian missile attack, with imports from 5 countries planned as the schedule of power outages across Ukraine is reduced.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has promised to give Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban the right to withdraw from NATO activities aimed at supporting Ukraine if he becomes secretary general of the military alliance, in an attempt to win Budapest's support after it vetoed his appointment for months.

The court refused to take former MP Kriuchkov into custody.

The blackout schedules are in effect throughout Ukraine from 08:00 to 24:00, with two simultaneous blackouts from 19:00 to 22:00 due to a decrease in consumption caused by the cool weather.