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China and Serbia have signed a new comprehensive free trade agreement, deepening the economic and political ties between Belgrade and its biggest foreign investor. The new partnership was announced in a joint press conference in Belgrade on Wednesday and comes as Chinese president Xi Jinping visits Europe for the first time in five years. President Aleksandar Vučić said the deal "will guarantee a future" for Serbia, cancelling tariffs on almost 95% of the country's exports to China within the next five to ten years, from "apples to beef meat". His Chinese counterpart described their relationsh...
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Chinese and Serbian flags were hoisted in Belgrade on Tuesday for the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Coming after a stop Paris, Xi's state visit to Serbia coincides with the 25th anniversary of the 1999 bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, which was hit by a US Air Force strike during NATO's campaign in Kosovo in 1999. The bombing was eventually acknowledged by Washington as a mistake, but it remains a sore point in Sino-American relations. "To some extent, the memory [of the bombing] is kept artificially alive, so that it can be solicited whenever it is deemed necessary, to p...
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China's leader is on a three-country tour of Europe at a time when Sino-European relations are far from perfect. After stopping in France on Sunday and Monday as part of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Franco-Chinese diplomatic relations, Xi Jinping will travel to Serbia and then to Hungary. What are the economic and strategic stakes of this highly political tour? War in UkraineThe Chinese and French presidents will first address the issue of the war in Ukraine. With China "one of Russia’s main partners", the French president will try to encourage Beijing "to use the levers it has...
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A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held what he called the largest countryside political demonstration in the country’s recent history on Sunday. About 10,000 people gathered in Debrecen, Hungary’s second-largest city, in support of Péter Magyar, a political newcomer who in less than three months has shot to prominence. “Today, the vast majority of the Hungarian people are tired of the ruling elite, of the hatred, apathy, propaganda and artificial divides,” Magyar told the crowd. “Hungarians today want cooperation, love, unity and peace.” Magyar, a former insider with...
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Italian activist Ilaria Salis, currently imprisoned in Hungary on charges of participating in the attack of neo-Nazis, is standing as a candidate in the European elections for the Greens and Left Alliance. Her father Roberto spoke to the Strasbourg Parliament on Wednesday, revealing "she was quite motivated, happy to have made this choice." "For my daughter, the elections represent a further opportunity to solve her drama." He spoke to Ilaria a few days ago and detailed he had not gone to Strasbourg to campaign, but to defend his daughter's rights. My daughter is trying to get a fair trial The...
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EU election campaigning in Hungary kicked off on Saturday, allowing candidates to begin reaching out to voters. Both municipal and European Parliament elections are to be held for June 9th, consolidated by the Fidesz party to reduce expenses. Election experts note that the opposition faces limited means for promoting their campaign due to extensive media control by the current government. Zoltán Tóth, an election expert, highlighted the ownership of campaign infrastructure by businesses aligned with Fidesz, making traditional media and billboards inaccessible to the opposition. However, he men...
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Hungarian voters are divided over what voting in the upcoming European elections can accomplish, according to interviews done by Euronews. Hungarian public media has dominated the election campaign leading to the upcoming vote for European Parliamentary representatives. Many Hungarians form their image of the EU and its institutions on this basis. Among voters who spoke to Euronews in Southern Hungary, some did not believe that an election can change anything and others did not think the everyday man had the time to be informed carefully. "There are a lot of people here who don't go to vote," ...
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A leaked intergovernmental priority list suggests environmental matters will be relegated below issues of defence, immigration and food security in the next legislative cycle, while Hungary has made it clear the Green Deal will not be a priority when it takes over the EU Council presidency in July, and Belgian premier Alexander De Croo has warned of the huge cost of implementation. An internal working draft of the EU’s Strategic Agenda for 2024 to 2029, widely circulated in Brussels earlier this week, sets out three priority areas, with the first being the promotion ‘strong and secure Europe’,...
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The country is scheduled to take over the Council on 1 July, succeeding Belgium. As presidency holder, Hungary will be in charge of setting the political agenda, moderating talks among member states and representing the institution vis-a-vis the European Parliament and the European Commission. This prospect has fuelled fears that the country will disregard the role of "honest broker" and abuse the position to stall, block or simply ignore key files that it views unfavourably, such as support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia. According to Zoltán Kovács, the government's international sp...
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Budapest (AFP) - Des dizaines de milliers de personnes se sont rassemblées à Budapest samedi, en soutien à un ancien proche de l'équipe au pouvoir devenu critique du Premier ministre Viktor Orban et qui entend défier le dirigeant nationaliste. La manifestation était convoquée par l'avocat Peter Magyar, qui secoue la politique hongroise depuis qu'il est passé sur le devant de la scène, dans le sillage du scandale suscité en février par une grâce présidentielle dans une affaire de pédocriminalité. Une foule d'environ 100.000 personnes a répondu à son appel, sur la place Kossuth de Budapest, deva...
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