Monkeypox Has Arrived in Vienna
The tests confirmed that a 35-year-old man who was taken to hospital in Vienna on Sunday has suspicion of the disease had contracted monkeypox.
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EU Launches Infringement Procedure Against Hungary Over Transposition of Anti-Fraud Regulation
The European Commission said it launched an infringement procedure against Hungary, as well as Estonia, Malta and the Netherlands, because it did not “correctly transpose” European Union regulation on the fight against fraud affecting the EU budget.
Orbán Meets Belgian Vlaams Belang Party Chief
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, leader of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, met Tom Van Grieken, head of the Belgian Vlaams Belang party, at the Castle District premises of the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday.
Euro area monthly balance of payments: March 2022
Current account recorded €2 billion deficit in March 2022, down from €16 billion surplus in previous month Current account surplus amounted to €219 billion (1.8% of euro area GDP) in 12 months to March 2022, down from €294 billion (2.6%) one year earlier In financial account, euro area residents’ net acquisitions of non-euro area portfolio investment securities totalled […]
EU Climate Advisory Board chair elected
The new European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change has elected Professor Ottmar Edenhofer as its chairperson for a term of four years. His task will be to represent the Advisory Board and organise its work, which is to provide the European Union (EU) with independent scientific knowledge, expertise and advice on climate change and […]
Finland and Sweden have submitted a formal application to join NATO
Finland and Sweden have submitted a formal application to join NATO, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday morning, calling the declaration of intent to join a historic step and believing that the two countries’ application for membership could be accepted quickly, which he said. will increase the security of the military alliance.
Some 7,600 Refugees Arrive From Ukraine on Monday
Fully 4,448 people crossed into Hungary directly from Ukraine on Monday, while another 3,113 from Ukraine crossed from Romania, the national police headquarters said.
“Hungary, Poland Could Always Rely on Each Other”
Hungary and Poland could always rely on each other and “we will not allow anyone to drive a wedge between us”, Hungarian President Katalin Novák said after meeting her Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in Warsaw.
Novák: Hungary, Poland Call on EC to Make Available Allocations
Hungary and Poland are calling on the European Commission to make arrangements to ensure that the two countries could receive the allocations they are entitled to from the EU Reconstruction Fund, the new Hungarian president said in Warsaw on Tuesday. Katalin Novák held talks in the Polish capital with her Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda.
Consolidated financial statement of the Eurosystem as at 13 May 2022
In the week ending 13 May 2022 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign currency (asset items 2 and 3 minus liability items 7, 8 and 9) increased by EUR 0.2 billion to EUR 329.8 billion.