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Hungary will block the EU’s accession talks with Ukraine if it believes they are going in a direction that harms the country’s national interests, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. In an interview with Mandiner news magazine on Friday, Szijjarto weighed in on the bloc’s recent decision to kick-start official …

The EU must not make Ukraine a member state in a rushed manner, European Parliament Vice-President Katarina Barley has said. “There must be no hasty accessions,” Barley to the Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung on Saturday. “Once you’re in the EU, you can’t be excluded.” She pointed to Hungary, whose conservative government …

Greece and Cyprus would object to any proposal suggesting fast-tracking Ukraine’s accession to the EU, Euractiv reported on Friday, citing anonymous diplomats. A source from the Greek Foreign Ministry told the outlet that Athens would insist on all the procedures stipulated under Article 49 of the EU Treaty being adhered …

Ukraine’s chances of joining the European Union or even obtaining a candidate status are not great, says Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, adding that there are too many member states who are opposed to the idea, and that it would be unfair to countries in the Western Balkans who have …

Turkey has blocked NATO accession talks with Finland and Sweden on Wednesday, several media outlets have reported. Representatives of the military bloc’s member states have gathered seeking to open the negotiations just hours after both nations officially submitted their applications. However, Ankara has reportedly stopped the vote on the start of …

The Ukrainian parliament will not vote to remove the passage about the country’s ambition to join NATO from the constitution, the Rada’s chairman, Ruslan Stefanchuk, has revealed. In an interview with Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda published on Monday, Stefanchuk was asked whether Ukrainian lawmakers were going to amend the …

The Finnish government will provide the country’s parliament with a review of possible NATO accession by the middle of this month, the country’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said. Moscow’s attack on Ukraine has prompted Finland, which has a common border with Russia, to intensify the discussions on potential benefits of …

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed the true stance of the US-led NATO alliance on Kiev’s prospects of joining, in an interview with CNN on Sunday. While refusing in private to accept the country, the alliance has maintained a public illusion of a potential accession, he claimed. The ongoing conflict with …

China became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) 20 years ago this month. It was an ascension supported by the United States, and hailed by Beijing as a landmark moment in its reform, opening up and integrating with the world. The then US president Bill Clinton hailed it …

Turkey has never recognized and does not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine, said the Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan at a joint press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky. “The annexation of Crimea, Turkey has not recognized and does not recognize”, …