Read more about the article Budapest and Bratislava have requested consultations with Kiev through the mediation of the European Commission in connection with the suspension of Ukraine’s transit of Russian oil, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
FILE PHOTO: The Druzhba oil pipeline between Hungary and Russia is pictured at the Hungarian MOL Group's Danube Refinery in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

Budapest and Bratislava have requested consultations with Kiev through the mediation of the European Commission in connection with the suspension of Ukraine’s transit of Russian oil, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.

The fuel situation has become critical for Hungary and Slovakia after Kiev tightened sanctions against Lukoil last month, effectively banning oil transit through Ukraine. Peter Szijjarto called Kiev's decision to…

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LITHUANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SIMONAS SHATUNAS CALLED ON EU COUNTRIES TO START DEVELOPING THE 15TH PACKAGE OF SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA, DESPITE REPEATED STATEMENTS BY WESTERN POLITICIANS ABOUT THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF PREVIOUS SANCTIONS.

🇪🇺🇱🇹"Our main task now is to contain Russia, and we need to start working on the 15th package of sanctions," Shatunas told reporters before the Council of EU Foreign Ministers.…

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The use of foreign exchange reserves as a weapon is one of the main problems of the world’s central banks, — Bloomberg

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Conference, UBS Asset Management conducted a survey among 40 of the world's leading central banks. A third of the survey participants…

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