If the prices get loose, the grain supply in Hungary could be endangered, said Viktor Orbán – news of the day
The Prime Minister spoke on Kossuth Radio about the expected food crisis and higher energy prices. According to Viktor Orbán, Hungary can feed 17 million people, but with a maximum capacity of 20 million. The surplus could be sold to other countries, but if prices get rid of it, domestic supplies could also be jeopardized. He added that grain shortages could destabilize not only countries but entire regions, French President Emmanuel Macron also spoke at the last summit. According to the head of government, to defend against this with the obligation to register for the export of grain and the right of pre-emption of the state, but the move is contrary to the regulations. Viktor Orbán expects that the position of Brussels will change due to the war situation.
There will be further Ukrainian-Russian talks in Turkey from Monday to Wednesday. The holding of the meeting was confirmed by both parties. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba have already met in Antalya, southern Turkey, on March 10, but no concrete results have been achieved at the trial. After Russia’s invasion of Russia on February 24, the two delegations met for the first time in a national park in Belarus on February 28 to discuss safe corridors for evacuating civilians and delivering humanitarian aid. this was two more rounds in person and then several videoconferences, Kyiv called the negotiations very difficult.
According to UN figures, more than 3.8 million have fled Ukraine since the start of the war on 24 February. The influx of refugees has now slowed since March 22nd. In total, more than ten million people – more than a quarter of the population – have been forced to flee their homes, and these people have sought refuge either abroad or in other parts of the country. The UN estimates that the number of internally displaced persons is close to 6.5 million. 90 percent of those leaving Ukraine are women and children. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, there are more than one and a half million children among the refugees. Poland received more than half of all refugees. Hungary received almost 350,000 Ukrainians by March 26.
According to an international survey, almost half of Ukrainians between the ages of 18 and 55 would be directly involved in the fight against the Russian invasion. According to a representative poll conducted by European researchers, this proportion is around 70 per cent for men and close to 30 per cent for women. Norwegian Info Sapiens interviewed more than a thousand Ukrainians. The circumstances of the war made the conditions of the poll extremely difficult. From March 9 to 12, respondents will answer the question about resistance online.
Two large oil depots in western Ukraine were completely destroyed in Russian missile attacks, Ukrainian county leaders confirmed. One air strike hit the oil depot in Dubno on Saturday night. An oil depot was also destroyed in Lemberg. No one was injured anywhere, the fire was already extinguished. Thirty residents wounded in Russian artillery attacks in Mikolajiv, southern Ukraine The Russian army-occupied city of Herson, south of Ukraine, has once again demonstrated that Russian forces have banned the action.
According to an international survey, almost half of Ukrainians between the ages of 18 and 55 would be directly involved in the fight against the Russian invasion. According to a representative poll conducted by European researchers, this proportion is around 70 per cent for men and close to 30 per cent for women. Norwegian Info Sapiens interviewed more than a thousand Ukrainians. The circumstances of the war made the conditions of the poll extremely difficult. From March 9 to 12, respondents will answer the question about resistance online.
According to Pope Francis, war destroys not only the present but also the future of society. The Catholic archbishop repeatedly called for the laying down of weapons in his speech in St. Petersburg Square in Ukraine. Pope Francis put it this way: like any war, it is a defeat for everyone. He voiced the need to reject a war in which parents bury their children, people kill their siblings never seen before, decisions are made by the mighty, and the poor die. He stressed that since the attack on Ukraine, every second child in the country has lost their home.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister has called for a boycott of the Auchan department store chain. The CEO of the French-owned company had previously indicated in a newspaper interview that the company would not withdraw from the Russian market due to the war in Ukraine. The company is going to close the 43 stores in Russia, deprive a lot of people of their salaries and jobs, and buy the food they buy every day. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba said that the possible loss of national jobs in Russia is more important than the deaths of people in Ukraine.
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