Swedish PM to visit Budapest on Friday
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is scheduled to visit Budapest on February 23, at the invitation of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian PM's press chief said on Tuesday.
The prime ministers will discuss defence and security cooperation and preparations for Hungary’s EU presidency in the second half of the year, Bertalan Havasi said.
Kristersson and Orbán will hold a joint press conference after the talks, he added.
Fidesz asks parliament to debate Sweden’s NATO accession next Monday
The group leader of ruling Fidesz has asked parliament to put the ratification of Sweden’s NATO accession onto its agenda for next Monday, the first day of the national assembly’s spring season.
Mate Kocsis shared the group’s letter to Speaker of Parliament Laszlo Kover on Facebook on Tuesday, and said his party would “support the vote on the ratification bill”.
