Hungary
Hungarian postal services face competition from Ukraine
One of the largest Ukrainian companies, Nova Post, opened its first Hungarian branch in Budapest on the 10 November, and launched its own courier service in Hungary. Nova Post is expanding despite the war, and Hungary is already the tenth European country where they have entered the market. "This could also help Hungarian entrepreneurs enter the Ukrainian market, as the Ukrainian economy is expanding despite the war," said Marianna Pajda, the company's CEO in Hungary. (Forbes)
The fact-checking site Lakmusz has published an analysis of Hungary's largest and best-known Russian propaganda site, Orosz Hírek (Russian News), including the identification of the authors of the page and how the content has been disseminated to the Hungarian public. (Lakmusz)
Bulgaria has imposed a tax on Russian gas in transit, which could cause supply problems for Hungary and Austria. The Bulgarian tax has been described as anti-Russian or an excessive revenue-raising measure. According to one analysis, the motive could be a political move to ensure Bulgaria wins accession to the Schengen zone, which has been delayed for 12 years. Bulgaria wants to put pressure on Austria, which has opposed Bulgaria and Romania’s entry into the zone. (Telex)
Zusha Pletnyov, a Jewish man from Luhansk, has been through a lot over the past ten years. In 2014, when Russia annexed his hometown, he fled with his wife and five children to Kyiv. In February 2022, the family fled from the Russian invasion to Israel. They settled in Askelon, a few kilometres from the Gaza Strip. After Hamas’s attack on 7 October, they fled once more, and ended up in Hungary. They are currently living in a state resort at Lake Balaton, in the west of the country. The resort opened last year for Jewish Ukrainian refugees following Russia’s invasion, and is now housing around 250 people, including some 100 children, most of whom have arrived from Israel since the attack. (AP) |