Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party has introduced a bill targeting foreign-funded NGOs and civil groups. Transparency International Hungary calls it an “authoritarian attempt to silence dissent and dismantle the remnants of democracy.”
A former deputy secretary of Ukraine’s National Security Council, accused of embezzling state funds through military contracts, was arrested in Spain and faces possible extradition.
The EU has tightened its sanctions in an effort to pressure Putin into negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine and is prepared to impose even more “massive” sanctions if he refuses to agree to a ceasefire.