Hungary clears Ukraine, Moldova EU accession talks (opens in new tab)

Hungary lifted its block on the next stage of European Union accession talks for Ukraine and Moldova after Budapest and Kyiv agreed on rights for Ukraine’s ethnic Hungarian minority, allowing the EU to prepare the formal opening of the first negotiating cluster later this month. Cyprus, which holds the rotating EU Council presidency, said it had begun preparing to open cluster one in the negotiations with both countries; Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said all 27 EU member states ...