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- by FRANCE24Thousands of Hungarians marched to Prime Minister Viktor Orban's offices on Saturday, led by opposition leader Peter Magyar, who urged the veteran nationalist to resign over an abuse scandal at a juvenile detention centre. The prosecutor's office said on Wednesday that seven people had been detained at the state-run Budapest juvenile centre so far.
- by FRANCE 24Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees as he held talks in Berlin with US envoys that were set to continue on Monday. The Ukrainian leader rejected the US push for ceding territory to Russia, saying he hoped Washington would back […]
- by FRANCE24Belarus freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and dozens of other political prisoners on Saturday, capping two days of talks with Washington aimed at improving ties and getting crippling US sanctions lifted on a key Belarusian agricultural export.
- by FRANCE 24Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered to drop Kyiv's aspirations to join the NATO military alliance as he held five hours of talks with US envoys in Berlin on Sunday to end the war with Russia, with negotiations set to continue on Monday. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
- by FRANCE24In exchange for the lifting of US sanctions on certain exports, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed 123 prisoners on Saturday including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava after two days of talks with an envoy for President Donald Trump. FRANCE 24's Philip Turle brings you the details.