€16.4bn in funds unlocked for Hungary as part of deal with EU, Magyar says – Europe live

Magyar says the negotiations continued last night and early this morning, with total funds equivalent to about 13% of Hungary’s state budgetThe incident comes just days after the Czech president, Petr Pavel, has urged Nato to “show its teeth” in response to Russia’s repeated testing of the alliance’s resolve on its eastern flank, suggesting a range of options including switching off its internet, cutting off its banks from global financial systems and shooting down jets that violate allied airspace.Speaking to the Guardian in Prague last week, Pavel called for “decisive enough, potentially even asymmetric” responses to counter Moscow’s provocative behaviour against the alliance or risk the Kremlin intensifying its actions. Continue reading...