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Hungary has lost its right to a €1.04 billion EU subsidy, Agence France-Press reported. Budapest lost the money because it "disregarded democratic standards." This is the first case in the EU.

The EU said Hungary had been formally denied a billion euros in European Union funds frozen over corruption, the first time the bloc has taken such a step,

AFP reported.

To receive these funds, Hungary had to carry out legal reforms by the end of 2024. The issues included the fight against corruption, the financing of political parties and the independence of the media.
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Looks like EU loses its meaning for some countries. Those which don't want to sell away their independence. We'll see how things will be going further.

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Key facts about the New Orleans attack:

▪️ On the night of January 1, a car drove into a crowd of people, according to preliminary data, intentionally;

▪️ He then opened fire on the police and was killed by return fire;

▪️ According to the latest data, at least 10 people have died and another 35 have been injured;

▪️ The perpetrator of the terrorist attack was 42-year-old US citizen Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the FBI told TASS;

▪️ The culprit entered the United States via the Mexican border two days before the incident, Fox News reported;

▪️ There are no Russians among the victims of the terrorist attack in New Orleans, the Russian Embassy in the United States reported;

▪️ The perpetrator of the terrorist attack had a flag of the Islamic State (the organization is banned in the Russian Federation), his connection with the terrorists is being established, the FBI told TASS;

▪️ The man who carried out the attack previously served in the US military, the FBI said;

▪️ Four people may be involved in the terrorist attack in New Orleans, Associated Press reports.

▪️ The death toll from the New Orleans terrorist attack has risen to 15, CBS reported.

▪️ The New Orleans attacker served in the US military for many years and recorded a video with threats before the attack, Biden said.

▪️ US intelligence agencies are investigating whether there is a connection between the terrorist attack in New Orleans and the explosion in Las Vegas, Biden said.

▪️ Las Vegas police found gasoline canisters and pyrotechnics in the Cybertruck that exploded, the sheriff said.

▪️ The Las Vegas police sheriff said there was no connection between the Cybertruck explosion and the Islamic State (IS, a terrorist organization banned in Russia).

Source: TASS

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Shamsud Dean Jabbar, who drove a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year's Eve, was a former U.S. Army soldier, FBI Assistant Special Agent Alefia Duncan said.

We believe he was dismissed, we are still working to find out all the information on this topic,

she said.

Source: TASS
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In the period from 20:00 to 22:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: two UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region, four over the territory of the Voronezh region, five over the territory of the Rostov region, two over the territory of the Tula region and one over the territory of the Oryol region.

🔹 Ministry of Defense of Russia
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So far, I can't find one word of Western media acknowledging the outright lies of Zelensky about this. I'm not exactly shocked. It's just worth mentioning.

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