Hungary demands money Norway ‘owes’ after Nordic nation suspends financial aid over NGO funding row

Hungary’s government

Hungary’s government has criticized Norway after the Nordic country announced on Friday that it will refuse to pay €220 million ($259 million) in financial aid, due to Budapest’s failure to resolve a disagreement over NGO funding.

Earlier, Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that Hungary had failed to comply with the requirement that “the fund for civil society must be administered independently of the authorities.”

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