On 17 September 2022, a difficult but constructive negotiation process between the Hungarian Government and the European Commission, which lasted several months, came to an end. The negotiations were a success. The Commission has concluded that the proposed measures submitted by the Hungarian Government as a result of the discussions with the Commission address the concerns that led the Commission to open the conditionality procedure. Hungary has not lost any EU funds so far and the Commission's decision of 18 September shows that there is no risk of this happening. If the Hungarian Government delivers on its commitments, the conditionality procedure will be closed before the end of the year. The Commission's decision paves the way for a swift conclusion of the negotiations on the reconstruction fund and cohesion funds. These are on schedule to be concluded before the end of the year, so that Hungary can enter 2023 without any loss of resources.

23 August marks the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Totalitarian Regimes proclaimed by the European Parliament in 2008. On this day in 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, the Third Reich and the Soviet Union signed an agreement known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. It gave rise to a tragedy for millions of people. The European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS) is once again organising the international public educational campaign Remember. August 23 which brings the significance of those events closer to contemporary Europeans.

On the 20th of August, during the national day of Hungary and Estonia, Hungarian Gripen fighter jets participating in the Baltic Air Policing mission are making a tribute flypast at the Valga Military History Festival, the Paide Air Show in Nurmsi and the Tallinn TV-tower.

Katalin Novák was inaugurated as the first female President of Hungary today amid a festive ceremony. The Head of State summarised the meaning of the war in Ukraine for Hungary in ten points and also announced that she would visit Warsaw on 17 May.

Within the framework of the Stipendium Hungaricum (SH) Programme, the Government of Hungary has established the Students at Risk Subprogramme which, upon successful application, provides Ukrainian and international students, citizens of SH partner countries, who had to flee Ukraine because of the war, with an opportunity to continue their studies, started in Ukraine, at Hungarian higher education institutions.