Kiev would be entitled to the funds upon its accession to the bloc, according to the newspaper Ukraine could receive billions of euros in subsidies from the EU upon the country’s accession to the bloc, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing an internal study by the secretariat of the EU Council.

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Hungary’s Viktor Orban has argued that the bloc should stop being “weak” and start asserting its interests Russia does not take the EU seriously because the bloc is not assertive enough, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed. If Brussels can improve its standing, Moscow would consider negotiating with it on the Ukraine conflict, he…