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Hungary joined the European Union in 2004. It was one of eight nations in central and eastern Europe that agreed to be governed under EU laws.

But in recent years, Brussels and Budapest have not seen eye to eye. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says his policies are based on conservative Christian, patriotic values. Meanwhile, many in the EU and elsewhere say his government promotes homophobic, xenophobic, anti-democratic and even authoritarian values.

But what has been the response from the Hungarian government? Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto talks to Al Jazeera.

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August sent shockwaves around the world.

The group is, once again, in power, determined to implement its vision for the country and cement ties with the rest of the world.

This week, the spokesman for the Taliban’s ministry of foreign affairs discusses the group’s plans for how it will reach out to women, minorities and its opponents.

Is the Taliban open to reform and will the group abandon its strict interpretation of Islamic law? Abdul Qahar Balkhi talks to Al Jazeera.

As South Africa’s top diplomat, Naledi Pandor faces many challenges in the COVID-19 era.

As world leaders gathered in New York for the 76th United Nations General Assembly, vaccine inequity was at the top of the agenda.

That is where we caught up with South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation.

Naledi Pandor talks to Al Jazeera.

Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, there have been nine UN secretaries-general.

The first one, Trygve Lie, famously described his role as “the most impossible job on earth”. But how does the current UN chief, Antonio Guterres, view his position? And does he think the world is heading in the wrong direction?

In the run-up to the UN's 76th general assembly, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres talks to Al Jazeera.

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After decades of ethnic tensions and war, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008.

The move was partially recognised by the international community, with the United States and most European countries as allies.

The NATO-led peacekeeping forces have helped guarantee the region's security, but a diplomatic problem with Serbia and with what many would consider the region’s superpower, Russia, remains.

As the current mood in Washington is to avoid military interventions around the world, does Pristina fear the US troops will one day retreat from Kosovo? Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti talks to Al Jazeera.

Fawzia Koofi began her political career after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Her focus: promoting girls' rights to education and protecting children from violence, exploitation and abuse.

She has survived assassination attempts, but not even that stopped her from advocating for the rights of women in her country.

Now, with the Taliban back in control and in the wake of the United States withdrawal, Koofi left her country and is being hosted in Qatar. Is her fight for the rights of Afghan women over?

Afghanistan’s former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Fawzia Koofi, talks to Al Jazeera.

As wealthy countries stockpiled COVID-19 vaccines, 50 percent of adults in Europe, the United States and the United Kingdom have now been fully vaccinated.

Meanwhile, vaccination rates remain extremely low in countries across Africa, where fewer than two percent of the continent's people have been fully vaccinated.

With 47 of Africa’s 54 countries expected to miss a September target of vaccinating 10 percent of their citizens, how can we bridge the vaccine gap threatening the continent?

The director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr John Nkengasong, talks to Al Jazeera.



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With widespread international conflicts, many people risk it all to get to Europe in search of safety and a better future. And although the most common route to Europe is across the Mediterranean Sea, a new one appears to be opening through the Belarus-European Union border.

Brussels has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of attempting to destabilise the bloc with a "hybrid war", using migrants as a weapon.

As the Lithuanian government declares a state of emergency, we travel to Vilnius to find out what lies ahead diplomatically and at a humanitarian level. Lithuania’s Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte talks to Al Jazeera.

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The 82-kilometre (50-mile) artificial waterway known as the Panama Canal, makes the Republic of Panama a crucial point for international maritime trade.

But the country is not only a passage for thousands of ships transporting goods from East to West. Panama is also a key transit point for thousands of migrants and asylum seekers going from South to North. They risk it all searching for protection and better opportunities in the United States and Canada.

As global migration is on the rise, how is Panama coping with the current crisis at its border? Panama’s Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes talks to Al Jazeera.

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Brazil is in the midst of a political crisis.

Many have taken to the streets to demand that right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro step down. Meanwhile, left-wing, former President Lula Da Silva seems to be making a comeback. Could he be looking at a third term in power?

One man who may shed some light on what the future might hold is former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. At 90, he has experienced much of Brazil’s modern history and has lived through its ups and downs. Cardoso talks to Al Jazeera.

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