Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked Ukraine's EU accession talks for years, citing failure to protect the rights of roughly 80,000 ethnic Hungarians living in Zakarpattia Oblast

The political and economic union of European states — the broader institutional context for the European Research Council's funding of AI archaeology projects.

The process by which countries join the European Union, covering candidate status, accession negotiations, the opening and closing of negotiating clusters, and the political, legal and economic conditions set for membership.