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World Business Report: First broadcast 14/12/2023 15:32 GMT : All eyes on Orban as EU leaders debate support for Ukraine

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First broadcast 14/12/2023 15:32 GMT 

First broadcast 14/12/2023 15:32 GMT : All eyes on Orban as EU leaders debate support for Ukraine

All eyes on Orban as EU leaders debate support for Ukraine

BBC World Service - World Business Report, All eyes on Orban as EU leaders debate support for Ukraine

EU leaders are preparing for long discussions over support for Ukraine

EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to debate support for Ukraine, but Kyiv will need the support of Hungary's president Viktor Orban - who has taken an anti-Ukraine stance.

A two-day summit of EU leaders is underway in Brussels, with support for Ukraine in the spotlight.  Kyiv is hoping to gain accession to the European Union, as well as $58 billion funding to take the Ukrainian economy through 2024.  But any decision must be unanimous and Hungary's president Viktor Orban has taken an anti-Ukraine stance.  We hear from a former Ukrainian trade minister and a business owner in Lviv.

The presidents of Venezuela and Guyana are meeting in St Vincent and The Grenadines to discuss a dispute over the oil rich Essequibo region.  St Vincent and the Grenadines prime minister Ralph Gonsalves gives us the background to the dispute.

With the festive season in full swing in the UK, office workers from Salford in the north of England tell us whether they would prefer a Christmas party or a bonus this year.

(Picture: Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban arrives at the European Council summit at Batiment Europa on December 14, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Credit: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)

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