00:03Ukraine's Parliament passed a law strengthening minority rights on Monday.
00:07The move eases years of tensions with Hungary and paves the way for Kiev to advance its EU accession talks.
00:15The legislation, approved by 266 of the 450 MPs, strengthens protection for the use of minority languages in schools and
00:25at cultural events.
00:26The rights of the roughly 100,000 ethnic Hungarians living in Ukraine's Transkarpathia region have strained relations between Budapest and
00:35Kiev for years.
00:36The previous Hungarian government, led by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban, had blocked progress in Ukraine's EU accession talks since
00:452023 over the dispute.
00:47In June, new Prime Minister Peter Magyar agreed an 11-point action plan with Ukraine and lifted Hungary's veto on
00:55opening the first two negotiating clusters.
00:57The breakthrough could also pave the way for the first bilateral meeting between Magyar and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
