Budapest (MTI) – The Hungarian government must protect every Hungarian citizen by all means, and in view of the recent street shootings in western Ukraine, the safety of ethnic Hungarians there is rightfully questioned, government office chief Janos Lazar told the…
Kiev (MTI) – The Hungarian Ambassador to Ukraine Erno Keskeny was summoned to Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Monday in the wake of recent remarks in Hungary concerning the activities of the Hungarian secret services in Ukraine. The ministry said on…
Budapest (MTI) – Hungary is ready to take in ethnic Hungarians from western Ukraine if they are mistreated, government office chief Janos Lazar said in an interview in the Saturday issue of daily Napi Gazdasag. Lazar said the government’s most…
According to origo.hu, the Transcarpathian man, who did not obey the mobilization order, was identified by the Ukrainian border guards at the Slovak-Ukrainian border, he tried in vain to identify himself with his Hungarian passport. The man was returning home…
Budapest (MTI) – Professional and vocational training tailored to the ethnic Hungarian community in Transcarpathia, funded by the Hungarian government, is starting this year, the cabinet state secretary for Hungarian communities beyond the border said on Sunday. The 50 million forint…
On 29 June 1945, the Soviet-Czechoslovak Treaty was signed in Moscow, which meant the annexation of Subcarpathia (Zakarpattia Oblast) to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, itthon.ma reported. Situated in the Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine, Subcarpathia is the only Ukrainian…
The Treaty of Trianon was the peace agreement on June 4th 1920 which formally ended World War I. between most of the Allies and the Kingdom of Hungary. As a result, Hungary lost the 2/3 of its territories and people.…
Budapest, June 1 (MTI) – Hungarian charities have put on wheels 100 million forints (EUR 324,000) worth of aid to be provided to people in western Ukraine, a senior official of the Hungarian Reformed Charity said on Monday. The aid…
According to alfahir.hu, Poroshenko finally confessed: “There is no place for nationalities in Ukraine” – Jobbik said and repeatedly called on the Hungarian government to firmly stand up for the language rights of the Hungarians in Kárpátalja. In his communication,…
Kiev, May 14 (MTI) – Ukraine’s successful political and socio-economic transformation is of vital importance to Hungary, a foreign ministry official said in Kiev on Thursday. Speaking at the Doing Business in Hungary forum, Petra Pana, deputy state secretary for…
Budapest, May 5 (MTI) – Hungary will adhere to the common European Union position against Russia concerning the crisis in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after meeting his Czech counterpart in Prague on Tuesday. Szijjarto is on a working…
Brussels, April 16 (MTI) – The Central European nations should find a common denominator in their approach to Ukraine which should not necessarily mean that they hold identical positions on the Ukrainian crisis or on ties with Russia, Zsolt Nemeth,…
Budapest, April 13 (MTI) – Hungary’s government has earmarked 652 million forints (EUR 2.2m) to support the Hungarian community in western Ukraine, considering the current hardships there, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen said on Monday. A total of 486 million…
Budapest, (MTI) – Wizz Air Ukraine, the subsidiary of the Hungarian-related company will cease its operations from April 20. Instead of that, Wizz Air Hungary will open a base in Kiev – the airline told MTI,. As written, Wizz Air…
Residents of Beregszász (Berehove, Ukraine) struggling to survive. Due to the devaluation and volatility of the Ukrainian national currency, the hryvnia the poor and retirees suffer a great deal as life has become particularly difficult for this segment of society. Photo:…
Budapest, March 1 (MTI) – The Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference will send 10 million forints worth of aid to help needy families and old people living alone in Ukraine’s Transcarpathia. At the same time, the Hungarian Catholic Church has called…
Budapest, February 27 (MTI) – UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto urged all sides in Ukraine to fully observe the terms of the Minsk agreement. After talks with Hammond on Friday morning, Szijjarto told a…
Budapest, February 18 (MTI) – Lawmakers of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition have proposed that parliament should issue a political declaration condemning the aggression against Ukraine. Csaba Molnar, the party’s deputy leader, reacted to yesterday’s working visit by Vladimir Putin,…
Warsaw, February 17 (MTI) – It is feared there will be ethnic Hungarian victims in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, a Hungarian official said on Tuesday. A military unit dispatched from western Ukraine, where there is a large Hungarian…
Kiev (MTI) – Kiev counts on Hungary’s support in its request that a special session of the European Council should be convened if a ceasefire is not enforced in eastern Ukraine by Sunday morning, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said after…