Budapest, February 12 (MTI) – Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has welcomed the recent agreement on a ceasefire in Ukraine. Speaking at a press conference held jointly with his Polish counterpart Grzegorz Schetyna on Thursday, Szijjarto added, however, that implementation…
Budapest, February 9 (MTI) – It is still possible to resolve the Ukraine crises through peaceful, political means, and Hungary is committed to such a resolution, Zsolt Nemeth, head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, told a press conference after a…
Budapest (MTI) – A new border crossing will be opened, an existing one expanded and a new public road bridge built on the Ukraine-Hungary border to compensate for an unsufficient number of crossings, the foreign ministry said on Friday. The…
Budapest, February 6 (MTI) – The number of Ukrainian Hungarians crossing over to Hungary and seeking help from the Hungarian Maltese Charity has been increasing in recent days, the head of the charity said on Friday. The Maltese Charity offers…
Uzhhorod, Ukraine, January 23 (MTI) – Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó held talks with the board of the Hungarian Cultural Federation in Transcarpathia (KMKSZ) and local leaders of western Ukraine in Ungvár (Uzhhorod) on Friday. At KMKSZ’s headquarters Szijjarto and his…
Budapest, January 10 (MTI) – Hungary resumed gas deliveries to Ukraine on Saturday, Ukraine’s gas transmission system operator Ukrtransgaz said on its website. Supply was restored at 11am, the company said. A daily 2.7 million cubic metres of gas will…
According to Portfolio.hu, the Gas Transmission Ltd. (Földgázszállító Zrt. – FGSZ) is ensuring gas transmission to Ukraine from January 1 2015, depending on the technical and commercial conditions, in an interruptible way. The announcement says that the repeated delivery is possible…
Budapest (MTI) – Gas deliveries from Hungary to Ukraine could soon resume, business daily Napi Gazdasag said on Friday. FGSZ Foldgazszallito, the gas delivery unit of Hungarian oil and gas company MOL, suspended gas deliveries to Ukraine on Sept. 25…
Kiev, December 19 (MTI) – What Hungary needs is a “stable, economically strong Ukraine” for a neighbouring country, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday, after talks with Pavlo Klimkin, his Ukrainian counterpart, in Kiev. Hungary will contribute 100,000 euros…
Budapest/Riga (MTI) – The sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine is the cornerstone of transatlantic security and so Hungary is committed to a European and democratic Ukraine, Zsolt Nemeth, head (Fidesz) of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said during a…
Kiev, November 18 (MTI) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have discussed energy security and bilateral relations over the phone, Poroshenko’s press office said on the Ukrainian president’s website. Poroshenko proposed setting up a Hungarian-Ukrainian-Slovak…
Brussels, November 17 (MTI) – Foreign ministers of the European Union on Monday agreed on extending the community’s entry ban to further separatists in Ukraine, the list of actual names to be finalised before the end of November. Hungary’s Foreign…
Budapest, November 10 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban held talks with a leader of Ukraine’s ethnic Hungarian community today, the head of the prime minister’s press office said. The talks focussed on gas supplies to Ukraine, infrastructure projects and…
Munich, November 6 (MTI) – Hungary follows Germany’s guideline on the issue of Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Munich on Thursday, after meeting the prime minister of Bavaria. At a joint press conference held with Horst Seehofer, Orban…
Kiev, October 31 (MTI) – Hungary is providing treatment for Ukrainian soldiers at the “Hungarian armed forces health base”, the Ukraine news portal RBK Ukraine reported on Thursday, citing information by the country’s Budapest embassy press service. In line with…
Bratislava (Pozsony) (MTI) – Foreign ministers of the Visegrad Four countries met in Bratislava on Thursday to discuss the situation in Ukraine, the challenges faced by the EU and the EU-US free trade agreement. Issuing a joint statement, the participants…
Ever since the Ukrainian conflict broke out, Jobbik Movement for a Better Hungary has been following the news of combat events. Just like all other wars, this one is unfortunately causing immeasurable pain and suffering for the civilian population living…
Jobbik Movement for a Better Hungary is gravely concerned to receive news about the civilian victims of the clashes in the Donieck and Luhansk area, with special regard to the fact that several recent conflicts (the Southern Slavic wars, or…
(MTI) – Radical nationalist Jobbik on Wednesday called the recent decision of Ukraine’s Central Election Commission on electoral districts for the upcoming parliamentary elections “outrageous”. Related article: Ukrainian election cttee decision on voting districts “unacceptable”, says govt official The decision…
(MTI) – The decision by a Ukrainian parliamentary committee on voting districts which would prevent the Hungarian minority from forming a voting bloc and sending its own representative to the legislature is “unacceptable”, a government official said on Tuesday. Arpad…