(MTI) – Solidarity exercised in the Carpathian Basin can be useful for all and can even show an example that could be decisive for Ukraine, head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee Zsolt Nemeth said on Wednesday. Nemeth told an economic…
(MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party has proposed organising a roundtable of the Hungarian government and ethnic Hungarian organisations in Transcarpathia to discuss the Ukraine crisis. Jobbik leader Gábor Vona said that the government, Hungary’s parliamentary parties, ethnic Hungarian…
(MTI) – Hungary and Ukraine have renewed their cultural cooperation agreement with a three-year action plan. The document was signed in Szarvas, southeast Hungary, on Friday by Peter Hoppal, state secretary at Hungary’s human resources ministry, and Aleksandr Zhuravchak, deputy…
Budapest, August 29 (MTI) – Fluctuations in the rate of the Hungarian currency on Thursday and Friday were clearly related to developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Quaestor analyst Peter Mester told MTI, adding that he expected that…
(MTI) – Leaders of Transcarpathia have provided guarantees for ensuring the safety of the ethnic Hungarian minority and the county’s stability, Hungarian Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog said after talks on Friday. Paying a two-day visit to the county bordering…
Budapest, August 21 (MTI) – Allegations that Hungary supplied armoured vehicles to Ukraine have been false and it was verified at a joint session of two parliamentary committees on Thursday, a senior committee official said. Last week’s report by Hungarian…
Budapest, August 17 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz party does not support the Socialist party’s initiative to convene parliament’s national security and foreign affairs committees over allegations of Hungary supplying military technology to Ukraine, Fidesz told MTI in a statement…
The only ethnic Hungarian member of the Ukrainian parliament sent a letter to Ukrainian President Petro Porosenko asking the president to amend the mobilization act reported MTI on Wednesday. Gajdos pointed out that among residents of Transcarpathia, which include ethnic…
(MTI) – Hungary’s Kalman Mizsei has been appointed to lead the European Union’s recently established mission aimed at supporting the reforms of Ukrainian non-military security organs, including the police and the national guard. The mission will advise Ukrainian authorities to…
Budapest, July 23 (MTI) – The escalation of conflict in eastern Ukraine could justify imposing a third package of EU sanctions on Russia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Tibor Navracsics said today. “It is not the crash of the Malaysian airliner but…
(MTI) – Hungary has offered concrete help in the investigation connected to the crash of a Malaysia Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine, the foreign affairs spokeswoman said on Friday. Anna Nagy said the ministry had contacted Dutch ambassador in Budapest…
Budapest, July 18 (MTI) – The Hungarian foreign ministry is keeping in constant touch with the Dutch authorities in connection with the downed Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine, the ministry’s spokeswoman told MTI on Friday. The Malaysia Airlines’ Boeing 777…
Budapest, July 17 (MTI) – Hungary’s foreign minister discussed the Gaza conflict, Hungarian plans to restructure its foreign missions and the situation in Ukraine, in an radio interview on today. Tibor Navracsics, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, told…
Strasbourg, July 16 (MTI) – Strenuous efforts are needed to guarantee the peace, stability and democratic consolidation of Ukraine, an ethnic Hungarian MEP from Ukraine’s Transcarpathian region has said. Related articles: Foreign Minister Navracsics: Poland, Hungary support independent, democratic Ukraine …
Budapest, July 14 (MTI) – Poland and Hungary agree it is their interest to see an independent, democratic Ukraine with its territorial integrity unharmed, the Hungarian ministry of foreign affairs said on Monday. Foreign Minister Tibor Navracsics and his Polish…
Budapest, July 14 (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the government to protest against the ongoing conscription of ethnic Hungarians into the Ukrainian army and the planned relocation of Ukrainian refugees to western Ukraine’s Transcarpathia region.…
(MTI) – Hungary fully supports maintaining the territorial integrity of Ukraine, Zsolt Nemeth, the head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said in Synevyrskaya Polyana (Felsoszinever) in eastern Ukraine on Saturday. Hungary has been supporting a strong and independent Ukraine even…
Budapest, June 30 (MTI) – Ukraine is involved in what will probably become a protracted conflict, to which both Hungary and NATO should give a response, Hungarian Defence Minister Csaba Hende said today. “The Ukrainian crisis has radically changed Europe’s…
(MTI) – It is in Hungary’s interest that Ukraine should be a democratic, independent state enjoying territorial sovereignty, the Hungarian foreign minister said on Wednesday. Hungary is one of Ukraine’s oldest friends, it was among the first countries to recognise…
(MTI) – Hungary’s radical nationalist Jobbik party has held talks in Russia in hope of securing support for Hungarian-Ruthenian autonomy in Transcarpathia (Kárpátalja), the party’s leader Gábor Vona told a press conference on Wednesday. Vona said ethnic cleansing was taking…