(MTI) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s new president, for talks in Kiev on Saturday, the prime minister’s press chief told MTI. The talks, held after Poroshenko’s inauguration ceremony earlier in the day, focused on the…
(MTI) – Clear and convincing support for Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s newly elected president, has reinforced the legitimacy of the holders of power in Kiev, a Hungarian foreign affairs official said on Monday. Assessing Sunday’s presidential election, Zsolt Nemeth, Hungary’s parliamentary…
Budapest, May 19 (MTI) – An unidentified armed group has taken a Hungarian man captive in Ukraine, Hungary’s counter-terrorism force TEK told MTI today. The man, a Hungarian citizen, was taken captive under unclear circumstances in eastern Ukraine, TEK said…
(MTI) – The transmission of gas to Hungary is guaranteed via trade contracts and is under no threat of disruption, the National Development Ministry told MTI on Friday. The ministry responded to MTI’s question regarding the security of gas supplies…
(MTI) – Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned Hungary’s ambassador and voiced concern over recent remarks by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban about the necessity of autonomy and dual citizenship for ethnic Hungarians in that country, news agency Interfax-Ukraina reported.…
The Security Service of Ukraine bugged the phones of the Hungarian consulate in Transcarpathia (Kárpátalja) during the “Maidan revolution” in Kiev. The number of people involved in the Transcarpathian monitoring scandal is increasing in every hour. According to the press’s…
Kiev, April 22 (MTI) – A Hungarian visa centre will open in Kiev on Wednesday to better serve applicants in Ukraine, the Hungarian embassy in the city said today. The centre to be ceremonially opened by Andrii Olefirov, the Ukrainian…
(MTI) – Hungary stands ready to transport gas into Ukraine and the technical means for doing so are at its disposal, Janos Martonyi, the foreign minister, said on Thursday. After meeting Danylo Lubkivsky, the Ukrainian deputy foreign minister, the ministry…
Budapest, March 25 (MTI) – The Foreign Ministry has advised Hungarians against travelling to Crimea after the “uncertain and dangerous political and security situation” which has developed since the March 16 referendum. Hungarians who are already on Crimean territory should…
(MTI) – Hungary wants to see a democratic Ukraine which accepts European values and has a flawless minority policy, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Brussels. For Hungary the issue of minority policy is crucial, and Ukraine is expected to…
(MTI) – Any possible European sanctions against Russia will have a major impact on the Visegrad Group countries, Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi said after a meeting of his V4 counterparts in Budapest on Thursday. Martonyi said that if the EU…
Budapest, March 11 (MTI) – The renewed vandalisation of a landmark Hungarian monument in Verecke, in western Ukraine, is “appalling”, the office of the state secretary for Hungarian minorities abroad said on Tuesday. The state secretary’s office sent a statement…
Budapest, March 5 (MTI) – The Hungarian government stands ready to extend immediate aid to the Hungarian community in western Ukraine, Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi told a session on parliament’s national security and foreign affairs committee today. The minister cautioned…
Budapest, March 5 (MTI) – Hungary’s chief veterinary officer has ordered the disinfection of lorries and other vehicles at Ukraine’s border with Hungary as a precaution against the African swine fever virus entering the country, the national food chain safety…
(MTI) – The association agreement between the European Union and Ukraine should be signed as soon as possible, Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi said on Monday. Martonyi told the press after an extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers that Hungary concurred…
(MTI) – Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi and chairman of Transcarpathia (Kárpátalja) county assembly Ivan Baloga discussed the situation of the ethnic Hungarian minority and cooperation between Hungary and Transcarpathia. Martonyi and Berehove (Beregszasz) Mayor Zoltan Babjak held talks on the…
Budapest, December 18 (MTI) – Hungary will contribute 500,000 US dollars for the renovation of educational and cultural institutions in Transcarpathia by the end of 2014, a government official said today. After the signing ceremony, Zsolt Németh, the parliamentary state…
Over 12,000 people were deported in the Kárpátalja region (which today belongs to Ukraine, with a considerable number of ethnic Hungarians) in 1944 and 1945 by the Communist dictator Stalin, just because ‘they were Hungarians’.Commemorating events were organized in Beregszász…