(MTI) – Open minority issues in Hungarian-Slovak relations and other topical issues were discussed by the Hungarian prime minister and the leader of Slovakia’s Party of the Hungarian Coalition (MKP) in Bratislava on Thursday. Viktor Orban held talks with Jozsef…
Bratislava, May 15 (MTI) – A democratic Ukraine must observe community rights, for instance the rights of the local Hungarian community, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said addressing the Globsec 2014 forum in Bratislava today. If Kiev fails to adhere, “we…
Michelisz could improve his brilliant performance after the qualifying session on Saturday, he finished 3rd in the Slovakian WTCC race, reports sportgeza.hu. He finished 4th placed with his Honda on Saturday just behind the three Citroens which had the pole…
Budapest, April 30 (MTI) – The case of ethnic Hungarian Hedvig Malina is a human rights issue and implicates that any other individual in Slovakia could face a similar situation, the deputy prime minister responsible for Hungarian communities abroad, said…
Budapest, April 30 (MTI) – In the dispute between Zoltan Lomnici and the European Parliament concerning the Slovak citizenship of ethnic Hungarians, Hungary has lodged an intervention plea with the European Court of Justice, the state secretariat for Hungarian communities…
(MTI) – The Hungarian government finds it shocking that the Slovak chief prosecutor’s office has brought charges against Hedvig Malina Zsak as a suspect of false testimony, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The fact that Malina and her lawyer…
Former member of the Slovakian parliament Erzsébet Dolnik who was stripped of her Slovakian citizenship and constantly harassed by Slovakian authorities due to applying for Hungarian citizenship cast her vote at Consulate of Hungary in Pozsony Wednesday afternoon, felvidek.ma reports.…
Budapest, April 2 (MTI) – Economic cooperation between Hungary and Slovakia plays a key role in the success of Hungarian small and medium-sized companies reaching international markets, trade chief Peter Szijjarto said today. Szijjarto said at the opening of the…
Budapest, March 27 (MTI) – From the point of view of Hungary’s energy supply, the Hungarian-Slovak gas interconnector is of historic significance, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday at a ceremony to open the pipeline in Szada. Orban noted…
´The current election is of historical importance for the following reasons: Gyula Bardos is the first candidate of Hungarian nationality, indicating that Slovakia belongs to all of its residents and we wish to gain more insight and influence on matters…
Budapest, March 22 (MTI) – The interconnector linking Hungary’s and Slovakia’s natural gas networks will be inaugurated on March 27, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. The construction of the new link was co-funded with the European Union. The investor Magyar…
(MTI) – The first ethnic Hungarian presidential candidate in Slovakia, Gyula Bardos wants to make minority rights the subject of public discourse, he said in an interview to MTI on Wednesday. Bardos told MTI that he wished to be a…
(MTI) – Janos Esterhazy, a martyred leader of Slovakia’s ethnic Hungarians, has set a model for us all, Hungary’s deputy state secretary for Hungarian communities abroad, said at a commemoration in Budapest on Sunday. Esterhazy left behind an ideology as…
(MTI) – The Hungarian government represents the interests of the “Tokaj” brand name at international forums and the local wine council supports every effort to protect the origin of Hungarian wines from the Tokaj region, the council said after a…
Brussels, February 13 (MTI) – The European Court of Justice on Thursday turned down a Hungarian appeal against an earlier ruling concerning the registration of a Slovak wine brand containing the name of Hungary’s historic wine-growing Tokaj region. In its…
Budapest, December 20 (MTI) – Hungary fulfils an obligation by “granting asylum” to ethnic Hungarian in Slovakia Hedvig Malina and her family, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Hungarian communities abroad Zsolt Semjen said late on Thursday. In a statement…
Budapest, December 3 (MTI) – Eva Rezesova, the Slovak driver who caused a fatal accident in Hungary last year, has been taken out of house arrest and placed back in pre-trial detention, following a binding ruling by a Budapest court…
Prime Minister Robert Fico made an entrance to the election campaign in Nagyszombat County (Trnavský kraj). Once at it, he immediately slapped the Hungarian card to the table with a loud clack on this week. Tibor Mikuš, the president of…
Dunaszerdahely commemorates to the fifth anniversary of the bloody crackdown by Slovakian brutal cops on Hungarian football fans at the Dunaszerdahely football stadium during DAC – Slovan football match. The clampdown took place on Novermber 1, 2008. Slovakian riot police…
The number of ethnic Hungarians living in Slovakia has fallen by almost 109,000 to approximately 460,000 over the past 20 years, Czech daily Pravo writes. Citing the figures from the 1991 and 2011 population censuses, a report on the position…