Tag: Peter Szijjarto
Macedonia 16.11.23 | 08:48

Péter Szijjártó is visiting Macedonia

The Foreign Minister of Hungary travels to Macedonia Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, is in Macedonia on a working visit this Thursday, invited by Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani.

World 14.01.23 | 16:03

Szijjártó accuses European Commission of “anti-Hungarianism” and double standards

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó accused the European Commission of anti-Hungarianism and double standards following the EC’s intention to block the allocation of funds to Hungarian universities under the Erasmus student exchange program, TASS reports. Speaking at a press conference...

World 10.01.23 | 14:24

Szijjártó: EU’s security challenges affect both Serbia and Hungary

Hungary’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Peter Szijjártó, said that the two serious security challenges facing the EU simultaneously affect Serbia and Hungary. After meeting the Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Szijjártó said that Serbia and Hungary are feeling the really heavy consequences...

World 30.08.22 | 10:46

Szijjártó: Europe will have new strategic problems if it does not integrate the Western Balkan countries

New problems await us if the EU does not integrate the Western Balkans, says Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter Szijjártó. Europe will experience new strategic problems if it does not succeed in the integration of the countries of the Western Balkans, said Szijjártó. He said that the Western...

World 30.04.22 | 16:17

Szijjártó: Others also pay in rubles for Russian gas, but they are silent about it

Most Western European companies importing gas to the EU paid for the Russian natural gas in rubles, in line with the demands of Russia and suppliers, not just Hungary, said Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó reacting to reports that the country was violating the common European position by...

World 28.04.22 | 23:41

Szijjarto: Gas must be paid for “in a manner that ensures its delivery”

Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in Zagreb on Thursday that “for us, it’s no question that we have to pay the price of Russian gas in a manner that ensures its delivery”. Energy supplies are a matter of national security and its is the government’s...

Macedonia 20.12.21 | 12:47

Szijjártó: We ask our friends in Bulgaria its national issues the country considers an obstacle to close them during the negotiations rather than by hindering the start of the negotiations

To not open negotiations with Macedonia was unfair by the EU, because the country had done all it was required to start negotiating, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told a joint press conference in Skopje along his Macedonian counterpart Bujar Osmani. We, he said, are...

Macedonia 20.12.21 | 12:23

Szijjártó: Gruevski’s extradition is legal, not political issue

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who is paying a visit to Macedonia on Monday, said that the extradition of former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is a legal issue. Its not a political, but a legal issue. This is a matter for the judicial system and in Hungary...

Macedonia 18.01.21 | 15:08

Hungary to help with knowledge and experience in dealing with the pandemic, unblocking EU path

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski and Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski had Monday a working meeting in Budapest with the Prime Minister of Hungary and President of the Fidesz party Viktor Orban, as well as a working breakfast with the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó. At...

Macedonia 18.01.21 | 14:52

Szijjártó informed about meeting with VMRO-DPMNE delegation led by Mickoski

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, together with the Vice President of the party, Aleksandar Nikoloski met Monday with Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Péter Szijjártó in Hungary. The week starts with the leaders of our Macedonian sister party. It is important that European...

World 27.07.20 | 17:26

Szijjártó: EU could only be strong if its members are strong and insist on their identity

Participants in last week’s European Union summit reached “the best deal” concerning the community’s pandemic recovery package, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told television France24.  “Our primary goal was that these European resources should be distributed fairly and...

Balkans 02.03.20 | 20:27

Hungary expects 100,000 migrants, but it will not let in any on its territory

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said Monday in Belgrade that over 100,000 migrants could soon arrive in the Western Balkans. Hungary will protect its borders under all circumstances and will not let in any illegal migrants. I hope we will co-operate with Serbia to defend our two countries,...

World 22.09.19 | 21:34

V4: Hungarian FM: Pressure on anti-immigration governments will intensify

Although the resettlement quota has no legal basis, this has never prevented its advocates from exerting serious political pressure on countries that refuse the mandatory resettlement scheme, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said, V4 news agency reports. Europe will witness yet another...

Macedonia 18.03.19 | 15:56

France and the Netherlands still reluctant to back start of EU negotiations with Macedonia

Regardless of an overwhelming support amongst EU countries for the start of negotiations with our country, several Western European countries – most notably France and the Netherlands – are still reluctant to back this process, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said after a working...

News 18.01.19 | 14:46

Hahn should mind his own business, Gruevski is a legal issue, not a political one

The Immigration and Citizenship Service is an independent body and the Hungarian Government cannot influence its decisions. Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has passed the asylum procedure and the immigration service decided to issue a positive solution, Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s...