Tag: Hungary
World 15.03.20 | 11:58

Hungary closes its schools to stop the spread of the virus

Hungary’s schools will close starting Monday to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a video announcement published. From March 16 on, schools will continue education through digital channels, and no personal presence at the school will be required, Orban said....
World 12.03.20 | 09:54

Hungary declares emergency due to coronavirus epidemic

The Hungarian government has declared a state of emergency as a protective measure against the coronavirus, Gergely Gulyas, the Hungarian prime minister’s office chief, announced in Budapest on Wednesday. The government has put a ban on any indoor events attended by more than 100 people and any...
Macedonia 09.03.20 | 15:50

Mickoski meets Orban, calls for an EU accession talks date for Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest today, to discuss the prospects of opening EU accession talks for Macedonia. Mickoski said that he is urging the opening of accession talks despite the high levels of crime and corruption perpetrated by...
Balkans 09.03.20 | 11:43

V4: Hungary’s 2015 migrant stance is now the generally accepted approach in Europe

Hungary’s strong conviction expressed in 2015, when the first wave of migrants reached Europe, has become a generally accepted approach in Europe, the Hungarian foreign minister told Hungary’s public broadcaster. EU foreign ministers meeting in Zagreb adopted a statement which says the bloc’s...
Macedonia 04.03.20 | 22:01

Unresolved corruption scandals are dragging Macedonia down, Mickoski tells Hungarian Ambassador Dux

During his meeting with Hungarian Ambassador Laszlo Dux, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski expressed his position that the growing number of unresolved criminal and corruption cases is undermining the country. Mickoski said that VMRO-DPMNE strongly supports unblocking the European Union path for...
Macedonia 03.03.20 | 17:12

Zaev meets Hungarian Ambassador Dux, says he hopes for green light to open EU accession talks

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev met with Hungarian Ambassador to Macedonia Laszlo Dux. The meeting comes at a time when SDSM officials and media outlets under their control are ramping up their campaign against Hungary. According to the SDSM party press release, Zaev discussed the expected Hungarian support...
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,...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 21:51

MAN: SDSM attacks critical media outlets and EU/NATO member state Hungary

The Macedonian Association of Journalists (MAN) strongly condemned the move by the ruling SDSM party to demand a criminal investigation into the main critical media outlets in the country. SDSM spokeswoman Bogdanka Kuzeska accused Alfa TV and the news sites Kurir, Netpress and Lider of being funded by...
Macedonia 20.02.20 | 21:53

SDSM calls on state prosecutors to investigate the case of Hungarian media funding

The SDSM party today called on state prosecutors to investigate the allegations that suspicious funding from Hungary ended in several media outlets in the country. The party claims that the money were ostensibly given to spread fake news and misinformation. According to the ruling party, these Hungarian...
World 16.02.20 | 22:03

Orban: Hungary doesn’t have to be liked by the tired Brussels elites

Hungary has learnt that it doesn’t have to be liked by the tired Brussels elites, said Hungarian Prime MInister Viktor Orban in his state of the nation speech. Orban called for a return to national sovereignty across Europe, as a counter-weight to the concentration of power in Brussels. In the...
Macedonia 15.02.20 | 13:53

Hungarian Ambassador denies allegations that it is funding anti-NATO propaganda in Macedonia

Hungarian Ambassador to Macedonia Laszlo Dux denied the allegations published in the Slovenian press and from Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt that Hugnary is funding “anti-NATO” propaganda in Macedonia. Hungary strongly supports this country’s NATO membership. You are aware that, in the...
World 14.02.20 | 15:28

Hungary promotes family friendly policies in an attempt to increase the birth rate

Hungary will allow families with two or more children to receive subsidies to buy homes and cars, while women with more than four children will be exempt from paying tax. Hungarians have worked hard to achieve the current levels of economic growth, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in defense of the pro-family...
Balkans 07.02.20 | 10:23

V4: Migrant caravan heading through Serbia to Hungary

Several hundred migrants have gathered on the Serbian side of the Hungary-Serbia border in a bid to enter Hungary, a Hungarian public television correspondent reports from the border on Thursday afternoon. Migrants have been organising their plans for weeks in closed groups on social media, a news correspondent...
World 16.01.20 | 19:11

V4: Hungarian officials say Brussels adopts Communist style methods against countries that oppose open borders

On Thursday, the European Parliament (EP) voted to continue the rule of law probe launched against Hungary and Poland. Left-wing MEPs did not present any arguments based on facts in the debate on Wednesday and the rule-of-law issue is merely a “cover story” for the attack of pro-immigration...
World 14.01.20 | 11:19

V4: High migration pressure at Hungary’s borders

The first two weeks of the year has given a lot of work to police officers and soldiers protecting the borders, and the migration pressure is high, the Hungarian Interior Ministry’s state secretary said at a press conference in Budapest on Monday, the V4 news agency reported. Karoly Kontrat added...
World 10.01.20 | 21:38

Hungary to provide free fertility treatment to boost population

Hungary will provide free in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment to couples at state-run clinics, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced. He said fertility was of “strategic importance”. Last month his government took over Hungary’s fertility clinics. Mr Orban, a right-wing nationalist,...
Balkans 02.01.20 | 13:31

V4: Migrant flow through the Balkans doubled in 2019

Hungarian authorities are warning that the number of illegal crossings along the Balkan migrant route have doubled in 2019 compared to 2018. Gyorgy Bakondi, security adviser at the Hungarian Government, said that the increased pressure against Hungary was seen mainly on the Serbian border, but also noticeable...
Balkans 27.12.19 | 12:11

V4: Hungarian police intercept 139 illegal migrants on the Serbian border on Boxing Day

Hungarian police officers apprehended 101 foreign nationals along the Bacs-Kiskun county section of the Serbia-Hungary border on 26 December. The migrants, who claimed to be Palestinian, Syrian, Iraqi and Algerian citizens, entered Hungary illegally. Two migrants were prevented from crossing the Hungarian...
Balkans 24.12.19 | 16:06

V4: Hungary apprehends 1.000 illegal migrants as Greece struggles with the migrant crisis

Last week more than a thousand people attempted to illegally enter Hungary, and thus the territory of the EU, according to a statement issued by the Hungarian Police Headquarters. It is a record-high number, five times of last year’s figure. The pressure of migration has steadily increased in...
World 29.11.19 | 14:10

V4: Hungary denies British media reports it is withdrawing from Eurovision because the event is too gay

After Hungary’s decision to pull out of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, a number of mainly British media outlets, led by the Guardian, are claiming that the decision was due to the prevalence of homosexual and LGBT themes in the song event. Former leader of the liberal group in the European Parliament,...
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