Tag: migration
World 19.06.21 | 14:04

Orban: Hungary is paying a high price for going against the dominant European thinking on migration and on other issues

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned that Hungary is paying a high price for “swimming against the dominant European political current” on the issue of migration. Orban said that the movement of migrants into Europe is organized and not a spontaneous event. When you see tens of thousands...

Balkans 14.01.21 | 12:31

V4: Illegal immigration into Europe decreased only slightly in 2020

Migration remains a serious problem southern Europe because, despite the pandemic-related restrictions, the number of newcomers reaching the continent has only decreased minimally, the V4 news agency reports. The year 2020, for the most part, was about movement restrictions, border closures and the cessation...

World 05.12.19 | 13:27

Orban satisfied that NATO acknowledges mass migration as a security challenge

After the NATO Summit in London on Wednesday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that he is satisfied that NATO acknowledged for the first time that mass migration from the south poses a security challenge and that the alliance should address this issue. Viktor Orban said that it has always...

World 14.11.19 | 19:53

Orban: Africa is moving, Hungary must maintain anti-immigration policy

Hungary needs to maintain an anti-immigration policy because “only Hungarians can replace Hungarians,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday. At a plenary session of the Hungarian Diaspora Council in Budapest on Thursday he said that Hungary was affected by population decline...

Economy 08.10.19 | 20:44

Half a million people have left Macedonia!

Half a million citizens or a quarter of the population have left Macedonia. Of them, two thirds are able to work and one third are highly skilled, mostly from the IT sector. World bankers warn – steps must be taken to prevent the outflow of talent from the country, as it will put at risk the entire...

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...

Economy 09.09.19 | 11:08

10 buses full of people leave from Vinica

Mass emigration from our country does not stop. A few days ago, 1000 people left Delcevo. In just one day, 12 buses full of people from Delcevo who couldn’t find a job left Macedonia and went to look for their happiness in another country. Sad but true: 12 buses from Eastern Macedonia leave for...

World 27.07.19 | 20:49

Orban: EU made serious mistakes with regard to migration

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the European Union made serious mistakes in the past five years, including the mistaken policies on migration which led to the major 2015 – 2016 crisis. Over the last five years, the EU has made serious mistakes: one mistake is related to migration....

Economy 24.03.19 | 16:10

TV21 report: Entire villages are leaving for Germany

TV21 aired a report about the large number of Macedonian citizens leaving daily for Germany, in the on-going exodus spurred by poor working and living conditions in the country. The television covered ethnic Albanians from villages around Tetovo, who head for Germany. One of them is Hesat Bexheti, who...

Macedonia 18.03.19 | 22:03

Siljanovska: SDSM failed to stop the exodus of young people away from Macedonia

VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska called the SDSM led Government for failing in its promise to stop the exodus of young Macedonians from the country, and actually intensifying it instead. The most frequently asked question, as far as our dearest ones are concerned, is if we can stop...

World 22.02.19 | 20:17

Orban demands answers from Juncker about the EU migration plans

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban demands answers from Brussels on their future migration plans and accused Brussels of being extremely short-sighted in its overall strategic outlook. It is not possible to go into a campaign like we’re in the end of the 19th century at the time of Franz Joseph...

Macedonia 04.01.19 | 13:44

Macedonians voting with their feet – 83.7 percent would move out of the country if given a chance

An anonymous poll conducted by the Fakulteti news site showed that 83.7 percent of participants would gladly move out of Macedonia if given an opportunity. Only 7.9 percent of the nearly 1.500 participants in the poll said that they would remain in the country. The remaining 8.3 percent would be on the...

Economy 05.12.18 | 20:38

Poll shows 77 percent of young people are thinking about leaving Macedonia

A poll conducted by the CIKP research center showed that 77 percent of youths aged 15 to 29 are thinking about moving out of Macedonia, primarily in some of the European Union countries. – We have only a few mechanisms which respond to the needs of young people, and involve them in decision making...