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Schengen: Romania and Bulgaria vetoed by Rotterdam’s lobby and Austrian hypocrisy

Nicolas de Lamberterie December 21, 2022

European Union - The interior ministers of the 27 European Union member states met in Brussels on December 8 to decide on adding three additional countries to the bloc’s Schengen Zone: Croatia, Romania, and Bulgaria. Bulgaria and Romania had joined the EU…

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Hungary, Serbia, and Austria to create joint border protection force

The Editorial Board November 21, 2022

Hungary/Serbia/Austria – Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić welcomed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Chancellor Karl Nehammer to Belgrade on Wednesday, 16 November, for a second trilateral summit involving Serbia, Hungary, and Austria. The three leaders discussed Serbia’s application for membership of the European…

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Immediate protection and no formalities for Ukrainian refugees in the EU

The Editorial Board March 7, 2022

European Union – With the war in Ukraine resulting from the Russian invasion now in its second week, and as Ukrainian refugees keep pouring into neighbouring countries (already well over 700,000 in Poland, 150,000 in Hungary, but also many in Moldova, Romania,…

Politics

In spite of a pandemic raging, some in Europe have reopened their borders to illegal immigration

Olivier Bault September 19, 2020

European Union - At a press conference held in the last days of August, unrepentant German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she would “make essentially the same decisions” today if confronted with the same situation as during the migrant crisis…

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Immigration to the EU on the rise, but relocation is dead – despite Italy having (temporarily) changed sides

Olivier Bault October 25, 2019

By Olivier Bault. This article was originally published on Kurier.plus by the Felczak Institute of Polish–Hungarian Cooperation European Union - Salvini has – at least for now – failed in his attempt to trigger new elections in Italy, which would almost certainly…

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Migrants spotted in Bosnia: a new migratory route?

The Editorial Board May 14, 2018

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Since the beginning of the migratory crisis in the Western Balkans in 2014 (when in the autumn of 2014 a first massive wave of migrants coming from Kosovo arrived at the Serbian-Hungarian border), the routes used by the…

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L. Toroczkai: “If the Four of Visegrád manage to stay strong and united, then there is hope that the European Union will survive”

Ferenc Almássy November 9, 2017

Hungary, Ásotthalom - László Toroczkai, Hungarian mayor of the Ásotthalom municipality on the border with Serbia and Vice President of Jobbik: "If the Four of Visegrád manage to stay strong and united, then there is hope that the European Union will survive"…

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The Visegrád Group Will Not Yield to Blackmail, and Hungary Strengthens Anti-Immigration Policy

The Editorial Board March 29, 2017

Poland, Warsaw - The leaders of the Visegrád Group, meeting in Warsaw on Tuesday (March 28th), denounced with one voice the European blackmail and diktat over them regarding migration policy. The four prime ministers strongly opposed the idea of linking the distribution…

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Central Europe Unites to Put an End to Illegal Immigration

The Editorial Board February 9, 2017

Austria, Vienna - Ministers from 15 countries gathered in Vienna on Wednesday, February 8, in order to find a common way to put an end to the illegal immigration in the Balkans and Central Europe. Representatives from Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia,…

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EU Council President Tusk: “We must secure our borders”

The Editorial Board September 13, 2016

European Union - Donald Tusk, former Polish Prime Minister and current President of the EU Council finally admitted that "we must secure our borders". Last year, the center-left politician said in front of the UN that "for Europe, isolationism has never been,…

Society

Austria will finally build a fence too

The Editorial Board July 27, 2016

Austria - Austria has unveiled plans to build a massive 100km fence along its border to stop migrants and refugees crossing into the country. Engineers in the central European state have finalised plans for the vast barrier, which would stretch along its…

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Viktor Orbán says migrants are “poison” and “not needed”

The Editorial Board July 27, 2016

Hungary, Budapest - During a press conference with Austrian chancellor Christian Kern, and after the killing of the priest Jacques Hamel in Normandy, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had strong declarations about migrants, saying they are "poison" and "not needed." "Hungary does…