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Hungary’s President on a visit to Subcarpathia and Kyiv

The Editorial Board August 31, 2023

Hungary – Hungarian President Katalin Novák visited Ukraine to support the Ukrainian Hungarian community and meet President Zelensky. Novák first went to Subcarpathia (aka Transcarpathia) on August 22 for the second time since she took office before continuing on to Kyiv on…

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Ukraine and Hungary at odds over release of Ukrainian soldiers belonging to Hungarian minority

The Editorial Board June 23, 2023

Hungary/Ukraine – A controversy arose in early June after Russia handed over 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war belonging to the Hungarian minority in Subcarpathia to Hungary. The release, which was facilitated by the Russian Orthodox Church, has fuelled new tensions between…

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Hungarian humanitarian aid for Ukrainian refugees in Subcarpathia

The Editorial Board April 6, 2023

Hungary/Ukraine – With the war going on in eastern Ukraine, many Ukrainians have taken refuge in Subcarpathia, a region in the west of the country where a large Hungarian minority lives. To cope with this extraordinary situation, the Hungarian authorities have…

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Gesture from Kyiv towards national minorities leaves Budapest sceptical

The Editorial Board December 23, 2022

Ukraine – In the midst of the war with Russia, on 13 December, the Ukrainian parliament amended (by 324 votes out of 421) the law on national minorities, thus fulfilling one of the necessary conditions to start negotiations for membership of the…

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NATO: Hungary continues to block Ukraine

The Editorial Board December 2, 2022

Hungary/Ukraine – While Russia’s war against Ukraine means some would like to intensify NATO’s relations with Kyiv, or even accelerate the process of Ukraine’s possible future integration into the Atlantic Alliance, Hungarian leaders continue to defend their national interest against the…

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László Kövér casts a shadow over Slovak–Hungarian relations

The Editorial Board August 9, 2021

Hungary/Slovakia – Just over a month ago, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Slovakian counterpart Eduard Heger proclaimed at the Carmelite Convent in Budapest that “relations between Hungary and Slovakia have never been so good”. However, repeated incidents that open up…

Magyar Nemzet

Interview with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the Slovak Internet portal postoj.sk

Partenaire May 8, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on May 6, 2021. – Let’s begin with the hottest topic of the past few months, with vaccines. – Yes, but there is an even hotter topic. Why are we sitting here, after…

Politics

How Visegrad Has Become a Vital Necessity for Hungary (and vice versa)

Modeste Schwartz May 29, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Hungary - I explained in a previous article why Viktor Orbán's FIDESZ staying in power was a condition of survival (successfully met for the time being) for the Visegrad Group. The opposite is no less true – and…

Society

Slovakia’s Hungarians Deal With Disappointments

The Editorial Board December 8, 2016

Slovakia - The country of 5.5 million inhabitants has a historical Hungarian minority of 460 thousand people. Therefore, the Hungarian ethnic vote is relevant in Slovakia. The following article is from the Slovak Spectator. Rudolf Kósa is a 105-year-old inhabitant of Vrakúň village…

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Ukrainian nationalists threatened the Hungarian minority

The Editorial Board March 18, 2016

Ukraine, Uzhorod - On Sunday the 13th of March, a demonstration of Ukrainian paramilitary nationalists had been held in the streets of Uzhorod, in western Ukraine, near the Hungarian border. Anti-Hungarian slogans were shouted, and Hungarian politicians reacted. On the 13th of March,…