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Viktor Orbán: it is at the Bulgarian-Turkish border that the future of Europe will be decided

The Editorial Board September 14, 2016

Bulgaria, Lesovo - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited this Wednesday, 13 the Bulgarian-Turkish border, where he was awaited by his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov to join together the barbed wire fence that will soon cover the 259 kilometers of border with…

Politics

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

Hundreds of militiamen hunt the migrants on the Bulgarian border

The Editorial Board September 12, 2016

Bulgaria - At least 800 people are following an intensive paramilitary training at the Bulgarian border. About half of them were in the army, and their training is partly provided by the Russians, for free. If the phenomenon is not new, since…

Society

Attacks against Muslim women are increasing in Slovakia

Alimuddin Usmani September 11, 2016

Slovakia - In Slovakia, attacks against Muslim women are increasing. This fact was revealed Wednesday in a statement of the Slovak Ministry of Interior. In this context, it condemned the repeated attacks against a Somali woman who has been living in the…

Society

Migrants distributed to Latvia returned to Germany immediately

The Editorial Board September 11, 2016

Latvia - Migrants who had been sent to Latvia from Germany under the European Union (EU) redistribution policy have moved back to Germany almost as soon as they reached the small Baltic nation. After agreeing to take in 531 migrants directly from…

Society

Austria is trying to get rid of migrants

The Editorial Board September 8, 2016

Austria - Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka from the SPÖ-ÖVP coalition, the Social democratic Party of Austria and the Austrian People's party, said on Wednesday, 7, that Hungary had to take back the migrants she sent to Austria after they crossed her border.…

Politics

Orbán visited Serbia and warned for a difficult autumn

The Editorial Board September 6, 2016

Serbia, Belgrade - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Serbia and met with Serbian Prime Minister Vučić. Orbán recalled his full support for Serbia's candidacy to the EU, and expressed his will to help Serbia in all ways, particularly to handle the…

Interviews

Hungarian police : the Visegrád Group protects the South border

The Editorial Board September 2, 2016

The website Custodela interviewed the Hungarian police about their work at the border. We publish this interview with their authorisation: Custodela: On the construction and guarding of the fence, what sorts of changes has the fence brought? Hungarian police: The construction of the temporary…

Society

Poland denied entry to Chechens in order “to protect Europe from terrorism”

The Editorial Board August 31, 2016

Poland, Warsaw - This week Poland refused to let cross the EU's border to 200 Chechens from Belarus. Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said on TV that as long as the conservative Law and Justice party was in power "we will not…

Interviews

Gyula Thürmer: “I support Orbán’s migration policy”

Nicolas de Lamberterie August 30, 2016

Hungary, Budapest - Watch our interview - in English, with French subtitles - with Gyula Thürmer, president of the Hungarian Workers' Party (Communist Party). An interview made by Nicolas de Lamberterie.

Politics

Hungary and Czechia want a “European army”

The Editorial Board August 29, 2016

Central Europe - Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán and Czech PM Bohuslav Sobotka are united concerning the idea of a European army. This joint army would be a protection for Europe after Brexit and so the weakened armed forces in Europe, and a…

Society

Orbán announces strongest fence at the border

The Editorial Board August 29, 2016

Hungary - Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the radio on Friday the 26 that Hungary was planning to strengthen the current fence at the Serbian and Croatian borders. He said that there may be soon a "greater need for security". The…