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Did Ukraine consider blowing up the Druzhba pipeline?

The Editorial Board May 24, 2023

Ukraine/Hungary – A new issue has come to poison the already complicated relations between Ukraine and Hungary. While the vast majority of European countries have sided with Ukraine in the conflict with Russia, Hungary – whose tensions with Ukraine, particularly in relation…

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Viktor Orbán and Emmanuel Macron holding talks in Paris about nuclear energy

The Editorial Board March 17, 2023

Hungary – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Paris on Monday, 13 March, where he was received by French President Emmanuel Macron for a working dinner at the Élysée Palace. The two leaders discussed the Russian-Ukrainian war and the development of the…

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Szijjártó offered to host Russian-Ukrainian talks in Budapest

The Editorial Board February 28, 2022

Hungary/Ukraine – On Friday, the second day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, both sides seemed ready to start talks to end the fighting, which had already spread to the capital, Kiev. While in Brussels, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó proposed to host…

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Viktor Orbán’s meeting with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin

The Editorial Board February 4, 2022

Hungary/Russia – As announced, to the great displeasure of the “united” opposition under Péter Márki-Zay’s guidance, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went to the Kremlin on Tuesday, 1 February, to meet – for the twelfth time – Russian President Vladimir Putin. The…

Magyar Nemzet

We do not want another Cold War!

Partenaire January 29, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 25 January 2022. „We do not want another Cold War. We respectfully ask everyone not to generate a Cold War atmosphere“ – said Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade,…

Magyar Nemzet

Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin to meet again

Partenaire January 8, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 8 January 2022. Hungarian-Russian cooperation in various fields may be expanded in the coming year. “This year has been the most successful ever for Hungarian-Russian cooperation” wrote Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in a…

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Russian–Hungarian gas deal throws cold water on relations with Ukraine

The Editorial Board September 30, 2021

Hungary/Ukraine – As we reported a few days ago, on 27 September the Hungarian energy group MVM signed a 15-year gas purchase contract with the Russian company Gazprom, under the aegis of Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó. “Houses are not heated by political…

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Hungary extends its long-term gas commitment with Russia

Yann Caspar September 24, 2021

Hungary – Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó visited St. Petersburg at the end of August to meet with Gazprom Group CEO Alexei Miller. The two men then agreed on the details of a new long-term contract for the purchase of Russian gas…

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Sergey Lavrov and Péter Szijjártó hold talks in Budapest

The Editorial Board August 27, 2021

Hungary/Russia – Taking a brief break from his election campaign activities in Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó in Budapest on Tuesday 24 August before travelling on to Vienna and then Rome. Following their talks, Mr…

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Economy and immigration on the agenda at Komárom summit

The Editorial Board July 21, 2021

Visegrád – The foreign ministers of the Visegrád Group met on Monday 19 July in the town of Komárom to discuss economic and migration issues, the stated aim of the V4 being to revive the economy and overcome the new migration crisis.…

Magyar Nemzet

Threats to expel “Hungarian dogs” from Transcarpathia

Partenaire August 26, 2020

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on August 26, 2020. Hungarians in the Transcarpathian region have suffered a string of harassment from anonymous letters threatening persecution and destruction, bomb threats, and to top it off, a counter-terrorism drill. Even…

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New tensions between Hungary and Ukraine; the Hungarian minority threatened

The Editorial Board September 25, 2018

Ukraine - A threat to expel the Hungarian Consul of Berehove (Ukraine), and new diplomatic tensions between Budapest and Kiev. Updated on October 4, 2018. Diplomatic tensions have been rising between Budapest and Kiev since September 2017, when the Ukrainian authorities…

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