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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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New US sanctions against Hungary

The Editorial Board August 8, 2023

Hungary – Relations between Viktor Orbán’s Hungary and the Biden administration in the United States continue to deteriorate. In a new move against its Central European NATO ally that is currently governed by conservatives, Washington has now decided to restrict Hungarian…

Interviews

László Toroczkai: “Orbán makes massive use of foreign labour in Hungary”

The Editorial Board June 29, 2023

The French-language news portal Breizh-Info has published a long interview in French with Hungarian Member of Parliament László Toroczkai, who is the leader of the opposition nationalist parliamentary group Mi Hazánk Mozgalom. The following is an English translation. …

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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…

Politics

Ukraine: what exactly is Hungary being reproached for?

Ferenc Almássy March 31, 2022

Hungary – “There can be no Russian networks in Europe that split the EU from within, those that are trying to help Russia make as much money as possible even now. Everyone knows very well who in the European Union opposes humanity…

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Orbán government ready to evacuate Hungarians from Subcarpathia

The Editorial Board February 16, 2022

Hungary/Ukraine – The Russian-Ukrainian conflict remains marked by a diplomatic ballet among Western leaders who are following one another in Kiev and Moscow. Some are beginning to take precautions, such as the United States, which has transferred its embassy from Kiev to…

Society

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…

Politics

The false powder keg of Subcarpathia: beware of manipulations

Ferenc Almássy February 28, 2018

By Ferenc Almássy. Ukraine, Transcarpathia / Subcarpathia - Recently, many articles have been published, all more alarmists than the others, on the situation of Hungarians in Ukraine. Everything is definitely not fine, but a warm down and a clarification are needed as…