The government expects to be able to give up its special powers handed to it by parliament at the start of the coronavirus epidemic at the end of May, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a press conference on Friday. Continue reading “Orban: Govt counts on giving up special powers at end-May”
A group of hundreds of migrants that recently set off for Hungary from Serbia has reached Hungary’s southern border at Tompa, public television’s current affairs channel M1 reported on Thursday. Early on Friday, Serbian authorities removed 750 people from the border. Continue reading “Migrant march at Hungary’s border”
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Monday thanked Prime Minister Viktor Orban the Hungarian government’s donation to the costs of renovating Subotica’s (Szabadka) synagogue. Continue reading “Orban reopens synagogue in Vojvodina”
Hungary calls on Ukraine to suspend the implementation of its education law until agreement is reached on details with Transcarpathia Hungarians, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday. Continue reading “Szijjarto: Ukraine must suspend implementation of education law”
Hungary will be “bent on” accelerating Serbia’s European Union accession, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in his address to a Hungarian-Serbian business forum in Budapest on Friday. Continue reading “Brnabic: Hungary most committed supporter of Serbia’s EU integration”
Hungary and Serbia must cooperate to protect their borders, the security of their citizens and their cultural identity, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after a Hungarian-Serbian government meeting in Budapest on Friday. Continue reading “Orban: Hungary, Serbia need to protect border together”
Prime Minister Viktor Orban met Ana Brnabic, his Serbian counterpart, for talks in Budapest on Tuesday. Continue reading “Hungary-Serbia joint govt session in February”
Zsolt Semjen, Hungary’s deputy prime minister, has held talks with Patriarch Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade, the human resources ministry’s state secretariat for church relations said on Friday. Continue reading “Semjen held talks with Serbian Orthodox church leader”
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ) is aiming to convince a large portion of the region’s 170,000 ethnic Hungarians to register for Hungary’s 2018 general election, Istvan Pasztor, the party’s leader, told the weekend edition of the local Hungarian language daily Magyar Szo. Continue reading “VMSZ: Fundamental interest to maintain Serbia-Hungary relations”
Hungary has the best diplomatic and economic relations with Serbia out of all its neighbouring countries, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign affairs and trade minister, said after a meeting of the Hungarian-Serbian mixed economic committee in Szabadka (Subotica) on Tuesday. Continue reading “Szijjarto: Serbia is Hungary’s top economic partner in the western Balkans”
