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Hungary’s PM calls for national referendum on migrant quota

February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Hungary

Hungary’s prime minister has called for a national referendum on the European Union’s mandatory quotas for migrants and refugees. Speaking

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Europe 

Visegrád Group calls for fast action to secure EU border

February 16, 2016 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Boiko Borissov, Czech Republic, Europe migrant crisis, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia

How to handle the refugee crisis and in particular the Western Balkan route used by refugees entering Europe through Greece

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Under pressure, Europe sees return of nation states

February 2, 2016February 2, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Hungary, Poland

A European Union founding father, Jean Monnet, once claimed, “Crises are the great unifier.” For Europeans that is not proving

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In Sofia, Hungarian PM Orbán slams EU on migration, ‘double standards’ on Bulgaria and Schengen

January 29, 2016February 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Hungary, Schengen

During a visit to Sofia, Hungarian prime minister Victor Orbán has sharply critised European Union policies on dealing with the

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Hungary’s Orbán: Autocrat or misunderstood provocateur?

January 27, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Hungary

They endured snow and cold.  A few hundred protesters turned out here in Hungary’s capital in a show of opposition

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Europe 

European youth turn against immigration

January 25, 2016January 29, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia

Opinions of young Europeans appear to be hardening toward immigration.  Ask them about their lives and talk quickly turns to

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Hungary, Bulgaria hope for new direct Budapest – Sofia flights in 2017

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary

Visiting Bulgaria on January 21 for meetings with government ministers, Hungarian foreign affairs and trade minister Péter Szijjártó said that

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Europe 

Eastern Europe bristles after Cologne

January 10, 2016 Deutsche Welle Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia

Eastern European governments were against taking in Muslim refugees before the events in Cologne took place. Now, they feel vindicated

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Europe 

New Belgrade-Budapest railway to be ready in 2018

December 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Serbia

In 2018 the new modern Belgrade-Budapest railway will be operational, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on December 23. “This

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